B&W Pro 2   
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B&W Pro 2 is an advanced Adobe Photoshop© compatible filter/plugin for converting colour images to monochrome, simple enough for amateurs to use but powerful enough for professionals producing fine art images. B&W Pro 2 uses advanced image processing algorithms to produce far fewer unwanted image artifacts than other B&W conversion plug-ins. It works on both 24-bit (8 bits per channel) and 48-bit (16 bits per channel) RGB images.

Free Mp3 Format DLL   
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ActiveX to convert Mp3 To Wav, Wav To Mp3 & Wav To Wav with plenty of effects and formats. Allows setting output mp3 Frequency, bit width, compression, operation mode and frequency filters. Wave Settings allow channel selection, amplification and more than 30 output audio formats. Sound Exchange allows compressions like GSM, uLaw, alaw and also allows audio effects like echo, reverse, cut, fader and swap. All this right on your right click

Text To Wave ActiveX Server DLL   
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Text To Wave ActiveX DLL allows programmers to convert any readable text to a spoken wave file or a mp3 file. The conversion can be in 19 different voices. Apart from allowing programming in any language platform, the DLL is a highly useful utility, as in reading web pages and or sending mp3 mails. Also found very useful in preparation of short multimedia presentations without use of high volume installations on your users PC.You may use this as a service on a web page (automatic). Can even make your web site speak. How ? simple, via wave files delivered to browsers.Total Telephony and Server-Side Support. What's new in 2.0? Mp3 Conversion, 80+ Audio Format Conversion, Multithreading for Telephony/Internet Server, XML Scripting, 80 + Output Audio Formats. MTS/COM+ Transaction Support for Windows NT/2000/Advanced Server Server Side Execution or Active Server Page Samples, Chinese TTS Engine SAPI 5.1 Third Party Engine Support and now has a much Improved documentation.

Text To Mp3   
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Text To Wave Concept: Converts Text to Wave, MP3 or WMA Files and helps design a read aloud MP3 book for you. Available in 11 major langauges this software tool helps solve a lot of your daily problems with electronic text. Using a mp3 player you may now listen to documents, read E-mails or web pages downloaded over the internet . Convert heavy CD literature or virtually any text in any of your subjects. You may also convert your voice to mp3 and send it over by email Super stuff for home, school or office use. One great feature of this application is setting the readout speed. This helps immensely in text understanding cases, especially for schools or educational institutions. The application is very easy to operate. In a few steps you can convert a text page to a mp3 file and save the file in a specified directory. Convert all of the pages and save all the mp3 files as a play list book. Open the list whenever you desire and listen aloud all pages. You may stop, pause and resume the playback

AnyOrder Classic Basic: Mail Order Business Kit   
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AnyOrder Basic is designed for small mail order businesses--or any business that needs to process orders whether received by phone, mail or email. Simple and easy to use, it prepares invoices, does billings, generates sales reports, handles returns, keeps track of inventory, records customer payments, tracks consigned items, and creates customer mailing lists. It comes with an extensive help system, sample files, and a guided program tour. (16-bit program. See AnyOrder Professional for 32-bit.)