Screenshots: Five apps that make it easy to work with text files

TTSReader

TTSReader is a free utility for converting text into speech. The utility allows you to open a text file, which is subsequently read aloud.

TTSReader

With TTSReader, you can adjust the speed, pitch, volume, and gender of the voice. Best of all, the audio can be saved as a WAV file or as an MP3 file.

Go2PDF

Go2PDF is a free utility for converting documents, including text files, into PDF files. This particular application doesn't have a user interface, nor are there any real features to speak of. What the program lacks in features, however, it makes up for in simplicity.

Go2PDF

Go2PDF exists on your system as a virtual printer driver. Any document can be converted to PDF format simply by "printing" it.

Free File Merge

Free File Merge is a free utility for merging multiple text files into a single text file. This is especially useful for compiling large collections of data files that exist in text format.

Free File Merge

Although this tool does exactly as it claims, there are two limitations you should be aware of. First, all the files in the selected folder are merged. There is no mechanism for choosing individual files. Second, you can't control the order in which files are merged. As such, this tool is good for merging data files, but may not be the best choice for merging documents.

Batch Text File Editor

Batch Text File Editor is an awesome tool for bulk editing of text files. Suppose, for instance, that the organization you work for changed its name and you need to update five hundred text files to use the new name. The process would take forever if done manually, but this utility makes the process easy.

Batch Text File Editor

Supported editing functions include basic replace, RegEx replace, multiple replace, multiple RegEx replace, insert text, delete text, move text, copy text, extract text, and format text.

Batch Text File Editor sells for $39.00, but a free trial version is available for download.

MasterSplitter

MasterSplitter can split a text file into multiple pieces and then later reassemble them. The nice thing about this tool is that you can choose the size of the split. For example, you could set the size of each resulting file to a specific number of megabytes (or kilobytes).

MasterSplitter

This tool might be most useful to those who do scientific research and generate huge amounts of raw data that needs to be stored to removable media.

MasterSplitter sells for $12.95, but a free trial is available for download.