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Should I remove Text Speaker?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #41,796
United States Rank #43,739
Reach 0.0022%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.53 days
546.70 days >
Average installed length: 287.25 days

Text Speaker 3.2

What is Text Speaker?  (from DeskShare)

Turn Text Documents Into MP3 Audio. Convert media files for any purpose. Make your TV shows, movies, and music portable. There's no need to search through device manuals. Digital Media Converter Pro has built-in profiles to let you convert media to play on devices like Apple iPhone, iPad, Microsoft Zune, Sony PSP an...  Read more

Overview

Text Speaker 3.2 is a program developed by DeskShare. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is text speaker.exe. The software installer includes 22 files and is usually about 32.07 MB (33,626,236 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 39% of users of Text Speaker come from the United States, it is also popular in France and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.deskshare.com
Help link: www.deskshare.com/contact_tech.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Deskshare\Text Speaker 3\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Deskshare\Text Speaker 3\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 32.07 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Text Speaker 3.2

Program executable:text speaker.exe
Name:Text Speaker
Path:C:\Program Files\deskshare\text speaker 3\text speaker.exe
MD5:153d75d486b01125dcc880aa3c01c523
Additional files:
  • DSProductDownloader.exe - DSProductDownloader
  • EnableService.exe - EnableService
  • Reminder.exe - ReminderEx
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • DNSpeechKit.dll (by Chant) - Chant SpeechKit 6 .NET Win32 Component Library
  • dxwebsetup.exe (by Microsoft) - Microsoft(R) DirectX for Windows(R) (DirectX 9.0 Web setup)
  • NSpeechKit.dll (by Chant)
  • tx151.dll (by The Imaging Source Europe GmbH) - TX Text Control (TX Text Control Core Component)
  • tx151css.dll (by The Imaging Source Europe GmbH) - TX Text Control CSS Filter
  • tx151doc.dll - TX Text Control DOC Filter
  • tx151dox.dll - TX Text Control DOCX Filter
  • tx151htm.dll - TX Text Control HTML Filter
  • tx151ic.dll - IC Image Control
  • tx151pdf.dll - TX Text Control PDF Filter
  • tx151rtf.dll - TX Text Control RTF Filter
  • tx151tls.dll - Tool Bars for TX Text Control
  • tx151wnd.dll - TX Text Control Window Management
  • tx151xml.dll - TX Text Control XML Filter
  • TXDocumentServer.dll - TX Text Control .NET DocumentServer (TX Text Control DocumentServer)
  • txpdf.dll - TX Text Control PDF Import Filter
  • TXTextControl.dll - TX Text Control .NET Component

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Text Speaker.exe is scheduled as a task named 'TS_3_c3cb7775-bf1c-44a6-86a0-be6bb87b4bcc'.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Text Speaker.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Text Speaker' and executes as C:\Program Files\Deskshare\Text Speaker 3\Text Speaker.exe.

How do I remove Text Speaker?

You can uninstall Text Speaker from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Text Speaker 3.2, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Text Speaker.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 45%
Win 7 5%
  
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 45.45%
Windows 7 45.45%
Windows Vista 9.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.45%
Windows 7 Professional 13.64%
Windows 8.1 13.64%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.09%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.09%
Windows 10 Home 9.09%

Distribution by countryGeography

39.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 39.22%
  France 9.80%
  Italy 7.84%
  Germany 5.88%
  New Zealand 3.92%
  Israel 3.92%
  Colombia 1.96%
  Australia 1.96%
  India 1.96%
  Mexico 1.96%
  DZ 1.96%
  Greece 1.96%
  Argentina 1.96%
  Japan 1.96%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.95%
Dell 13.16%
Acer 13.16%
Intel 7.89%
Toshiba 7.89%
Lenovo 7.89%
ASUS 7.89%
Samsung 5.26%
American Megatrends 5.26%
Medion 2.63%
Common models
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TOSHIBA Satellite L300 3.03%
TOSHIBA Satellite C855 3.03%
TOSHIBA PORTEGE R30-A 3.03%
Samsung RV420/RV520/RV720... 3.03%

About (from DeskShare Inc.)

Since 2000, DeskShare has published innovative, easy-to-use products for the Windows platform.
Publisher URL: www.deskshare.com

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