Generally produce speech that clocks in at around the same quality level – sometimes it’s fine and other times, it falls pretty far from the mark. What make this app stand out are its options. It’s more aesthetically pleasing and a breeze to use.Ĩ Balabolka is a free text-to-speech engine that boasts quality and flexibility worthy of a paid app. From Ilya Morozov: Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech. It can read back from many different file types including Microsoft Word DOC. It utilizes the Microsoft TTS engine, but gives you access to various voice controls like voice pitch and speed. Balabolka is a feature-rich portable freeware text-to-speech application developed by Russian developer Ilya Morozov.