![]() Recently, we’ve noticed more and more brands using special characters in subject lines. Special character symbols in email have been around for many years, from the time that we moved beyond plain-text messages. But, for established, whitelisted brands, it shouldn’t be a problem to add a few special character symbols to your subject lines here and there. You will still not want to stray away from email best practices when you’re ramping up your IPs and building a new brand. While it does have an impact on deliverability, it is not the immediate red flag to ISPs that it might have been several years ago. You’ve probably been taught that using special characters in your subject lines is a bad practice because it can impact your sender score and cause your emails to not be delivered. I’m not talking just about exclamation points, question marks, and hashtags I’m talking about hearts, smiley faces, and lipstick symbols. I want to focus on something that is often considered taboo for email subject lines: special characters. So, what do lipstick and SPAM have to do with each other? No, we’re not talking about putting lipstick on a pig. We know that the email’s subject line is one of the biggest factors in getting recipients to open. Waterfall Text messaging software with feature-rich SMS, MMS, and mobile wallet.Įmail marketing is all about getting into the inbox and getting your customers to open your messages.Second Street Digital promotions software to grow your database and drive revenue.RightAnswers Knowledge management software that delivers a better experience.Qvidian RFP response and proposal management software to win new business faster.Objectif Lune Document composition and business communication automation to modernize complex, paper-based documents.InGenius Computer-telephony integration that stands apart.Altify Sales enablement software for account-based selling.PostUp Enterprise email marketing for publishers.Mobile Messaging Text messaging software that drives results.FileBound A document management system for reliable, user-friendly content workflow.Adestra Enterprise email marketing that inspires engagement.Panviva Supercharge your organization’s knowledge by delivering it through easy-to-follow flows.InterFAX Cloud-based fax service that delivers securely.BA Insight AI-driven enterprise search that delivers relevant, personalized, and actionable results.AccuRoute Secure content capture, routing, and fax with advanced data processing.PS: you have to pay for the better voices, but they will work on free text-to-speech software afterwards. ![]() I have others, but I have only used her for a long time now. Here is a website which has sample voices on it: including Audrey. I would not object to listening to that program read a long text.– Jeanne Pindar" "NOAA weather radio broadcasts are EXCELLENT. But I wouldn't mind finding the one from that weather channel that was mentioned ealier: I still think it's the best voice I have so far. I also have to place a pausing symbol (.,: or such) at the end of titles so she doesn't keep talking right through them. Although I have to change most ' that are on the text with copy-past to one from the keyboard, it is worth it for an almost realistic sounding voice. The best one I know of at the moment is named Audrey. The same voice will work accross different software. When it comes to having a good sound, what you really want to look for is not the text to speech software, but the good voices: they are a separate subject. There are some free useful Google Chrome extensions that are powered by iSpeech as well. Readspeaker provides auto-highlighting of the currently read paragraph/word, auto-scrolling and the ability to change the TTS speed. You can also set it to auto-highlight the currently read word!Ĭheck out ReadSpeaker too which can be implemented by website owners into their site. ![]() The (iSpeech powered) TTS voice is not as good as Ivona's or Loquendo's but it gives you a nice reader view on blog posts/articles by stripping away distracting page elements. It provides TTS for premium customers only. It is a browser extension currently only available for Google Chrome. To actually use the TTS voices on your Windows PC I recommend Balabolka (free), Ivona MiniReader (free) or Ivona Reader. Only Ivona lists prices on their website though. After weeks of researching the same question I found the voices from Ivona ( here) and Loquendo ( here and here) to be the best TTS voices available for Windows.
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