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Create a simple Text to Speech converter with Notepad/Notepad++ Notepad and Notepad++ are most commonly used text editors. And there some really simple yet amazing things you can do with these tools. Here we will be creating a simple text to speech converter on using notepad, without adding any additional plugin or software, and its offline. This also be fun for your children and even help you in teaching them something, if you use it right. Open notepad or notepad++, whichever text editor you like to use. Copy and Paste below code in editor. Dim message, sapi message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Text to Speech") Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice") sapi.Speak message Now, save this text file with any name, but only with .vbs extension, for example you can save as TextToSpeech.vbs Close notepad. When you double click on file, it will open a message popup like below with a text field. Just type-in the text and hit Enter key or Click on OK butto...

How to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode ? Private browsing is a feature in popular web browsers. When you switch your browser to private browsing or incognito mode, your browser won't save your history, searches, cookies, and other data during browsing sessions. However do note that, it doesn't mean that your ISP will not be able to track you and even some other websites can also track you. So it's not something that can make you 100% untraceable. When you open your browser, you need manually switch to incognito (Chrome) or private browsing (IE) mode. But if you want to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode, here is the trick to do that. Chrome : Right click on the chrome shortcut icon on your desktop or task bar, which you use to open your chrome browser and go to Properties . Now add a space and - incognito at the end of the value available in Target box. after update, it will look something like below. Do not change chrome...

Best way to remove PDF password offline without any paid tools? You got a PDF which needs a password to open. you know the password now, but what if you open that PDF after 6 months or 1 year. You may not remember the password then or you will need to store password in some file and then remember where you stored the password. 😝 So you want to remove the password now itself, and then you don't need to remember it forever. But you don't want to waste money on some paid tool which can do it offline, and uploading the PDF online doesn't seem to be good idea to you.  Here is the easiest way to remove password offline. Step 1:  Right click on the PDF file and open the file through Open with  option which appears in the context menu. Select Google Chrome  from the list. Step 2: Enter the password to open PDF for the for the last time, after this, you need not to enter the password again for this PDF, if you follow the subsequent steps. Step 3:  Once you enter the pa...

YouTube shortcut keys, which can change your Video watching experience !!  If you spend hours on YouTube videos, here are few handy keys to make your life easy. So, you already know hitting Space bar on keyboard pauses the video on YouTube. But sometime it causes scroll down the page, and in this case you need click on the video to pause it.  Similarly going forward or backward could also be problematic.  So instead you should use following: Pressing  J,  key will take you backward 10 seconds 👈 👈 If you feel 10 seconds is too much use Left Arrow to go  backward 5 seconds 👈 Press K , this will play/pause the video currently playing ✋ Pressing L,  key will take you forward 10 seconds 👉 If you feel 10 seconds is too much use Right Arrow to go  forward 5 seconds 👈 Go Full Screen by pressing F Increase/ Decrease volume by 5% using Up/ Down arrow 🕨🕩🕪 Mute or Unmute videos by pressing M 🔇 🔊 Move to the previous video in a playlist   ...

How to send image on WhatsApp without reducing quality and size ? When you send a high-resolution image over WhatsApp, the recipient receives an image with reduced quality and size. But there a simple trick by which you can send an image with affecting the size and quality. You do not need to do any changes in settings of WhatsApp or your phone.  Try this simple way of sending image. Step 1:  Open WhatsApp and go to contact to which you want to send the image. Now, open the attachment icon to send image.  Here instead of going to Gallery , select Document option. Step 2:  Select Browse Other Docs... It will take you to File Manager , Select Open from Images option. Step 3: You will get all folders that contains images.  Open folder and select image. Step 4: Click send and the image will be sent as document and recipient will get the same high-resolution image. No share all those party photos with that same quality. 😎 If you did not know this, share with your fr...

How to set WhatsApp text status with cool background, without using a third party app ? Do you like to change your WhatsApp status frequently with crazy quotes and cool thoughts ? So when you open WhatsApp text status window you get something like below. It gives you few solid background colors and text style. It does the job, but what if I tell you can set something like this with a few steps in WhatsApp. You don't need another app ! You don't edit any picture ! This can be way more cool when you play around with this trick. So,lets see how to do it. Step 1:  Go to Status screen of your WhatsApp, and select Image status icon instead of text status. I have highlighted in below image Step 2 :  Select any random image. You can select any image, because it won't be visible to anyone. In below screenshot, I have selected a useless image. Just make sure you select an image which covers your screen. Step 3:  Click on Smiley icon on top the screen and you will get the available ...