Hanso Recorder

Hanso Recorder is a feature-rich audio program developed for a wide range of sound tasks such as: converting CDs, tapes, DVDs, live performances, TV sounds, Internet radio, video games and any other sound source into audio files you can easily save on your computer.

This is a highly competent tool that can be used by anyone who wants to save their recordings or save their documents as audio files they can access from a multitude of audio playing devices.Hanso Recorder is a complete and powerful application that allows you to record audio files among other things. With it, you can record live TV shows, radio from Internet, someone singing or talking through your microphone, yourself playing an instrument, a movie conversation and many more things. Actually, you can record anything that you can listen to on your computer. The program lets you set the audio format to record your files. You can choose MP3, WMA, OGG, VOX, AU and AIFF. You can also set the sample rate and the audio channel. At the bottom of the program's main window you can set the output destination and name the file. The volume can be set as well.
The program also comes with a nice tool to transform any text introduced in the screen into spoken words. There is a 'text to speak' button that will convert into sounds anything you write in text. A female voice will pronounce every word you type.
It is very easy to record sounds with this program. All you have to do is select the device you want to record with and then hit the 'rec' button. The program can be set to detect silence and pause the recording when everything's gone silent. It is compatible with most of Windows versions, including Windows 7.