Zamzar.com has an online text to speech converter.  Upload your text file to Zamzar and after a short period of time, you will be emailed a link to download the file in MP3 format.  The converted MP3 has the typical computer generated voice, but this is still a great resource for converting text to speech.

If you need to record and edit audio on a PC, you have plenty of choices.  Some are good; some are junk.  Some are fairly inexpensive; others are extremely cost prohibitive to anyone without the last name of Jobs or Trump.

My main audio editor of choice is Audacity.  It is an Open Source (FREE!!!) audio editor for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• And more! See the complete list of features.