12. A text-to-speech controller, comprising: a text buffer for storing a text file comprised by text characters organized into words; a controller for controllably feeding text characters in the text file from said text buffer to a text-to-speech converter; and command means including a graphical user interface for accepting input commands to alter how said controller feeds text characters from said text buffer to the text-to-speech converter; wherein said controller sequentially feeds text characters from said text buffer to said text-to-speech converter in the absence of commands from said command means, and wherein said controller alters how text characters are fed from said text buffer to the text-to-speech converter in response to commands from said command means which are effectuated at interword text boundaries.
23. A controller according to claim 12, wherein said controller automatically advances through text in said text buffer in accordance with one of at least two selectable modes, wherein in the first mode said controller advances through text continuously, and wherein in said second mode said controller steps through text in the text buffer based on manual commands from the graphical user interface.