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.
17. A controller according to claim 12, wherein said graphical user interface includes commands to stop feeding text to the text-to-speech converter, and wherein said controller stops on interword text boundaries.