TTY WAV Reader

TTY WAV Reader is an application that gives you the possibility to easily extract text from Wave tracks that contain audio signals for TTY/TDD phones used by hearing impaired people.

Old, yet functional tool

It hasn't been updated for a pretty long time, but we haven't experienced any compatibility issues on newer Windows editions. The setup takes little time to finish and takes us back to older Windows, due to the fullscreen install mode as well as gradient background color.

Simple GUI for text extraction

Regarding the interface, TTY WAV Reader opts for a normal-looking window with a plain and simple structure, where you can use the file browser to indicate the Wave file containing the TTY/TDD signal. Alternatively, you can paste it from the Clipboard.
The operation is initialized with one click and doesn't take a long time to finish, after which you can view the extracted text in the main window.

Customize program settings

You can make the frame stay on top of other windows, open the Wave track in your default audio player, as well as ask the tool to automatically copy the extracted text to the Clipboard, launch the audio player if the file doesn't contain TTY tones, act on control characters, and ignore Wave files with fewer than 1 character per 5 seconds.
If you have TTY WAV Maker installed, made by the same developer, you can run it to create new TTY/TDD WAV audio tracks from text.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't come across any problems, as the application didn't freeze, crash or indicate errors. It extracted text swiftly while remaining light on system resources consumption.
All in all, TTY WAV Reader offers a simple and effective solution for obtaining text from Wave audio tracks which contain TTY tones.