Yes, that is what it is suppose to do; however there are a variety of programs. Some do not work well and others do a pretty good job. We do listen to these at an accelerated rate. I am very intrigued next to create something for the blind and I need someone who could assist in writing software to help the blind. Imagine if a blind person could understand color? I am in the midst of creating a coloring book for the blind. One of the elements is to get the blind person to "feel", "see" color. The way I want to do it is have a descriptive of color, and to make it really stand out, put music to color. What does red sound like? Black, orange, etc. I would love some coders, musicians, singers and others to collaborate with me on this? Just wondering if this is the place to find all this. This would be amazing!