Just notepad can do many things for you, thus its not like a garbage but instead its something really useful!! This is my personal favorite trick! You can make your computer speak whatever you want just through notepad, without any requirement of softwares!!

• Open Notepad(Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad). 

• Copy any of the following codes and paste it in notepad.

   Dim Message, Speak
          Message=InputBox("Enter text","Speak")
          Set Speak=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
          Speak.Speak Message

• From the Menu bar, click on File > Save As. The Save As dialog box opens. 

• Under the Save as type select All Files option. Write a desired name for your file, for example speak.vbs [Remember to give a .vbs extension to your file name]. 

• Now open speak.vbs file.

• You will get a message box as shown in the picture here.

• Type whatever you want and click OK.