Sometimes xkcd Says It Best

http://xkcd.com/481/

yWriter has an option for Microsoft Anna to read my text back to me.  Nothing like the aural version of a .txt doc to really point out the [lack of] flow in your narrative.  

Not a user of yWriter?  You could always try yRead.  Also good if you have laryngitis and the phone rings.  True story.

http://xkcd.com/483/

  Does Smerp count?