Hello Pilou, thank you for your constructive tips and comments

Here are the key links to my resources:

http://translate.google.com/translate_t# - Google Translate

http://www.naturalreaders.com/ - Text-to-voice software

http://www.naturalreaders.com/sample.htm# 2 French voices with examples

http://www.nextup.com/scansoft.html 4 French Voices with examples

http://nextup.com/acapela.html 4 French Voices with examples

As I have many video tutorials planned there will be far too much text for you to edit - a nice idea but a little impractical.
Perhaps this was a step too far - but I really enjoyed the challenge!

Ray