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noisy · 03-30-2012, 01:22 PM

This is only an idea, however it would be great if someone could explain is it possible to do such thing...

As far as I know, there is no possibility of creating real audiobooks, since .aa and .aax are are not open formats protected by DRM.

Regular TTS voice is not so great.

There is possibility, to change the standard "voice" of TTS mechanism. I guess that this is not a "voice" but a special kind of program which know how to pronounce each letter in specific language.

Is it possible to write on TTS program, which will play proper mp3 file from data store according to specified in information delivered in customizable new file format, like .openaa ( if paragraph starts with "Once upon a time" play Cinderella/1.mp3, etc)

The idea is to give possibility of creating audiobooks associated with real text of whole book.

I can buy an audiobook, I can buy an ebook, but (on kindle) I can't listen conveniently audiobook while reading a book (what would be great for learning language purpose).

03-30-2012, 01:22 PM	#1
noisy Member Posts: 22 Karma: 12 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle 3	Custom TextToSpeech "engine" as a way to create custom real audiobooks with texts This is only an idea, however it would be great if someone could explain is it possible to do such thing... As far as I know, there is no possibility of creating real audiobooks, since .aa and .aax are are not open formats protected by DRM. Regular TTS voice is not so great. There is possibility, to change the standard "voice" of TTS mechanism. I guess that this is not a "voice" but a special kind of program which know how to pronounce each letter in specific language. Is it possible to write on TTS program, which will play proper mp3 file from data store according to specified in information delivered in customizable new file format, like .openaa ( if paragraph starts with "Once upon a time" play Cinderella/1.mp3, etc) The idea is to give possibility of creating audiobooks associated with real text of whole book. I can buy an audiobook, I can buy an ebook, but (on kindle) I can't listen conveniently audiobook while reading a book (what would be great for learning language purpose).