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Originally Posted by copyrite
From one who doesn't mind TTS, I don't think this feature will make audio books obsolete. No generated voice can add the nuances, inflection and emotion an actual person can introduce when reading text, not to mention mispronunciation of words like "read", "record" in certain contexts. The mispronunciation is distracting in TTS (and still I use it a lot in the car!).
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The male, American voice is great, pausing at the end of sentences and paragraphs and good variations in pitch. It is just as good as an Audible book for me unless the Audible book had music and sound effects intertwined with the reading. I have that kind of sound in my Now Bible NIV and of course TTS cannot match that. However, I never use the Now Bible anymore since they only have the Bible on it and my HDX 2013 has so may other features. My AcroBible on the HDX can be in its own TTS with sound pitch variations as well.
However, when reading normally, I usually go back a paragraph or even a page in many areas to fully understand something important. The voice reading ploughs straight ahead. They really need a "Back" button to get a re-reading of some passages. Maybe the HDX 2014 will have that feature.
Of course, I could open the cover to stop the reading, page back and then start it again. Actually, I just thought of that and may use that feature the next time I use the voice.
It is too bad that Amazon does not retrofit the sound eBook reading to the HD 2012 but the hardware of that device may not support it.