Thread: Observation about text to speech.
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Old 01-15-2015, 11:41 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
I think the quality of the voices used has improved as well. My Kindle Fire has TTS capability and it has a feminine sounding voice that is way better than earlier voices that were non-human in origin for things like audio books etc. It sounds more natural now than earlier ones did.
You can select more than one voice and change the default whenever you want:

Settings -> Language -> Text-to-Speech -> Download Additional Voices -> back -> Default Voice


6 English Voices
  • Australia --> Nicole & Russell
  • UK --> Amy & Brian
  • US --> Joey & Salli
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