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Old 03-06-2016, 06:59 AM   #49
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
Voice quality aside, ivona can impress by plowing through long sentences and difficult words, but it still makes some dumb errors. For example, it insists on reading No. as number when there is no number after
I don't know whether you own any Android devices but if so you may like to try the app @Voice Aloud Reader which will read aloud ebooks (epub, pdf, doc, txt, fb2, mobi, prc, azw/azw3), web articles, and other text sources. I've only tried epubs myself, which work very well. There's a free version and a pay-to-remove-Ads version if you decide you like it.

The main thing is that it has a facility to correct pronunciation. I don't know whether it will solve all your personal bugbears but it does seem to have fixed the No./number irritation in Ivona Amy (and other voices) for me.
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