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BetterRed · 04-08-2016, 05:14 PM

@jobsagoodun - the Text to Speech plugin uses Microsoft's Speech API (SAPI), which has been around since Win95. TTS is a generic name for a capability not a specific technology, so SAPI is MS's implementation of TTS.

A number of people have integrated Balabolka into calibre via the 'Open With' feature (built in or plugin). If you search the Calibre forum for 'Balabolka' you should find some posts. I use the built-in 'Open With' which I access via the View Specific format option (the kb shortcuts are assigned via Preferences->Keyboard):

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Maybe you could integrate one or more of the TTS programs you mentioned in a similar way. Of course, you must attach the programs to formats they can 'read'

BR

04-08-2016, 05:14 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,988 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@jobsagoodun - the Text to Speech plugin uses Microsoft's Speech API (SAPI), which has been around since Win95. TTS is a generic name for a capability not a specific technology, so SAPI is MS's implementation of TTS. A number of people have integrated Balabolka into calibre via the 'Open With' feature (built in or plugin). If you search the Calibre forum for 'Balabolka' you should find some posts. I use the built-in 'Open With' which I access via the View Specific format option (the kb shortcuts are assigned via Preferences->Keyboard): Maybe you could integrate one or more of the TTS programs you mentioned in a similar way. Of course, you must attach the programs to formats they can 'read' BR