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Originally Posted by RobertDDL
Problem is, most of those companies sell their vioces at a resonable price, but only for your own private use ...
Also, the result will depend on your writing style. Short and simple sentences, and it may be astonishingly good. Complex syntax and nuances of meaning that demand attention to prosody, not so good. Poetry, and you're lost.
Also, blind users will use their own TTS systems or software, which offer some advantages over playing audio files (for instance, you can navigate more easily, you can select voice, pitch and speed, you can have words spelled out, the files are much smaller, etc.). A human-read audio file will usually offer a far more rewarding experience (still have to listen to yours), but I don't see much point in a pre-recorded speech synth output.
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It does seem to militate (as Danny Gallivan used to say) against commercial text-to-speech. Especially since I give it away. I would hesitate to pay the equivalent of at least $50 for personal use, and positively balk at over $500 to let others hear it.
My novels are around 80 on the Flesch Reading Ease scale, so very easy. A machine could probably do a pretty good job on them, but I've got so much good feedback here that I am greatly encouraged to continue doing the readings myself.
Please do give my audiobooks a listen. Let me know what you think. Drop a comment on my blog. Post a review somewhere ... Okay, I'm getting carried away.
Thank you for the help.