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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Should work is the problem. All the Android popular reading apps with TTS that I've tried do not work. But the other point you make is also relevant, in most retail books I've seen the <img> alt text has been totally mis-used by the book creator.
I also think that Hitch is correct that even if it did work a leading dropcap-type letter image would be pronounced separate from the rest of the first word. Properly alt-labelled chapter heading images would stand a better chance of being pronounced correctly.
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I'm
reasonably certain that that's what happens. Yes, it's been a while since I tested it, but the KF7s still are the same, really. I find that their TTS is actually easier to access and use and test, than the later versions.
In this instance, I should be
MOST delighted to learn that I'm
wrong.
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ETA: TTS has a long way to go, but there isn't much incentive to make it work better when so many people seem happy to pay Audible etc for retail audiobooks read by professionals.
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And there it is. That's the other point I meant to add, earlier--that there's little or no incentive for Amazon to make it work "better." IN fact, there's an outright
disincentive, as they're paid for Audible, and
not paid to fix the TTS in the devices.
My $.02, for what it's worth.
Hitch