Thread: Any Microsoft online TTS plugin for Calibre?
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Old 03-02-2021, 11:47 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The Calibre viewer does have an option to use the Microsoft TTS. Just type ctrl-s and you'll get the controls for the TTS.
It seems the OP wants to use Microsoft's online TTS. Which would require you to have a live Internet connection every time you used it. Not to mention that it says try for free now.

I played with it and it's "lifelike" intonation is not that great without embedded directives. A live narrator has the advantage there though if your ebook had embedded SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) directives, you could achieve decent results.
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