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Originally Posted by fabien.benoit.19
@Tex2002ans what tts software do you use actually?
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On Android, I use PocketBook Reader to read my EPUBs, and just have the built-in "Google Text-to-Speech" as the chosen TTS engine.
Good enough for me.
Note: About a month ago,
someone on Reddit recommended "Balabolka" to me, but I haven't tested it yet.
I've been wanting a TTS->MP3 program for quite a long time. If that can pull some of those higher quality, more human-sounding engines, that would be great. (And if I could listen on the computer... sugar on top!)
The only TTS->MP3s I tested in the past used the built-in Microsoft voices, and those were robotic-sounding junk.
If you're aware of some better TTS on Windows (local device preferably, no cloud stuff...), I'd be very interested.
Side Note: For the video and audio stuff... I actually use this on Android:
- NewPipe to watch the Youtube videos
- AntennaPod to listen to podcasts
Both of those have an option to "Skip Silence" + allow high (and fully controllable) speeds—NewPipe allows up to 3x speed, and AntennaPod can go up to 4x.
On Windows, similarly, the "cut silence" tools I'm aware of just don't work as smoothly/"magically" as those Android versions.