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Originally Posted by emellaich
It will be interesting to hear how good the TTS is. When I first heard of it on the Kindle2 I thought it would be useless (reading by a computer voice). However, I have been pleasantly surprised by how often I use it. When I'm driving, at the gymn and while I am doing chores and other stuff. And then I can switch back to reading when its convenient.
Now somewhere on these boards, I heard this described as "1st generation TTS" on the pocket pro. If it's as good as the Kindle2 it will definitely be useful, and if so this will lead me to keep the Astak firmware in place instead of OpenInkpot and other alternatives.
Question for RobertB, what formats support TTS? Currently, most of my files are .mobi. Will TTS work with this, or will I need to convert them?
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I have no idea how rumors get started but there are two recurring rumours that bother me. The TTS is not "1st Generation" versus something else on the Kindle 2. Our TTS is state-of-the-art at present. If anything, it is improved over the Kindle TTS. I have heard both and the Pocket PRO seems much closer to human speech pattern. PLEASE, we have more than enough questions getting answered than to launch in falsehoods and rumours. It is as good as it gets on the Pocket PRO.
The other rumor is that the 6 inch has 1.1 USB. It has 2.0 and I have not heard any other remote complaint that our USB is slow. It IS what it is: 2.0!!
As the Pocket PRO TTS does not work yet with EPUB or PDF (but does work with most other formats) I surmize that it will work with your Mobi IF it is non-DRM. DRM Mobi is exclusive and will not work on the EZ Reader or Pocket PRO as both have Adobe Digital Editions!! Mobi sets this rule and not us.
I have not tried TTS yet with Mobi as we try very hard to steer clear of Mobi.