Hack to unlock the Text-to-speech?

Dava · 02-25-2011, 05:08 PM

Is it possible to unlock the text to speech feature so that I can listen to borrowed "non-DRM" books?

waller4343 · 02-25-2011, 05:31 PM

Which book is it? I haven't heard of a "non-DRM" book that had TTS disabled. The default is TTS ON - it's an active choice and effort to disable TTS - and is usually done by a publisher to protect audiobook sales. But I would think the easiest way is to run it through a conversion with something like Calibre since it isn't DRM'd.

wallcraft · 02-25-2011, 08:30 PM

If TTS is disabled, then there is a flag set in the MOBI's metadata. One possible fix is to use Calibre to convert to ePub and then back to MOBI.

02-25-2011, 05:08 PM	#1
Dava Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Samsung Galaxy I5700 Spica, Kindle 3	Hack to unlock the Text-to-speech? Is it possible to unlock the text to speech feature so that I can listen to borrowed "non-DRM" books?

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02-25-2011, 05:31 PM	#2
waller4343 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 16090 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle DX, K3, iPad	Which book is it? I haven't heard of a "non-DRM" book that had TTS disabled. The default is TTS ON - it's an active choice and effort to disable TTS - and is usually done by a publisher to protect audiobook sales. But I would think the easiest way is to run it through a conversion with something like Calibre since it isn't DRM'd.

02-25-2011, 08:30 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	If TTS is disabled, then there is a flag set in the MOBI's metadata. One possible fix is to use Calibre to convert to ePub and then back to MOBI.

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