deactivate text to speech within Kindle Touch .mobi file while reading

muppetsinspace · 03-07-2013, 03:31 PM

Hey there,

Okay, so I'm kind of an amateur at this: is there ANY way, when creating a book file in html for Kindle Touch, to use markup to designate certain text as unreadable or invisible when Text-to-Speech is being used? For example,

This is a sentence.

would be coded as

This is a <hypothetical markup>sentence.</hypothetical markup>

and whatever that markup is would mean that Text-to-Speech would read aloud "This is a" instead of "This is a sentence."

I really appreciate any help I can get here, I keep thinking there has to be a way, but I could just be overly optimistic. Thank you!

HarryT · 03-07-2013, 03:38 PM

Can't be done, AFAIK.

twobob · 03-08-2013, 11:42 AM

Anyone know which lib does the work?

I could dig around with a bit more info on the lib in question.

03-07-2013, 03:31 PM	#1
muppetsinspace Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Kindle Touch	deactivate text to speech within Kindle Touch .mobi file while reading Hey there, Okay, so I'm kind of an amateur at this: is there ANY way, when creating a book file in html for Kindle Touch, to use markup to designate certain text as unreadable or invisible when Text-to-Speech is being used? For example, This is a sentence. would be coded as This is a <hypothetical markup>sentence.</hypothetical markup> and whatever that markup is would mean that Text-to-Speech would read aloud "This is a" instead of "This is a sentence." I really appreciate any help I can get here, I keep thinking there has to be a way, but I could just be overly optimistic. Thank you!

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03-07-2013, 03:38 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Can't be done, AFAIK.

03-08-2013, 11:42 AM	#3
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299991 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	Anyone know which lib does the work? I could dig around with a bit more info on the lib in question.

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