Unable to use text to speech?

connoisseur · 01-01-2022, 07:39 PM

I randomly decided to try out the text to speech function for the first time now. So I connect some headphones and clicked the voice button and I'm shown that I have no packages installed. So I click the button to download new packages and a new rectangular window appears on the screen but I don't see any download options. The window is blank. I watched this video - https://youtu.be/yk5eII5PRy0?t=22 - and it clearly shows options to download voice packages, but I don't see any. And I do have an internet connection - the browser for example works as intended.

So I went to the pocketbook support site here - https://www.pocketbook-int.com/int/s...tbook-inkpad-3 - and tried manually downloading a .pbi package and placing it in /system/applications, but it isn't available in the voice menu nor is it visible in the applications menu from the home screen. Furthermore, the .pbi (which is apparently just a zip file) is password protected and idk how to extract it if I had to.

Can anyone help? How am I supposed to use the text to speech feature? My device is an Inkpad Color 2 PB 741.

ps67 · 01-02-2022, 02:58 PM

It works for me:

You have to copy the voice pack to the internal memory of the device, the copied file should be placed in the root directory of the device’s internal memory.
Open the Library, set grouping by Folders and find the recorded voice pack.
Click the file icon and confirm the installation.

more informations at page 60 of the manual https://support.pocketbook-int.com/f...d_Color_EN.pdf

nhedgehog · 01-02-2022, 04:01 PM

Important: TTS option in the reader app is only available IF a device for audiooutput (speaker, headset) is connected with the Pocketbook ereader.

connoisseur · 01-02-2022, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ps67

It works for me:

You have to copy the voice pack to the internal memory of the device, the copied file should be placed in the root directory of the device’s internal memory.
Open the Library, set grouping by Folders and find the recorded voice pack.
Click the file icon and confirm the installation.

more informations at page 60 of the manual https://support.pocketbook-int.com/f...d_Color_EN.pdf

Thanks, this worked perfectly! I didn't know I had to manually click on them from the Folders view to install them.

01-01-2022, 07:39 PM	#1
connoisseur Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: Pocketbook PB 741	Unable to use text to speech? I randomly decided to try out the text to speech function for the first time now. So I connect some headphones and clicked the voice button and I'm shown that I have no packages installed. So I click the button to download new packages and a new rectangular window appears on the screen but I don't see any download options. The window is blank. I watched this video - https://youtu.be/yk5eII5PRy0?t=22 - and it clearly shows options to download voice packages, but I don't see any. And I do have an internet connection - the browser for example works as intended. So I went to the pocketbook support site here - https://www.pocketbook-int.com/int/s...tbook-inkpad-3 - and tried manually downloading a .pbi package and placing it in /system/applications, but it isn't available in the voice menu nor is it visible in the applications menu from the home screen. Furthermore, the .pbi (which is apparently just a zip file) is password protected and idk how to extract it if I had to. Can anyone help? How am I supposed to use the text to speech feature? My device is an Inkpad Color 2 PB 741.

01-02-2022, 02:58 PM	#2
ps67 Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 7025494 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Elipsa, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Inkpad Color	It works for me: You have to copy the voice pack to the internal memory of the device, the copied file should be placed in the root directory of the device’s internal memory. Open the Library, set grouping by Folders and find the recorded voice pack. Click the file icon and confirm the installation. more informations at page 60 of the manual https://support.pocketbook-int.com/f...d_Color_EN.pdf

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