text to speech : suggestions

gabaldini · 08-25-2016, 07:00 AM

I would like that in text to speech the word that is reading should be marked, or at lest that the pages turned automatically. I combine normal reading with text to speeach when hiking, and after going to normal reading I cant know where was the last page readed.
thanks !!

Jsolomon · 08-25-2016, 12:54 PM

As far as the automatic page-turning goes, make sure you have Text-to-speech > Follow paragraphs and chapters option in epub settings turned on. This was working when M3 was released though I tried it out again briefly a few days ago and it didn't seem to be. YMMV. (Addendum: just tested this again and it works fine except when a long paragraph wraps onto the next page. In that case the page doesnt turn until the remaining invisible portion of the paragraph has been read. I didn't notice this behavior previously but it is possible I just missed it.)

I, also, would like to see word by word highlighting as the built-in iOS "speak screen" feature does.

In vertical scrolling mode, text-to-speech with "follow paragraphs" automatically scrolls the current paragraph to the top of the screen (at least until you reach the end of a section) This might work for you but I greatly prefer a paginated view.

gabaldini · 08-27-2016, 02:08 PM

Yes, its true it jumps the page when reaching a new paragraph , but I usually read with a big font so the paragraphs are a lot of pages ahead and so I thought it does not turned pages automatically, anyway it should be better that pages turned when reaching the word in the next page not in the new paragraph.
Anyway I enjoy a lot Marvin, the best app!
thank you Solomon!

08-25-2016, 07:00 AM	#1
gabaldini Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 80 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: kindle paperwhite	text to speech : suggestions I would like that in text to speech the word that is reading should be marked, or at lest that the pages turned automatically. I combine normal reading with text to speeach when hiking, and after going to normal reading I cant know where was the last page readed. thanks !!

08-25-2016, 12:54 PM	#2
Jsolomon Member Posts: 20 Karma: 14074 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Marvin on iPad mini 2 & iPad Air 2	As far as the automatic page-turning goes, make sure you have Text-to-speech > Follow paragraphs and chapters option in epub settings turned on. This was working when M3 was released though I tried it out again briefly a few days ago and it didn't seem to be. YMMV. (Addendum: just tested this again and it works fine except when a long paragraph wraps onto the next page. In that case the page doesnt turn until the remaining invisible portion of the paragraph has been read. I didn't notice this behavior previously but it is possible I just missed it.) I, also, would like to see word by word highlighting as the built-in iOS "speak screen" feature does. In vertical scrolling mode, text-to-speech with "follow paragraphs" automatically scrolls the current paragraph to the top of the screen (at least until you reach the end of a section) This might work for you but I greatly prefer a paginated view. Last edited by Jsolomon; 08-25-2016 at 05:36 PM.

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08-27-2016, 02:08 PM	#3
gabaldini Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 80 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: kindle paperwhite	Yes, its true it jumps the page when reaching a new paragraph , but I usually read with a big font so the paragraphs are a lot of pages ahead and so I thought it does not turned pages automatically, anyway it should be better that pages turned when reaching the word in the next page not in the new paragraph. Anyway I enjoy a lot Marvin, the best app! thank you Solomon!

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