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Old 03-01-2021, 10:43 PM   #1
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Question Any Microsoft online TTS plugin for Calibre?
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This online speak very natural.much better than win10 loacl TTS.So I ask there is some plugin can make calibre-bookviewer using microsoft online TTS,just like new Edge webbrowser.
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Now I just install epub reader plugin for Edge browser and open EPUB and using TTS function of Edge
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Old 03-02-2021, 06:24 AM   #3
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The Calibre viewer does have an option to use the Microsoft TTS. Just type ctrl-s and you'll get the controls for the TTS.
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The Calibre viewer does have an option to use the Microsoft TTS. Just type ctrl-s and you'll get the controls for the TTS.
It seems the OP wants to use Microsoft's online TTS. Which would require you to have a live Internet connection every time you used it. Not to mention that it says try for free now.

I played with it and it's "lifelike" intonation is not that great without embedded directives. A live narrator has the advantage there though if your ebook had embedded SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) directives, you could achieve decent results.
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Now I just install epub reader plugin for Edge browser and open EPUB and using TTS function of Edge
hi, could you please show me how you did that?
I've install that addon, open an epub book in Edge. But I can't find the TTS function there.
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hi, could you please show me how you did that?
I've install that addon, open an epub book in Edge. But I can't find the TTS function there.
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