03-08-2009, 07:41 PM | #1 |
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Text to speech
Does anyone here care about text to speech mode, either for the mainstream players (kindle) or those made for people with low vision( Victor Reader Stream). Note that Kindle allows individual publishers to decide if they want to offer the text to speech option. Thanks! |
03-08-2009, 08:27 PM | #2 | |
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03-08-2009, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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I don't care too much about the text to speech. In my opinion it's of limited utility. I find that the computer voice is sometimes hard to understand because it uses odd cadences. Also, sometimes the results are silly. I was listening to a mystery novel in the car, and at one point a character says, "and then I called 911." Text to speech rendered it as "and then I called nine hundred and eleven." No one says that!
If one wants to listen to a book, one is much better off with a good audible book performance by a real actor or reader, in my opinion. For folks with vision difficulties but who can still see somewhat, I think would get better mileage out of increasing the font size. |
03-08-2009, 10:11 PM | #4 |
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Nope its nothing I'm interested in
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03-09-2009, 12:16 PM | #5 |
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Hi Chelley and welcome to MobileRead. I agree with KindleDude
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