Troubleshooting Text to speech question

sirmaru · 08-27-2010, 10:07 PM

The user guide for the Kindle 3 says this:

"By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech."

How does one do this?

ATDrake · 08-27-2010, 11:39 PM

Press the Aa button and you should get a pop-up with all the Text-to-Speech options. However, they'll be greyed out if your book has TTS disabled, which some publishers do.

sirmaru · 08-28-2010, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Press the Aa button and you should get a pop-up with all the Text-to-Speech options. However, they'll be greyed out if your book has TTS disabled, which some publishers do.

On the Kindle 3 I only get the options to turn text to speech on or off. I don't get the other options.

Maybe the software has changed this just for Kindle 3.

tomsem · 08-28-2010, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirmaru

On the Kindle 3 I only get the options to turn text to speech on or off. I don't get the other options.

Maybe the software has changed this just for Kindle 3.

You can only access the options if you turn TTS on. Not sure why, just the way it works...

So: turn it on, go back to Aa menu, and you should be able to change things. It will think about it a bit, then resume.

sirmaru · 08-28-2010, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

You can only access the options if you turn TTS on. Not sure why, just the way it works...

So: turn it on, go back to Aa menu, and you should be able to change things. It will think about it a bit, then resume.

Aa menu had those options while T-S was running.

Thanks.

08-27-2010, 10:07 PM	#1
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Text to speech question The user guide for the Kindle 3 says this: "By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech." How does one do this?

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08-27-2010, 11:39 PM	#2
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Press the Aa button and you should get a pop-up with all the Text-to-Speech options. However, they'll be greyed out if your book has TTS disabled, which some publishers do.

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