Posts tagged Text-to-Speech
Can We DeDRM eBooks After the Ruling from the Library of Congress?
The ruling from the Library of Congress provides DRM circumvention exemptions for the ebooks this way:
Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen readers that render the text into a specialized format.
Arstechnica nicely elaborate this in plain English:
Remember how Amazon got into trouble with publishers for allowing its Kindle to do automated text-to-speech? More >
What is the Difference Between Text-to-Speech & Voice Guide on Kindle 3?
Your Kindle can read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder), newspapers, magazines, blogs, and personal documents with the Kindle Experimental application, Text-to-Speech.
To turn on Text-to-Speech:- Press the Text key .
- Select “turn on” next to the “Text-to-Speech” option using the 5-way controller.
- Press the Text key again to adjust the speaking voice and rate.
On the other hand, Voice Guide lets you navigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable items, and descriptions. For example, when you open a book, Kindle speaks your current location and how far you’ve More >
What is the Difference Between Text-to-Speech & Voice Guide on Kindle 3?
Your Kindle can read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder), newspapers, magazines, blogs, and personal documents with the Kindle Experimental application, Text-to-Speech.
To turn on Text-to-Speech:- Press the Text key .
- Select “turn on” next to the “Text-to-Speech” option using the 5-way controller.
- Press the Text key again to adjust the speaking voice and rate.
On the other hand, Voice Guide lets you navigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable items, and descriptions. For example, when you open a book, Kindle speaks your current location and how far you’ve More >
How to Use Text-to-Speech on Kindle?
Your Kindle can read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder), newspapers, magazines, blogs, and personal documents with the Kindle Experimental application, Text-to-Speech.
To turn on Text-to-Speech:- Press the Text key .
- Select “turn on” next to the “Text-to-Speech” option using the 5-way controller.
- Press the Text key again to adjust the speaking voice and rate.
By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but you can select a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech and pause or turn off Text-to-Speech. While Text-to-Speech is More >
What is Voice Guide on Kindle 3?
The Voice Guide is a new feature Amazon has introduced with new Kindle. You already know that Kindle has Text-to-Speech capability. This TTS capability is a blessing for visually impaired people. Amazon has enhanced this capability now enabling Text-to-Speech for menus that will allow customers to navigate Kindle without having to read menu options. In addition to listening to books aloud, users now have the option of listening to content listings on the home screen, item descriptions, and all menu options. [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa] [asa]B002FQJT3Q[/asa] [asa]B003DZ165W[/asa]
Apple iPad Mini More >What Do You Need to Know Regarding PDF Support on Kindle 3?
The new Kindle has enhanced PDF support. What does it mean to such enhanced support. In short, new Kindle now supports dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights. Please read here the details:
- You can read any PDF file without loosing original formatting
- Password protected PDFs are now supported
- The white margins of PDFs are automatically cropped for maximum viewing
- You can magnify PDFs by viewing them in landscape mode
- You can zoom into any area of a PDF up to 300% and pan (by pressing down shift button and 5-way controller) to easily view small print and detailed tables and graphics
- You More >
vBookz – An iPad eReader with Text-to-Speech Support
vBookz is an e-book reader that reads out loud. The vBookz provides access over 30,000 books free of charge. Definitely these are all public domain ebooks. The best thing about vBookz is the magnifying glass interface indicating current reading location, the magnifying glass follows the text as the book is being read, making the reading experience much more enjoyable and fun.
According to the news release,
vBookz is NOT ‘books on tape’: it is a live text-to-speech generator with no need for conversion nor stored books files. It is a new way to enjoy reading: eyes-free reading while on the More >
