Something like iText should be able to filter the content of a pdf to its basetext to feed it into the synthesizer. And there're even different voices.
It would have been nice to imitate the author's accent though. ;-) Thanks ! On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:14, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > I've used this in testing and was quite pleased with both the simplicity of > the API (based on the java speach API) and the quality. > > http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php > > Happy hacking, > > Steve > > > > S > > > On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm spending quite a lot of time on the road these days. So much that I >> ran out of podcasts ! :-) >> >> But I still have a ton of text material to read. I can put the laptop >> beside me in the car and let it "read" it for me. But, if it can read I >> guess it can record in mp3 too. >> >> Does somebody knows about an application to do this ? And save me from >> eternal boredom at the wheel ? ;-) >> >> Thanks !!!! >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
