I have used various voices on my iPhone to read Kindle books ever since this was possible. Since getting a braille display I use that mostly but there are times when I still use speech. Samantha is a particularly good voice for reading I think.
I tend to choose a voice I feel will best fit the book I’m reading. For instance: I was reading Mary Poppins earlier so decided on Serena. Now I’m reading an American book so am using Samantha. I love the choices I have! All the best Angie > On 16 Apr 2019, at 05:26, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I love the iOS Kindle App because it works so well with my Focus 40 Blue > Braille display. > > However, for whatever reason, until recently, I've never used the VoiceOver > Samantha TTS engine to read an entire novel in the Kindle app. > > Not long ago, I was searching for a book in Audible, because it is not > available on BARD or on Over Drive, and found it. The price of the audio > book was $19, $17 in Apple books. Since the audio length of the book was > just over 5 hours, I decided to see if a Kindle edition was available. Yes, > it was and for a mere $1.99. So, I purchased the Kindle version and used my > beloved Samantha TTS engine to read the novel. > > After I finished the Kindle version, a friend of mine purchased the audible > version. So, I decided to give it a quick listen to see if I would like the > book any better or less with a human narrator at the proverbial helm. > > You know what? I discovered that I actually preferred the Kindle version > wit the TTS engine, better. The funny thing is, I am absolutely certain > that I would have thoroughly enjoyed the human narrator edition had I not > experienced the TTS engine rendition, first. > > Now I'm certainly not saying that a TTS engine is better than a human > narrator but I am saying, that for me, at least, a TTS engine is definitely > a viable option for reading novels, especially when it comes to saving a few > dollars. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
