As I think someone said, reading voice is purely a mater of taste. I like bard books sometimes and sometimes I prefer text to speech.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe Rob, Text Aloud might be a possibility for you: https://nextup.com/ Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 -----Original Message----- From: 'RobH.' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe Experience from a long time audio reader, is the familiarity you get with TTS, until you're imune to its peculiarities. Like our screen readers. i'm trying to track down an old utility for Windows that directly converts .txt to .mp3/wav via any TTS voice you have installed. I wouldn't want to lose all my favourite books read by very good readers, but TTS is a great leveller. RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:25 AM Subject: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe 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 V iPhone list. 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