I alternate between reading books — frequently novels — from BookShare and NLS. It turns out that i like TTS on my Stream and NLS narrators equally well.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2019, at 1:42 AM, goshawk on horseback > <[email protected]> wrote: > > definitely not for me! > I would rather buy audiobooks that I actually want to listen to, with good > readers, who bring the characters to life. > > Simon > > > ----- 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. > > 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
