Comments on: eBooks Just Published to create an EPUB text to speech reader http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebooks-just-published-to-create-an-epub-text-to-speech-reader/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebooks-just-published-to-create-an-epub-text-to-speech-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1080840 HeavyG Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:57:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=23686#comment-1080840 Will this survive the same assault from rights holders that the Kindle TTS feature did? Will this survive the same assault from rights holders that the Kindle TTS feature did?

]]> By: Michael Harris http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebooks-just-published-to-create-an-epub-text-to-speech-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1080701 Michael Harris Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=23686#comment-1080701 I'm really like the text to speech on my Kindle2, but this doesn't look like it will work as well for me. My primary method of consuming books is still reading. However, when I am commuting or working out I use TTS. Its really useful for times when I don't want to put that book down, but that I have to interrupt my reading [grin]. However, this requires the ability to move seamlessly from text to TTS and back to text. This application looks like it is all or nothing. You get the entire text spoken or none of it. I can see that this might be useful for people with vision problems, but it won't fit my needs. I’m really like the text to speech on my Kindle2, but this doesn’t look like it will work as well for me. My primary method of consuming books is still reading. However, when I am commuting or working out I use TTS. Its really useful for times when I don’t want to put that book down, but that I have to interrupt my reading [grin].

However, this requires the ability to move seamlessly from text to TTS and back to text. This application looks like it is all or nothing. You get the entire text spoken or none of it. I can see that this might be useful for people with vision problems, but it won’t fit my needs.

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