More text to speech conversion

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By Paul Biba

I received the following email from Mark Gladding, founder of Tumbywood Software in Australia. I reprint it because it is important that our readers with disabilities have as much information available to them as possible. The Text2Go software he describes costs US$ 45, which includes one voice.

I noticed your recent article describing converting ebooks to MP3 files so you can listen to them on your Kindle.

I don’t know if you’re aware but I have a similar text to speech product called Text2Go, that will convert any DRM-free ePub ebook into an iTunes Audiobook for playback on your iPod/iPhone (MP3 files can also be created for other MP3 players/devices). One of the neat things it will do is preserve the chapter marks for easy navigation during playback. It will also use the cover image when available and even pluck out images within the ebook for use as chapter images.

There is a full tutorial on the process on the Text2Go website at

Text2Go eBook to Audiobook Tutorial

I’ve also added ‘Convert to Audiobook’ links to the ebook announcements on eBooks Just Published where possible. Clicking on one of these links will automatically download the ebook and begin the conversion to an audiobook. If Text2Go is not installed, the reader will be prompted to download and install the application first.

You can see a few such links in the eBooks Just Published.com free category.

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