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Tag Archives: Kindle

March 17, 2014

Classy ‘Amy’ voice and other new delights now in Voice Dream text-to-speech app—and Amazon is fixing its Amy glitch in HDX tablet firmware

When Amazon bought out Ivona—home to text-to-speech whizzes—I worried. Ivona’s almost-human...
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February 23, 2014

Amazon, please unmute the Paperwhite: No need for the workaround shown in this video, when TTS chips cost next to nothing!

At first glance, the MIT-designed FingerReader shown in this video looks...
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October 15, 2013

How to get the most out of library e-books via the right gadget, text to speech, and otherwise

Want to hear text to speech from free library books on...
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September 03, 2013

Ouch! Text to speech is also AWOL from THIS year’s Paperwhite from Amazon

Drat! The newest Kindle Paperwhite E Ink reader from Amazon is...
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