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How Do I Get My Book to Read Out Loud? – Exploring Text-to-Speech Options

Kitaboo

This blog will tell you all you need to know about it. We will explore a technology known as text-to-speech (TTS) that can help you do this and understand how it can be a game changer for your written works. What is Text-to-Speech? Why Do You Need Text-to-Speech in Your eBook Readers?

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How Can Interactive eBooks Unlock Fun and Profit for Children’s Authors?

Kitaboo

A well-structured layout that balances text and illustrations seamlessly is also essential. Q: What are some of the key benefits of writing and publishing interactive eBooks for children? Children are naturally drawn to humorous stories and characters, so adding funny elements can make the eBook more enjoyable and memorable.

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Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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The Benefits of Read-Aloud eBooks: Enhancing Literacy Skills

Kitaboo

The text-to-speech and read-aloud functions have been built into the eBook design. eBook content can be read aloud using “text to speech” (TTS) or “read aloud” capabilities. Text-to-speech or read-aloud features are integrated into the majority of high-end eBooks.

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Text-to-Speech Basics: What Is TTS and Who Uses It?

CourseArc

Call it the age of conversational computing—and the computer’s end of these conversations comes courtesy of a digital technology called text to speech, or TTS for short. In this article, we’ll describe the standard text to speech meaning and list some of the populations who benefit from TTS.

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Interview: Writing Accessible Copy

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Our chat focused on writing accessible copy. How writing skills fit in with accessibility Three considerations for writing accessible copy Plain language (and zombies!) Here are some resources mentioned in the interview and a few others to help with writing accessible copy. You can watch the video on YouTube below.

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Suggestions for optimal use of the Text to speech engine

Adobe Captivate

Captivate 4 introduced text to speech (TTS) technology in Rapid eLearning authoring. There were a couple of blog posts last year on tweaking the Captivate 4 voices ( VTML tags , User dictionary ). Our other partner, Loquendo, also offers the ability to insert commands in the input text to modify the way words are pronounced.