Comments on: Kindle 2 Text To Speech Vs AudioBooks

By: switch11

switch11 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:26:09 +0000

When in a book, click the Aa button to get the Font Menu.

Now turn on Text To speech (third line).
once Text To speech is on, you can go font Menu again (using Aa) and the 4th line is now enabled – It’s Speech Rate.

By: Charlotte Ann Hu

Charlotte Ann Hu — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:24:16 +0000

How can I change the speed of the TTS on my International Kindle?

By: S. Johnson

S. Johnson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:19:17 +0000

Good audio books are like verbal theater – the reader changes his/her voice to suit each character, or there may be more than one reader. Tone and inflection add a kind of “body language” to the story.

While the kindle text-to-speech lacks these nuances, it is far better than I had anticipated. I actually like to listen and read along simultaneously. When just listening, it falls short when it comes to passages that lack punctuation – chapter titles for example. It zips right through them without the stops or pauses that punctuation provides.

Conclusion: Text-to-speech does not measure up to a good audiobook, but it provides a wonderful enhancement to the Kindle.

By: Tami

Tami — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:20:08 +0000

I have noticed that with Kindle from the snippets that you provided that the female voice appeals to me much more than the male voice. Though with my Mac I much prefer Alex to any of the female voices. I appreciate you being so kind and putting those up there for me.