One of the new features of the Kindle 2 is its text-to-speech capability. Also known as “Read-to-me”, this feature allows the Kindle 2 to read text aloud to the user so they can look away.
While it's not exactly the most dramatic reading in the world, Kindle's have long had a text-to-speech option for those looking to have their Kindle's read to them. If you're more of a fan of iBooks, Cult of Mac shows off how to make your Mac do the same thing in Mavericks.
If you're on your iPhone or iPad, you can always turn on the VoiceOver setting (Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver) to have your phone read your books out loud, but that wasn't possible on the Mac. With Mavericks, all you need to do is open up iBooks, then hit Edit > Speech > Start Speaking. Your Mac will keep reading until your hit Edit > Speech > Stop Speaking. Having a robotic voice read a book to you isn't for everyone, but if you're a fan of the feature on your Kindle, now it's possible on the Mac.
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I wanted to listen to books I've purchased on the Kindle store for my commute to work, but to my dismay the Kindle android app has no text-to-speech support (some of the Kindle eReaders do).
After a bit of research and trail-and-error, I found a surprisingly good solution. For the record, this works for me using an Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2
Here's what you'll need:
Kindle App Text To Speech
PC/Mac/Linux:
Android:
Note: The IVONA TTS app is far superior to the default engine and makes listening to books more enjoyable instead of sounding like driving directions. You must first install the app and then install your language package of choice. Verify it is working and selected as preferred TTS engine by going to Settings>Language and input>Text-to-speech output.
Convert your book into *.MOBI file:
Open book in FBReader and start listening!
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