Text to Speech Apps can read in 100 Languages 31 October 2024 by Madeline Foster 0 Comments In its simplest definition, Generative Artificial Intelligence (often called Generative AI or Gen AI) can create applications and use text to develop various forms of content and media, such as books, movies, and graphics. It achieves this by making suggestions or predicting the intended meaning of text or code commands. Generative AI plays a significant role in the "book … [Read more...] about Text to Speech Apps can read in 100 Languages
Bookwire GmbH to launch WAY service for audiobook publishing using TTS tech 29 June 2022 by Sovan Mandal 0 Comments The Frankfurt-based Bookwire GmbH announced the launch of its new WAY service or 'We Audiobook You', PublishingPerspective reported. This essentially allows audiobook publishers to explore advanced synthetic voice options to record audiobooks instead of human voice artists. It’s very important for us to keep in mind with this technical innovation that human voices and the … [Read more...] about Bookwire GmbH to launch WAY service for audiobook publishing using TTS tech
Text to Speech in e-Readers Receives Another Setback 2 February 2015 by Michael Kozlowski 5 Comments Text to Speech functionality in popular e-reader brands such as Kindle, Kobo, and Nook have received another major setback. The FCC has granted all major companies another exemption that expires in early 2016. This means that neither of these brands have to include audio to make the devices accessible to people suffering from vision problems. Since 2013 all of the major … [Read more...] about Text to Speech in e-Readers Receives Another Setback
Instapaper for iOS Goes Freemium, Gets Updates 18 September 2014 by 0 Comments With the arrival of iOS 8, apps are starting to release updates to take advantage of the new features. Instapaper is no exception, adding several new features this week but also moving to a freemium business model. What this means for users is that the universal iOS app can now be downloaded for free --with the old subscription package being renamed to Instapaper … [Read more...] about Instapaper for iOS Goes Freemium, Gets Updates
Audiobooks Get Personal with StorEbook 5 April 2013 by Mercy Pilkington 0 Comments With all of the enhancements and innovations in digital reading, perhaps one of the most exciting is the more natural-sounding audio narrations coming out for ebooks. While audiobooks recorded by celebrity voices and trained actors are still a favorite for book listening, we've come a long way since the first edition Kindle would robotically read the text of an ebook. One of … [Read more...] about Audiobooks Get Personal with StorEbook
ReadSpeaker Supports Browser-Based Content Read Aloud 14 February 2013 by Mercy Pilkington 0 Comments Everything about Tools of Change focuses on looking ahead to the future, in this case, the future of publishing. The TOC conference is a place for forward-thinking entities involved in some arm of publishing to not only showcase what they can do, but to also highlight where they plan to take the future of books. One of the futures that has long been anticipated for digital … [Read more...] about ReadSpeaker Supports Browser-Based Content Read Aloud
