One tool to track issues & release great software. Try Jira for free. First, I am writing this with a speech-to-text dictation app. The first thing that you are going to have to know about having device, is that you were going to have to learn how to use APK's. I use APK pure, because it is the one. Open Google Play or visit the Amazon App Market and search for text-to-speech apps. If you already have the Kindle app installed, it still needs the added functionality of a third-party app. Common options include Google Text-to-Speech, Classic Text-to-Speech Engine and IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ (links in Resources).
So i need to do some speed reading for school and i found that text - speech works tremendously well for me. I purchased ALL of my school books for the Kindle for mac app. I am readying my first novel and speeding through it and then all of a sudden i get ' you have reached the copy limit for this publishers...blahvlahl' So after doing some quick research I learned that this is due to a DRM. All I want to do is be able to use text to speech for my book and books. I would try to figure this out today but I need to spend my time reading because I am behind. Someone please help me!! I got as far to download calibre but I don't want to waste anymore time!
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:
PC/Mac/Linux:
Android:
IVONA Kendra US English beta (for english speakers) (note this takes a long time to download, so be patient).
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:
Purchase your book as usual using the Kindle app (note, I don't know about other e-readers, but I'm sure this isn't limited to Kindle).
Connect the phone to the computer and open Calibre. You may have to configure the device to search for *.prc files using the drop-down menu. Locate the book, right click, and add to library. Note this will copy it to your local drive. Go to library and select 'Convert Books' and select the output filetype as MOBI. Now open the file directory and copy it back to the phone to your FBReader book directory (default /storage/sdcard0/Books).
Open book in FBReader and start listening!
You may have to locate the book using the File tree if it isn't showing up under title.
To start voice output, open the book, select the menu button, and scroll down to 'Speak+' (it took me a while to realize the menu was scrollable).
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