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Blio gets an update – TTS still horrible

December 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · software news

I was checking my reading apps this weekend and I noticed that Blio had an update available.  Don’t download it just yet. They haven’t ironed the bugs out of the update process. It bollocked my copy of Blio and I ended up having to go download the full install file and use it to repair [...]

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EBSCO Publishing extends TTS to school and public library Databases

August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has added text-to-speech (read aloud) support to EBSCOhost®databases, including its major school and public library databases, by embedding Texthelp Systems’ SpeechStream toolbar—a valuable benefit provided at no additional cost to the user. Users will be able to take advantage of this new feature with any full-text articles available [...]

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vBookz – new TTS reader app for the iPad

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, press release, software news

From the press release: vBookZ is intuitive, easy to use, and offers to the iPad users a whole new reading experience. Acapela speech synthesis comes in to turn the written content into pleasant speech, without ever having to watch the screen.vBookz is NOT ‘books on tape’: it is a live text-to-speech generator with no need [...]

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Odiogo – TTS for blogs

May 1st, 2010 · No Comments · software news

Do you see the button labeled “Listen Now” above this post? (It’s not there in the RSS feed.) It’s a clever little text to speech plugin from a company called Odiogo. I’ve decided to add it to my blog. What do you think of the sound quality?

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Acapela announces TTS for iPad

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · software news

From the press release: Acapela is proud to announce that following the success of its TTS for iPhone, additional support for iPad is also now available, allowing developers to create vocal applications for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Acapela TTS for iPhone SDK, already well known, extensively deployed and used in a broad range of [...]

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