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Woo-hoo! Text-to-speech on the Kindle Fire (for some books)
Woo-hoo! Text-to-speech on the Kindle Fire (for some books) Tom Semple, you are my hero this morning! Tom is one of my regular readers and commenters, and very technically adept. As ILMKerss know, I...
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Is the battle for text-to-speech over?
Is the battle for text-to-speech over? As regular readers know, I’m very interested in the blocking of text-to-speech access in Kindle store books. I’ve written about it before, and I’ll just say it: I...
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Kindle Fire 8.9″ has Voice Guide: coming to 2nd gen 7″
Kindle Fire 8.9″ has Voice Guide: coming to 2nd gen 7″ Well, this was interesting! I haven’t had time to take a day just to explore my Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ 4G LTE Wireless 32GB, and I’m still...
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Round up #144: Kanada, Amazon pulls an Ursula
Round up #144: Kanada, Amazon pulls an Ursula The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later. E, eh? In this press release Amazon announced yesterday much greater Kindle...
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KDD: The Host, AmazonLocal deal on kids’ books
KDD: The Host, AmazonLocal deal on kids’ books One of today’s Kindle Daily Deals is The Host by Stephenie Meyer for $1.99. Undoubtedly, this is to tie into the movie version of The Host, which is...
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Round up #171: XBOOKS, Stephen King’s latest horror
Round up #171: XBOOKS, Stephen King’s latest horror The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later. Up to 25 specific Kindle children’s books for $2 each One reason why the...
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An ILMK interview with September Day, the voice of the Kindle Fire HD
An ILMK interview with September Day, the voice of the Kindle Fire HD I was honored recently when September Day, the voice artist behind the text-to-speech software used on second generation Kindle...
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I’d love to recommend your books, but…
I’d love to recommend your books, but… This is an open letter to two people and a universe. I think you’ve all done wonderful things, and I’ve gotten great enjoyment from you. It’s more than that,...
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Finding Whispersync for Voice or TTS enabled books
Finding Whispersync for Voice or TTS enabled books Kindle books have a lot of features that p-books (paperbooks) don’t have. However, not all of them work in all books or all types of devices/apps. You...
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Who is still blocking text-to-speech access?
Who is still blocking text-to-speech access? A Kindle with text-to-speech access can use software to read aloud any text downloaded to it…provided that the ability to do that is not blocked by the...
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Last day to submit petitions for copyright exemptions
Last day to submit petitions for copyright exemptions Monday, November 3rd, is the last day to submit petitions (you can upload them) for “Exemptions to Prohibition Against Circumvention of...
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The best book I’m not reading
The best book I’m not reading Last year, my Significant Other and I read a book that we both really liked. That’s somewhat unusual. :) We often both enjoy the same book, but this is one that really...
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On listening to text-to-speech in 2015
On listening to text-to-speech in 2015 Starting with the Kindle 2, Amazon provided text-to-speech with their EBRs (E-Book Readers). Text-to-speech is software which reads a book out loud to you. It’s...
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My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech
My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech Regular readers know that I don’t buy books where the publisher has blocked text-to-speech (TTS) access. I’ve talked a lot about the issue,...
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On listening to text-to-speech in 2015
On listening to text-to-speech in 2015 Starting with the Kindle 2, Amazon provided text-to-speech with their EBRs (E-Book Readers). Text-to-speech is software which reads a book out loud to you. It’s...
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My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech
My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech Regular readers know that I don’t buy books where the publisher has blocked text-to-speech (TTS) access. I’ve talked a lot about the issue,...
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My sibling’s new book: We Can Do It!: A Problem Solving Graphic Novel Guide...
My sibling’s new book: We Can Do It!: A Problem Solving Graphic Novel Guide for General Physics My sibling, Scott Calvin, has a new book out today in the USA Kindle store! We Can Do It!: A Problem...
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The Joy of Text…to speech, that is
The Joy of Text…to speech, that is My commute today was two hours…one way. Okay, on the way back, it was only about one hour and forty-five minutes, just due to traffic patterns. Welcome to California!...
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On listening to text-to-speech in 2015
On listening to text-to-speech in 2015 Starting with the Kindle 2, Amazon provided text-to-speech with their EBRs (E-Book Readers). Text-to-speech is software which reads a book out loud to you. It’s...
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My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech
My justification to an author for unblocking text-to-speech Regular readers know that I don’t buy books where the publisher has blocked text-to-speech (TTS) access. I’ve talked a lot about the issue,...
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