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The End: Hitler's Germany 1944-1945
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 20:32
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Edited by Jonathan Vernon, Friday, 30 Sep 2011, 13:58
I'd say I'm reading this cover to cover, but it's an eBook that I am reading both on an iPad and Kindle. The Kindle for the bath, outdoors and when driving (I set it to voice snd put in earphones). Why? I enjoy Ian Kershaw; he can tell a good story and waves in almost as much detail as Proust.
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I hope Susan sees this post Jonathon.... Also, what is the voice reading text like? Is it bearable? I might find that feature useful for study if it's possible to put OU text books on the Kindle. What do you use it for?New comment
Voice is an option of Male of Female, both US. Can be set at a slower pace. With headphones or earplugs easy to listen to. Some of the pronunciations are ridiculous and books with long URLS are read out verbatim.
Educationally I find I pick up different things when I listen to it read, than when I read it myself.
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Hi Jonathan and Emily
I listened to a YouTube demonstration and I must say I wasn't too enamoured by the voice. Reminded me of an old speech program I used to use called Hal, similar to Stephen Hawking's synthetic voice. Having said that, I could probably get used to it for non-fiction works.
Sue
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In the early 1990s I had a Mac and there was a programme my broher-in-law was beta testing that generated speech from text. I had great fun going in to manufacture a Geordie Accent (I am, though I'd have to turn to Grandparents for the accent).
There are tools that allow much greater versatility and choice. Somewhere in an e-Reader I've seen English offered with RP, Scottish, Irish or Welsh accents.
I have also enjoyed an AUTHOR who reads the first chapter of her book hoping that beyond that you'll purchase the thing.