exactly and why I don't read tts books anyway it's just a slap in the face for tem tell me that i can BUY not scan but BUY a book and stil not be able to accesit in anyw ay if the publisher decides to block tts when i already bought their book
greedy peopl eake me wat to be sick and all of these companies are greedy I won't buy a indel or buy boks from them because of those reasona s well as not likig to listen to tts maybe if a book wre in the mac's alex voice I'd thnk about it On Jan 19, 2011, at 11:35 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Intellectual property issues are a pain. I understand that the artist or > author needs to be compensated for their work, but I'm really tired of the > extremes that companies go to. It's ridiculous that anyone could consider TTS > voices as an actual audio book. As someone who produces actual audio books, > I'm here to say that it's not as simple as sticking someone in a booth and > making them read the text. There is a certain level of artistry and > performance that goes into them. <sigh> > > Friendly, > Chris > > On Jan 19, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > >> You know, NVDA is one of the screen readers that will work with the Kindle >> App for PC and enable TTS on all Kinle books. Theoretically, anybody could >> download and use NVDA since it is open source and free, thus giving the >> masses access to TTS on the PC Kindle App. I bet most sighted people are >> not going to give a hoot, however, just like they wouldn't care if TTS was >> enabled on their Mac if Voice Over was turned on. Just something to think >> about. >> On Jan 19, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>> If you go to the page on amazon for the accessible Kindle app, you'll see >>> that they require that one have a screen reader installed to use the tts >>> feature. that's why they can let us have access to all the books, even >>> those that are tts disabled on the Kindle hardware. Sighted people >>> generally don't have screen readers installed, but with Macs and I-devices, >>> that's not the case. I hope I am proven wrong and amazon actually does make >>> the thing vo-compatible, but I bet they don't do anything for I-devices, >>> and they'll have to come up with a way to ensure that only screen reader >>> users can access the tts on the Mac. How do you do that when VO is on all >>> Macs? >>> >>> Mary >>> Mary Otten >>> motte...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.