This is the reason the Goddess made BiTorrent and Callibre. Sent from my iPad
On 20/01/2011, at 12:14 AM, Michael Thurman <kb7...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
