[vicsireland] Re: e book formats
- From: "Cearbhall O Meadhra" <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:38:11 -0000
I managed to get MobiPocket working with JAWS. I would be happy to forward
the scripts to you if you wish.
All the best,
Cearbhall
"Good design enables - Bad design disables"
Tel: 01-2864623 Mob: 087 9922227 Em: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of pat mc carthy
Sent: 02 January 2009 10:48
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] e book formats
Does anyone know whicuhebook readers works well with apple. I sent this
email to find out if bookshelf works, I thought this format which works with
some ipods, apple and windows pc's would be a good place to start or get
someone to start.
I think windows ebook reader has a text to speech and some key pad
short cuts but does it work on apple?
On 1 Jan 2009, at 18:29, Zachary Bedell wrote:
> I've been experimenting with getting some text-to-speech support into
> BookShelf. Unfortunately my ability to license TTS software is
> somewhat limited, so I'm stuck playing with the few OpenSource
> options. They work, but the voices leave a bit to be desired.
>
> I don't have anything approaching an ETA at this point, but assuming I
> can manage to get something viable put together, I'd very much like to
> add TTS support to a future version of BookShelf. I've also looked at
> the DAISY ebook format which I think would open some additional
> options for users who have difficulty reading on-screen text for any
> reason. I have some limitations in both my design and in Apple's
> firmware that I'll need to work around first in order to get the text
> and speech synchronized, but it's definitely something I'll be working
> on in the near future.
>
> Best regards,
> Zac Bedell
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 5:51 PM, pat mc carthy wrote:
>
>> Hi I was thinking would bookshelf have or support text to speech, for
>> any of the formats this would be good for blind, dyslexics , and
>> people driving etc.
>>
>>
>> Hope to hear from you.
>> thanks pat
>>
>
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