E-book Voice Reader


xalres

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I was thinking a cool addition for the e-book reader would be to incorporate a voice synthesizer to read the books to you through your headphones, perhaps have the option to switch off the screen like the mp3 player. There's even a markup language, JSML, for the web that allows for switching the pitch, cadence and tone of the voice on the fly. I'm not a developer so I don't know how plausible this is, especially the bit about JSML. Does the GP2X have the right kind of audio chip to do this? Is there even a demand beyond myself?
 
That Flite engine sounds like a great starting point. I'd dive into it myself but as the only code I write is .NET for the web (I know, Micro$oft - BOOOOO) I'm afraid it would take me a year or so to have anything close to even an alpha release.

I hope someone can do it. it would be great for people like myself who get motion sickness in moving vehicles when reading or staring at a screen.
 
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