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- July 25th, 2010, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
Hmm. But the Kindle page SAYS it can handle personal PDF docs. Wouldn't those be easier to read along to, being totally formatted like the Word doc? What's the advantage of converting Word docs to Text docs? Those are downloadable into Kindle, too? it can but the font on the single documeant i trie...
- July 25th, 2010, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
By "txt documents" do you mean PDF? I see on Amazon's Kindle page that it has a PDF reader so you can "carry and read all your personal and professional documents on the go." So one would need to convert Word docs to PDF, transfer to Kindle, and then switch to audio and presto, ...
- July 25th, 2010, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
it can read txt documents so i would need to convert it first, than connect it to the computer and just transfer the file like normal. i haven't had it read txt documents outloud, but i've had it read its own stories outloud. its a lot better than the microsoft's voice, i can tell you that. but the ...
- July 25th, 2010, 2:46 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
yeah the narrator software is a big buggy. a workaround i found is to put the text in notepad. the 03 read aloud thing was so easy to use and worked too . . . my brother used it all the time to proof read his work for school. i would use the roll eye smilie here . . . anyway, for myself, i have been...
- July 24th, 2010, 8:12 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
depends on which version you have. word 03 has it under tools and speech, as far as i remember. word 07 doesn't, but if you have vista and up, you will need to use narrator (its in the control panel. a search will turn it up easier) to read aloud. or you can use a vb macro. if you have xp and word 0...
- July 24th, 2010, 7:05 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Text to speech software
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7619
Re: Text to speech software
not sure about special programs, but word can read my papers to me. its voice is terrible but it's good for helping me to check over papers before i submit to the teacher. haven't actually used it to proofread stories.
- July 24th, 2010, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: I finally got the Kindle and I adore it
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6821
Re: I finally got the Kindle and I adore it
I've used Stanza to read on my iTouch (it is almost the same as the iphone. just w/o the phone and gps and camera). The smaller number of visible paragraphs take a little getting used to, yeah, but not too long. a couple days, in my case, i think. and the kindle has this odd system of assisnging num...
- July 23rd, 2010, 5:00 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Andrew Wylie profile in Harvard Magazine
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6366
Re: Andrew Wylie profile in Harvard Magazine
Just which rights they own is the question, isn't it?
- July 23rd, 2010, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: I finally got the Kindle and I adore it
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6821
Re: I finally got the Kindle and I adore it
the iphone screen is about 2 post it notes. lol and yeah, it is not bad at all. 4.5 inches by 2.31 inches. 3.5 inches diagonally.
- July 22nd, 2010, 8:42 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: It's not fantasy. It's modern with some magic. What genre?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2846
Re: It's not fantasy. It's modern with some magic. What genre?
If they encounter magical things and fall in love, I guess I would call it paranormal romance. Especially if the romance is the main story, you know?
- July 22nd, 2010, 8:04 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Best Fantasy Books
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23050
Re: Best Fantasy Books
i've read some of the house of night series. it starts out okay, but later on, the mc turns into bit of a mary sue.
- July 21st, 2010, 9:11 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Trend: the acknowledgments page
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16530
Re: Trend: the acknowledgments page
i never read the acknowledgment page. and don't all books have them?
- July 21st, 2010, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Best Fantasy Books
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23050
Re: Best Fantasy Books
love the drizzt books and the dresden files! but i couldn't get into The Sword of Truth series!
One of my favorite series all time the black jewels trilogy by anne bishop
One of my favorite series all time the black jewels trilogy by anne bishop
- July 20th, 2010, 2:53 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: amazon sells more ebooks than hardcovers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3448
Re: amazon sells more ebooks than hardcovers
It has just occurred to me that amazon's press release probably does not include number of hardcovers sold through third party bestsellers, whose books are usually cheaper (and new sometimes too!), so if you wanted a hardcover you would probably buy through the third part seller, not through amazon.
- July 20th, 2010, 1:42 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: amazon sells more ebooks than hardcovers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3448
amazon sells more ebooks than hardcovers
So I just read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/techn ... .html?_r=1
It says that amazon says they sold more ebooks than hardcovers. I am amazed.
It says that amazon says they sold more ebooks than hardcovers. I am amazed.