Kindle book reader text to speech demo
One of the interesting features of the Kindle reader is the text to speech option. You can select either a male or female voice to read to you. It is not perfect, and sometimes you get some weird interpretations of some words, but it is a nice feature.
To use Text-to-Speech, first open the book, periodical or document that you wish to read. Then press the text key (“Aa”) on the keyboard. You will see an option to turn on Text-to-Speech.
By default, Text-to-Speech starts reading at the beginning of the page currently displayed. To start reading at a particular spot, move the cursor where you’d like the reading to begin before starting the Text-to-Speech feature. With Text-to-Speech, the screen pages will automatically turn to stay in sync with the Text-to-Speech voice. To change the voice and speed of Text-to-Speech, press the Text key [Aa] to activate Text-to-Speech controls. The shortcut key to play or stop Text-to-Speech is holding down the Shift key and pressing the [Sym] key.
This is the text the kindle is reading, both with a female and male voice.
Dear Listener,
This is a recording of the Amazon Kindle’s text to speech function. I am making Kindle read something that I wrote to be sure that no copyright infringement can be claimed, even if I think its a stupid complaint. I mean, get real. Does this sound anything like an audiobook to you? Its not bad for what it is, but its not going to take the place of audiobooks. Just my two cents.
Peace,
Kindle Junkie
How to buy Kindle ebooks using an Amazon gift card
Buying books for your Kindle at Amazon using a gift card is quite simple:
- Purchase or receive the gift card
- Apply it to your account
That’s it!
The next time you purchase a Kindle book the cost of the book automatically gets deducted from your gift card balance. That’s how one-click works: it deducts purchases from any available gift card before it charges your credit card. If you don’t have enough money in your gift card balance, then you’ll have to provide a credit card for the remainder. Simple little way to buy stuff, this is how many people in Canada manage to get their Kindle books.
The Amazon Kindl DX out of the box – Photos –
Your Kindle DX will arrive well protected in a hard cardboard box
Open the Kindl DX box by pulling the tab on the side
Inside the cardboard box there is yet another box in which the Kindle DX is packed
Open the black box and you will finally see your Kindl DX
When you plug it in you will see this image
And then the user guide screen will show
A view of the DX keyboard
Reading manga on the Kindl DX
A view of the menu
Amazon's Kindle DX has a basic web browser. Here it is showing a page from the Wikipedia website
This is a photo of how the Kindle DX can show PDF documents
Kindle 2 vs Kindle DX. You can see the huge difference in the screen size.
Kindle DX Textbook Killer
Amazon announced a new edition to the Kindle family today, it’s the large screen Kindle DX . The Kindle DX display is two and a half times the original Kindle’s display size.
This makes it perfect for reading documents and PDF files. You can read PDFs natively on the Kindle DX without re-flowing, scrolling, panning, and zooming. So the original structure of the document is not destroyed.
Text and images are clear and the larger size makes reading highly formatted books, such as cookbooks, computer books, and textbooks. So now instead of lugging around all of those reference manuals and computer books you can have them in one light and convenient place.
They have also added DOCX and RTF files to their conversion service. So now instead of carrying around those paper copies in your briefcase you can have all of you notes and papers, digitized and organized and at the touch of the button.
The Kindle DX is still a Kindle book reader. So you can have all of the advantages of the Whispernet service and Amazon Kindle eBooks sent directly to you Kindle DX. The only difference is that instead of holding 2000 copies the new larger Amazon Kindle DX holds about 3500 copies.
So why would you want this instead of just using a Netbook? Well for one thing reading on the Kindle is easy on the eyes. If you spend a lot of time glaring at a computer monitor then you will appreciate the paper-like look of the Kindle electronic ink. It mimics real paper and is easier on the eyes then a computer monitor.
The Kindle DX is available for pre-order now. So as usual, there is a good chance of them selling out. So get your order in today, if this is your must have device.
As someone who is involved with marketing I think this is a smart move on the part of the Kindle team. The Kindle DX moves one step closer at capitalizing on the text book market.
The days of lugging around heavy textbooks and 4 hour bookstore lines may be about over for college students. Hopefully the digital reader downloads will also carry a smaller price tag. Who wants to pay $150 for a Biology book, and then hurt your back carry it around campus.
Kindle Is Oprahs Favorite Gadget
On Friday Oprah announced her favorite Gadget which just happened to be the Kindle. She talks about the same things everyone else said about the Kindle.
It’s easy to use, for the non techie person. It’s comfortable in your hand, no matter what position you are in. If you have a Kindle you can stay in bed on a Sunday morning and still read the latest newspaper blog or best seller.
For the next 7 days you can also save 50$ on the Kindle using the promo code OPRAHWINFREY and also get a discount on the latest Oprah book club selection, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle. But don’t take my word for it. check out Oprah’s site for all of the info.
The Kindle Is Cool
Here’s a couple of videos explaining the Amazon Kindle. The first one is a nice review from Cnet. The second elaborates a little on why any one would want a Kindle. Or not!
The Amazon Kindle
Who Needs a Kindle?
