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Although there are many other options available, Kindle still is the leading e-reader app in the market and while it offers great features and it is easy to use, there is an important option missing and that is text-to-speech. The feature used to be available in the Kindle app for Android and iOS, but Amazon removed it as a strategy to prevent a decline on the sales of audiobooks. Nov 15, 2019 Part 4. Use Text-to-Speech on Kindle for PC. Text-to-Speech is also accessible on Kindle app for Windows and Mac (OSX 10.10 or above). This can easily read out text from speech-enabled books. Step 1 Click on the book you wish to read. Step 2 Navigate to 'Tools', and 'Start Text-to-Speech'. Then the voice begins to talk. Apr 29, 2013 Text to voice Kindle Mac. Skip navigation Sign in. This video is unavailable. Watch Queue Queue. Kindle Text to Speech Review - Duration: 3:54.
$0Text To Speech For Kindle Books
(Free to use)
- Unlimited use with Free Voices
- Miniboard to read text in other applications
- Pronunciation Editor
- Works with PDF, Docx, TXT and ePub
Personal
$99.50(One-time payment)
- 2 natural voices included
- All features of Free Version included
- Convert to MP3
Professional
$129.50(One-time payment)
- 4 natural voices included
- All features of Personal Version included
Ultimate
$199.50(One-time payment)
- 6 natural voices included
- All features of Professional Version included
- 5000 images/year for OCR to read from images & scanned PDFs
Main Features
Text to Speech
Convert any text or document into natural-sounding voices.
Various Document Formats
Supports PDF, Docx, and text documents.
OCR with Printed Documents
OCR function can convert printed characters into digital text. This allows you to listen to your printed files or edit it in a word-processing program.
OCR with eBooks
OCR can be used to convert screenshots of text from eBook desktop apps, such as Kindle, into speech and audio files.
Text to Audio Files
Converts text into mp3 files for Windows or Mac.
PDF
Preserves the original formatting of PDF files
Footer & Header Adjustment
Adjust reading margins to skip reading from headers and footnotes on the page.
Miniboard
Offers a simple way of reading text directly on the page
Pronunciation Editor
You can manually modify the pronunciation of a certain word.
Kindle for Windows allows you to read all your library on Windows operating system. While it isn’t as customizable as the Android or iPhone offerings, it does allow in-built TTS to read out your books. Amazon only allows Text-to-Speech features on their own Kindle and Windows application. You can still use TTS on iPad or iPhones by using iOS accessibility service. However, the Kindle app on Windows still needs to be in the foreground for continuous recitation.
You will need the latest Kindle app from Amazon to enjoy Text-to-Speech feature. Download it directly from the Amazon download site and you are ready to enjoy your books on your Desktop, Laptop or Windows Tablet.
Once installed open up any book of your choice. On the Tools menu, you should find a Start Text to Speech option to start the recitation of your book with default Text to Speech voice on your Windows.
You can choose from multiple default voices provided from Microsoft as default TTS voice. But the default Text-to-Speech for Windows desktops version are very robotic and monotonous. However you can configure to include “Windows Eva Mobile” voice which sound more natural and comfortable to listen to. Follow the steps described here precisely to enable Eva on your Windows.
The Speech-to-Text sound, however, should be changed from legacy control panel speech settings and the Windows 10 sound settings don’t seem to take effect. For this you will have to go to:
Control Panel->Speech Recognition->Text to Speech
Kindle App For Mac Text To Speech Shortcut
And choose “Microsoft Eva Mobile” as the default voice for transcribing text to speech. The screen you’ll encounter will look like this. Apply the settings and you can enjoy “Microsoft Eva Mobile” voice as your default TTS voice on Amazon Kindle app.