Hi,<div><br></div><div>I integrated TTS into And Bible a long time ago and, for me, it has transformed my bible study, book reading, and devotions. I initially got the idea from Troy's Bishop, which also integrates TTS.</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, TTS is probably more useful on a device which normally has earphones attached than, say, on a pc.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 August 2012 23:26, DM Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmsmith@crosswire.org" target="_blank">dmsmith@crosswire.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Karl Kleinpaste <<a href="mailto:karl@kleinpaste.org">karl@kleinpaste.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Greg Hellings <<a href="mailto:greg.hellings@gmail.com">greg.hellings@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
>> TTS never struck me as something that is properly handled by the<br>
>> application but should only be offered on the system level<br>
><br>
> Bear in mind that I implemented Read Aloud back in the days of Fedora 5<br>
> (2006). I have no memory of there being _any_ system-level TTS support.<br>
> The fact that I found Festival available at all was an accident.<br>
><br>
> That said, how TTS is done "at the system level" is a pretty funny<br>
> concept. That is, if Xiphos isn't doing Read Aloud directly, but the<br>
> user is expecting it "at the system level," what shall he expect to<br>
> happen? Every time he navigates a verse, the entire Bible chapter, as<br>
> well as at least the commentary verse and possibly the entire commentary<br>
> chapter, is displayed. Shall TTS read both Bible and commentary verse<br>
> in their entirety? NETnote Ecc 1:1 is 8Kbytes of text, and takes nearly<br>
> 12 minutes to speak. How does one, at the system level, tell the system<br>
> to read one pane and not another, and within one pane, to read only a<br>
> certain slice of text? I simply don't know.<br>
<br>
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</div>On a mac, one highlights the text to be read and then asks (Alt-Esc) the system to read it. The key combination ability has to be turned on in Preferences. Most applications have a menu choice and a right click choice to start and stop speaking, but that is an additional convenience.<br>
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In Him,<br>
DM<br>
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