Today, The New York Times reported that Amazon’s Kindle 2 much vaunted text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities, provided by Nuance Communications, came up short when trying to pronounce President Barack Obama’s name. The device uttered something closer to Baah-raah-k O-baah-maah (closer to the sounds in “black” and “Alabama,” the Times said. The paper adds that the problem [...]
Apparently so! “10:27 AM The screen seems more responsive… text to speech built in. Any document on the device can be read aloud. That is kind of awesome.” My Speech Brother Eric B. wants you to check out this Live Feed from Amazon’s Kindle 2 Press Conference, courtesy of Engaget.
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