Appleinfo: [apple-iphone] Re: Way to have books read out loud on an iPhone?

mercredi 9 mai 2012

[apple-iphone] Re: Way to have books read out loud on an iPhone?

Hi-

Your post brought up some interesting points I hadn't thought of. I assumed overdrive was the only option for downloading. I wonder since I have the kindle app on my phone if that is an option? Might take a little reading or testing on my part.

For anyone that already has experience downloading, I read one author recommend gaining a membership card to a larger library. I live in a VERY rural county and assumed you could only be a library member where you live. Does anyone hold multiple library memberships?

Thank you

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
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> Where did you see anything about iBooks reading text? I can not find it. If you are speaking of Accessibility and VoiceOver, I don't think you will like it. I just tried it. And you will probably not like the voice or the hoops you have to jump through to make it work.
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> I also believe that iBooks only accepts ePub and PDF format, formats that I don't think Overdrive offer.
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> There are other sources for free audio books, but they are mostly public domain books, in other words, books that are older and no longer have current copyrights.
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> I suggest that you look again at what your library offers or call them up and ask if they have an arrangement with another library system that you can access.
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> I know what you mean by the small selection. My county library carries way more WMA books than MP3, but luckily I have an extra iPod and BootCamp set up on my Mac, so I just check out the WMA for Windows books. Although one of my favorite authors has not give permission to transfer them to any Apple iDevice.
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> On May 9, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Brandi C wrote:
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> > Hi
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> > I am new to downloading books using Overdrive. So new in fact I have yet to download my first book!
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> > I have about a 3 hour commute to work each day and would like to use some of this time in order to keep current on reading. But, the selection of audio books is much smaller than the collection of digital format books. Is there a way I can download digital books through Overdrive from the library and then have them read out loud?
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> > From what I have read online, iBooks can read the text out loud, but, not sure how I could get the download from Overdrive over to iBooks?
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> > Thank you for any options
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> > Brandi
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