Converting ebook/pdfs to speech?

jsmoke · 1 Mar 2014 at 11:40

I am too lazy to read but was thinking maybe I could convert the ebooks or pdfs into speech, TTS. I see you can save a pdf as a text file, so that's a start.

However I don't want a robotic voice, is there any options/software out there for realistic voices to do this?

kokuten · 1 Mar 2014 at 11:44

if you have a kindle you can make it read the books for you...

Edrof · 1 Mar 2014 at 11:45

kokuten said:
if you have a kindle you can make it read the books for you...

This would be my only contribution too. I use it as a proofreader.

jsmoke · 1 Mar 2014 at 11:48

Sounds good, downloading now.

Antar Bolaeisk · 1 Mar 2014 at 12:17

There's plenty of software out there which will convert text to speech but the non-robotic voices can be quite costly.

It would be much better all-round just to buy the audio books.

Antar Bolaeisk · 1 Mar 2014 at 12:18

jas72 · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:16

audible.co.uk

8 quid a month. more audio books than you care to imagine with some great readers.

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:26

The type of software in question here is known as a screen reader. The one I use the most is textHELP's Read & Write Gold. It's mainly for dyslexic students, but it was given to me because I'm partially sighted and thus I prefer listening to it than reading it.