Of course with the Kindle Fire launch next week, and lack of Siri on iPad, it’s easy to dream up a voice-controlled Amazon tablet experience. Although, it’s likely voice recognition tech makes it’s way to Amazon’s various mobile apps and online experiences as well if the IP acquired...
* Use Android local Text-to-speech voices, or if you want - cloud voices from Google (WaveNet), Amazon (Polly TTS) or Microsoft (Azure TTS). Note that the cloud voices are paid services by Google, Amazon or Microsoft, respectively, although each of them offers some free usage monthly. ...
The LG Optimus ships with an accessibility feature that enables a voice to read aloud the text that appears on the device screen. This accessibility feature, known as TalkBack, is designed to assist visually impaired users with navigating device menus and controls. If you have enabled TalkBack, ...
The3rd-gen Fire TV Cubealso has a few new Alexa commands, like"Alexa, watch ESPN on cable"so that you don't have to manually change inputs on your TV, and if you have a compatible webcam that you can connect into the Fire TV Cube, you can say something like"Alexa, call dad"to...
Amazon today announced the new Kindle Fire, two Kindle Fire HDs, and the Kindle Paperwhite, along with some amazing pricing that could seriously challenge Apple in the tablet space. However, if you weren’t paying close attention to the news coming out of Amazon’s press conference today, yo...
which allows customers with the new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD devices to listen to a professionally narrated audiobook from Audible as the text of the corresponding eBook is highlighted on the screen. When customers buy your Kindle book, they will be able to purchase your Whispersync for ...
With this speech-to-text technology, authors will now be able to effortlessly transform an eBook into an audiobook from the comfort of their home computer in just a few simple steps. First, however, let’s be clear that Amazon isn’t quite pioneering or innovating too much here, as Google...
Dropbox keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share between multiple computers and devices. All contents of the Dropbox folder on all linked devices (Macintosh, Linux, Windows, IOS, Android; even Blackberry and Kindle Fire!) running Dropbox are automatically synced when new files or cha...
There will also be a paperback, but Amazon doesn’t yet have a way to do paperback preorders, so you’ll have to wait on that until the 18th. Also, here’s the cover art, without any text on it, by the lovely and talentedSara Noto: ...
Voice-to-text has come a long way, letting you dictate long messages on your phone with remarkable accuracy. When you don't want to record your every infection in a voice note but don't feel like typing with your fingers, it's a perfect fit. How often do you utilize text-to-speech...