Wild Bill@midwest.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoWhat is the best e-book, not because of the content, but because of the reader voice?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best e-book, not because of the content, but because of the reader voice?Wild Bill@midwest.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
*audiobook; corrected Do they do anything particular with their voice or tone in order to enhance the story?
minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’m going to be controversial. I think the best audiobook is text to speech. I prefer to not filter any stories through an other person. I want the raw data from the book, without any other feelings and impressions added to the original.
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDo you have preferences about which text to speech engine that you use?
minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI like Google tts. I tried Samsung’s one and I just couldn’t find a good pitch/tone that I liked from it.
I’m going to be controversial.
I think the best audiobook is text to speech.
I prefer to not filter any stories through an other person. I want the raw data from the book, without any other feelings and impressions added to the original.
Do you have preferences about which text to speech engine that you use?
I like Google tts. I tried Samsung’s one and I just couldn’t find a good pitch/tone that I liked from it.