So this means that you can provide TTS feature in offline mode too i.e.
Speech generated by TTS in WP8 does not sound mechanical. Here are some of the characteristics of TTS in WP8: So the text to speech can be provided in your apps without much sweat. In Windows Phone 8 Microsoft has included the Text to Speech feature out of the box in the platform. The speech from Bing service did not sound human rather it sounded very mechanical. If you have to provide Text to Speech capability in your apps. Using Bind translator service meant that you needed internet connection all the time Because of that you had to rely on third party services for this. In Windows Phone 7.0/7.1 Text to Speech was not built in to the platform. (TTS)" feature which is now built into Windows Phone 8. Today we will talk about one such feature which is addition of "Text to Speech What this means is you can now use all these new features and make your apps feature rich. I'm sorry, but the cons you mention do not exist.With the release of Windows Phone 8 - it opens up a plethora of new features to Developers. Or you can use Virtual Libraries while keeping all your ebooks in one place (one library). You can have multiple libraries if you wish to separate your ebooks into categories. You can do tons of things or, if you are like me, not much at all. You can convert ebook formats if you wish. With Calibre you can customize EVERYTHING. You can change the font of not only the eReader app that comes with Calibre, but also of the interface itself. “Customization options for font type, night mode and background color are not available” ? YES, they ARE available.
You can customize the toolbars to show only what you want to show. If you wish it you can see only the covers too. Calibre has a book Cover Grid mode that again you can toggle with one click. Also you are seeing the books in list mode. The only reason the pic you chose looks crowded is because you have both the ‘Tag Browser’ and ‘Book Details’ panes open (which you can toggle open/close with one click). “Crowded interface” ? I don’t understand why you say Calibre has a crowded interface. Trust me Epubor Ultimate can meet all of your demands for decrypting ebooks. The tool to be mentioned is Epubor Ultimate, which allows you to strip DRM from Kindle/Kobo/Google Play and more, and convert the ebook formats to EPUB/PDF/TXT/Mobi so that you can read your ebooks anywhere you want. But there is one powerful tool that can overcome the common weakness these EPUB readers have, that is the lack of support for reading DRM-protected books. All of them have their own pros and cons. These are the best 5 EPUB Readers for Windows I want to share with you today.
Only available for Windows 8 and Windows 10. No support for reading DRM-protected books.ģ. Lets you create and export bookmarks, highlighting and annotations.ġ.
Provides access to online catalogs (Feedbooks, Smashwords.) plus OneDrive, Dropbox and Calibre.Ĥ. Offers many options for customizing text appearance and layout.ģ. Supports Text to Speech, speed-reading and auto-scroll for free.Ģ. Or if you have an existing book collection, you can import your books from OneDrive, Dropbox and Calibre.ġ.
Freda can get books from online catalogs like Feedbooks, Smashwords and the Gutenberg Project, and can also download books from any website and from email attachments. Its uniqueness lies in that it offers all premium features for free, even including Text to Speech and auto-scroll and speed-reading, that are not supported by many other free EPUB readers for Windows. It's not free to get the premium version, which costs $19.99/year.įreda is another free program for reading EPUB on Windows 8/10. Premium version allows you to customize reading, including theme, page-turning mode, font-size, text-style adjustment.ġ. It syncs books automatically and you can access them on the cloud from any device.Ĥ. It allows you to conveniently highlight, add notes and bookmark.ģ.