On 18 May 2005, at 8:10, rvijay07 wrote:
Branko Collin collin at xs4all.nl wrote:
Please don't post unqualified links, that's rude. What does the software you refer to do? What is it called? Why are you interested in it?
This is in reference to my post regarding eye strain from reading EBooks. This FREE software is supposed to read aloud ebooks in text format so that one can hear them. After a hard days work in front of the PC, it would be nice to *LISTEN* to PG ebooks close my eyes and relax a little. Also, audio files take longer to download. So for those who like to listen to audio but with a slow internet connection, this software is a blessing (Provided it works). This is the first time that I came across such a software. (Such small ideas may also help in promoting PG to older people, people with eye problems etc., etc.,) So was looking for opinions from others who may have experience in this (or other similar but better software).
I haven't tried the program myself. Were you aware by the way that Project Gutenberg produces its own audiobooks? See http://www.gutenberg.org/audio/ for lists of computer and human read audiobooks. This doesn't solve your bandwidth problems, but perhaps there are other solutions for that. If you made a wishlist of the books you wanted, perhaps somebody could send you a CD. -- branko collin collin@xs4all.nl