Read Aloud
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Resonant Kiwi
I would pay extra for this feature especially if it worked well similar to Speechify or even better, ELEVENLABs which is excellent.
Currently I copy and paste into Google Docs which has a relationship with Speechify. That way I can listen and edit at the same time. Microsoft word, the read aloud is horrible.
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Resonant Kiwi
There is a work around. Open Novel Crafter in chrome and get the Speechify extension. This works pretty well. I've been using it the last 2 hours and it makes readability editing so much easier.
Takes a fiddling because it often does try to start at the beginning of each scene. After you hit the play button, hover near where you want to start and make a second "Play" click next to the paragraph to redirect the reading.
So much better than Word.
spaceemotion
Merged in a post:
Voiced Readback
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Right Camel
I would love for there to be a feature that would allow Novelcrafter to read back what is written, and to have the option to have AI responses read back. I digest thing far more easily when someone is speaking, I have a degree of dyslexia and it can be difficult for me to read things sometimes, although it usually doesn't stop me from writing. I would pay extra for a feature like that.
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Okay Tapir
Speechify works great now and the ai voices are great
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Okay Tapir
I can't imagine an audio text reader that works better than Speechify - extremely lifle-like sounding and finally stable. Be great if there was a working partnership between NC and them.
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Resonant Kiwi
There is a work around. Open Novel Crafter in chrome and get the Speechify extension. This works pretty well. I've been using it the last 2 hours and it makes readability editing so much easier.
Takes a fiddling because it often does try to start at the beginning of each scene. After you hit the play button, hover near where you want to start and make a second "Play" click next to the paragraph to redirect the reading.
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Bronze Loon
It’s been part of Mac OS and IOS for years but in iOS you need to turn it on. For iOS go to settings, accessibility, live speech. I use an enhanced version of Kate, it’s like Kate but from Surrey. Select what you to hear and the bubble thing appears. Speak is further along the line from cut and paste etc. I think it’s permanently available in Mac OS, if not it’s probably in accessibility as well. No doubt google will explain all.
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Honey Jaguar
Bronze Loon I'm not sure how good Microsoft is but Microsoft has this under accessibility. Again, I don't know how good it is.
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Honey Jaguar
OH GOD YES, would solve so many of my brain problems.
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Resonant Kiwi
There is a work around. Open Novel Crafter in chrome and get the Speechify extension. This works pretty well. I've been using it the last 2 hours and it makes readability editing so much easier.
Takes a little fiddling because it often does try to start at the beginning of each scene. After you hit the play button, hover near where you want to start and make a second "Play" click next to the paragraph to redirect the reading.
So much better than Word.
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Colourful Swordfish
This is 100% needed. I keep copying and pasting chapters and it would help to have a native read aloud feature!
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Onyx Pinniped
This can easily cost a lot more than the AI services we are currently using. There are some free options, but they normally suffer from monotone voices and terrible punctuation.
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Worthy Falcon
one word: ElevenLabs, but $'s and character/letter counting,so ?.
spaceemotion
Status update: Still evaluating this and had a couple calls with potential partners. Just takes a while!
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Tiffany blue Koala
spaceemotion thank you for the update and all that you do...you are amazing!!!
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