Book People Archive

Re: speaking e-book?

I have listened to Kelly & Dandy Stribling  and I need more information.
An Ebook is not an object with a plug in for earphones. It is a text file
containing an article or book length novel. It can be loaded into a word
processor or by using a text to speech program you can listen to the text
using a speaker or head phones.  There was a time when I thought an
Electronic Book (ebook) was a self enclosed book that was listened to
similar to a talking book.

Ken Wilson email wilson99@[redacted]

[Moderator: The term "ebook" is often used in either of two senses-- one
 sense referring to digital content, another sense referring to specialized 
 reader hardware or software.  The original message seems to be
 clearly referring to the latter sense.  (In previous discussions on this
 list, some readers have suggested the term "etext" for the former
 sense.)  On this list, you can use whatever terms you like, as long as
 the meaning is clear.  - JMO]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dandy Stribling" <dandy@[redacted]>
To: <spok+bookpeople@[redacted]>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 6:11 PM
Subject: [BP] speaking e-book?


> I'd like to find an E-book that reads to you; one with a headset plug,
> but haven't looked into it --shopping's a pain! Have they put out a
> decent one as yet, or is the text-to-speech software too big for such
> a little thing?  Kelly & Dandy Stribling