Thanks for this post! From what I can tell, there have been a bunch of advancements in this field in the last year, though. Given that, I’m wondering whether you still use and recommend this current set of apps and services. Or do you have any updated recommendations?
Yes, it has improved a lot! Due to laziness I haven’t really switched, but Speechify seems like a winner compared to Natural Reader on a laptop. But I almost never read with my ears when I’m at my laptop, so can’t say for sure.
Inspired by this comment trying Speechify on my phone for a book and it’s taking ages to “process” it, so I might give up. I do have bad internet right now, but also, I often have bad internet, so I can’t work with something that requires good internet all the time. Also opened the epub in such a way where I can’t seem to click on the word and then skip to that section. Or at least, I can, but it’s super glitchy and selects a massive chunk.
Bear in mind, could also be that it just takes some getting used to. Evie is also a pain in the ass in many ways, but I’m just used to it now :P
Thanks for this post! From what I can tell, there have been a bunch of advancements in this field in the last year, though. Given that, I’m wondering whether you still use and recommend this current set of apps and services. Or do you have any updated recommendations?
Yes, it has improved a lot! Due to laziness I haven’t really switched, but Speechify seems like a winner compared to Natural Reader on a laptop. But I almost never read with my ears when I’m at my laptop, so can’t say for sure.
Inspired by this comment trying Speechify on my phone for a book and it’s taking ages to “process” it, so I might give up. I do have bad internet right now, but also, I often have bad internet, so I can’t work with something that requires good internet all the time. Also opened the epub in such a way where I can’t seem to click on the word and then skip to that section. Or at least, I can, but it’s super glitchy and selects a massive chunk.
Bear in mind, could also be that it just takes some getting used to. Evie is also a pain in the ass in many ways, but I’m just used to it now :P