![]() ![]() They also need to add immersion reading capability to the Kindle for PC app that’s in the Microsoft Store. ![]() THIS is how it should be done! Amazon NEEDS to port the Kindle app to the Fire TV, Firestick, and would be well advised to also port it to devices like the Roku and Netgear NeoTV and Samsung app stores. The Kindle app for iOS and Android both have the ability to perform "immersion reading" which highlights and moves through the Kindle ebook text while reading aloud using the professional narrations from Audible audiobooks. If you’re on the go then the Kindle wins by default.Īlexa reads the books using TTS (Text To Speech) which is fine for reading news texts, but awful for reading stories where the reader needs to hear expressiveness in the voice and audio clues as to who is speaking. The latter has a 6 hour battery life and requires plugging in a dongle to a Kindle, while the Echo can read ebooks to you from across the room. Assuming, that is, that you’re in the same room as the Echo. It almost makes more sense for the visually impaired or the blind to use Alexa’a voice command features with the Fire TV or an Echo than use a Kindle. Strange, isn’t it? Amazon is showing no interest in adding a standalone TTS feature to its Kindle ereaders, but they have added a similar feature to first the Echo, and now the Fire TV.Īlthough, this is as much an accessibility feature as it is straight TTS. ![]() You can find a list of voice commands for reading Kindle books with Alexa on the Amazon website. Soon you will be able to talk to your set top box and have Amazon’s virtual digital assistant play videos, search for info on local businesses and restaurants, launch apps, check the weather, and more.Īnd it’s that "more" more which has me interested today. At the bottom of the new features list is a mention that you will be able to have Alexa read your Kindle ebooks to you through the Fire TV.Īll you have to do is use the command "read", followed by the title of an ebook in your library, and you will soon be listening to Alexa. On Tuesday Amazon announced plans to add new Alexa voice features to the Fire TV. Fire TV Will Soon Read Your Kindle eBooks to You ![]()
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