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Digital Signal Processor and Text-to-Speech

Tony Karrer

This is the second post in a series on Text-to-Speech for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me (which turns out to be a great way to learn). In this post we’ll look at the second component of a text to speech voice: the digital signal processor (DSP) and its measures of quality. eLearning Technology.

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What Is ePUB Book Format And Why You Should Use It

Kitaboo

It is free, an open standard, independent of vendors, and a cost-effective alternative. Users with visual impairments or learning challenges can readily access literature thanks to its support for text-to-speech, screen readers, and scalable fonts. The reasons behind ePUB’s flourishing popularity are manifold.

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New E-Learning Rankings: Authoring Tools

eLearning 24-7

Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. I’m not a lead gen for the vendors listed – rather the goal is to provide you with vendors that meet numerous criteria including UI, features, support/service, mobile, feedback from current and past clients and future game plans.

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Devlearn conference day one: an exhilarating day

Challenge to Learn

Acceptance for cloud based solutions is definitely growing, almost all the vendors have plans in that direction. I don’t know what the adoption will actually mean but it sounded like TinCan will be the next version of IACC. One is SaaS or cloud based solutions, the other is the future of the Learning Management Systems.

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Top 10 Benefits of ePUB3 Conversion for Publishers

Kitaboo

The latest version of ePUB, ePUB3 is an HTML5 standard-based file format. It supports the vendor-independent XML-based standard, which makes it a popular open standard format. With the ePUB3 conversion process , you can offer better semantics, media overlays, pronunciation hints, and text-to-speech playback. Download Now!

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Evolving the E-Learning Experience for the 21st Century

eLearning 24-7

What always stuns me are vendors who state they know what their learners want, but in reality have no clue, because they themselves do not see the technology and its usage among the masses. Free version offers 2GB of storage, paid version goes as high as 100GB. Text to Speech, Automatic Voice Recognition, Audio Social Learning.

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Ghost Edition – Top 10 Authoring Tools for 2013

eLearning 24-7

For each authoring ranking, a brief true ghost story, then the vendor and why it was selected. While they do offer a free version – which is quite nice, the fee based version (which isn’t that pricey) offers a stronger set of features. Text to Speech – awesome! heh heh heh. #10 10 Zenler Studio.