Plustek V100 BookReader Text to Speech (OCR/TTS) Scanner [Great for Bedtime Stories]

Sometimes its just so much easier to listen to text being read to you rather than having to read it yourself and, to that end, the Plustek V100BookReader could prove especially handy as, with just a single button press, the V100 BookReader can convert any text to an MP3 file via TTS that can be listened to on any compatible audio device leaving you to just sit back, relax and take it all in. And, of course, for the visually impaired, such functionality could prove especially handy.

Handy for listening through work related documentation as well as scanning novels (thus turning them into audio books) as well as newspaper articles and any other text you could possibly want to listen to, the Plustek V100 BookReader, which is billed as ‘integrates high-speed scanning, natural voice synthesis (for read back) and highly accurate text-to-speech and optical character recognition (OCR) functionality, all in one device’.

Unfortunately, as OhGizmo point out, if you’re intending to scan entire novels via the Plustek V100BookReader the fact that the device comes sans auto page turner could actually make the process of converting books to audiobook a particularly taxing (and decidedly boring0 affair – but, as they say, you can’t have your cake and eat it, right?

The Plustek V100 BookReader will set you back around $700.

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