Pocketbook Pro 912 User Manual

HW models: PB602, PB603, PB612, PB902, PB903, PB912

USER MANUAL on Text-to-Speech Feature

TTS Function

TTS function (Text-to-Speech) is used to transform textual information into spoken sound of the
speech.

Activation of TTS function

In order to activate TTS function, please do the following:

1. In the reading mode, please choose the icon Voice in the fast menu.

2. In the left upper corner you’ll see the highlighted area. Please press ОК button for

beginning of the speech synthesis.

Note: TTS in the opened book is available only after all pages are counted by the device.

Note: In text formats, text of the sentence that is being played at the moment is highlighted (shaded).

Pages are ipped automatically in the process of the text to speech synthesis.

Actions with voice packages

4 voice packages are pre-downloaded in PB902, PB602, PB903, PB603, PB912 and 612 models.
Languages of the packages may be different depending on the localization of the device.
For example, these are languages of voice packages, pre-installed for North American localization:

• English

• Spanish

• Chinese(Mandarin)

• French

Important!!! Operational system can use only 4 voice packages at a time. In order to install a new

language, one of the existing voice packages has to be removed.

Choosing the voice package

In order to choose the voice package:

1. Open Conguration > Speech Synthesis

2. Choose the desired language and voice settings from the Language and Voice menus.

3. Also, you can set the speed and the volume of the speech synthesis.

Installing the voice package

Here are the steps to install the new voice package:

1. Download the needed voice package (a le with .pbi extention) from our website.

2. Connect your PocketBook to your PC and copy the le to the root of the device.

Important! The le has to be located in the reader’s internal memory, not on the memory

card!

Important! Operational system can use only 4 voice packages at a time. In order to install a

new language, one of the existing voice packages has to be removed.

3. Turn on the reader, go to the Library menu , choose the le, open it and prompt the

installation.

4. After installation of the voice package, open Conguration > Speech Synthesis and choose the

installed voice package.

Removing the voice package

In order to remove the voice package:

1. Go to the main menu of the device (With the help of Home button, or pressing Back button

consecutively )

2. Choose Conguration .

3. In Conguration menu choose Service > Removing packages.

4. Choose the voice package to be removed.

5. Prompt the removing.