1 (edited by dagny 2018-08-10 22:17:11)

Topic: For Firefox Browser Users

Dear Firefox Browser Users,

Did you know that you could listen to content on The Next Big Writer? This is how: Go to an author's page, find something you want to read and click on it. Now look at the address window and on the right you will find a square with lines on it. Click on that, it will give you a 'reader's view.' At the left side of the page are the settings. Under the font setting, (represented by a capital A in a square), there is a square with uneven horizontal lines. Click on that. That will bring up a media player. Click play. You will now hear that aurthor's work. You can increase the speed if you want.

I started to use this when I'd fallen behind in my reading, and found I could remember details better if I listened. I also like to lie back, close my eyes and relax to a story.

I hope this is something you can use.

dags smile

Re: For Firefox Browser Users

Many thanks for sharing. Since I use Firefox, I'll have to check this out. Cheers, Randy

Re: For Firefox Browser Users

Thanks, Dag. I will have to try it.  Also, thanks, Jeff.  That sounds like a plan, too.

4 (edited by Rachel (Rhiannon) Parsons 2018-08-11 18:15:37)

Re: For Firefox Browser Users

I've tried all of them.  I find the Firefox to be the best. It is very natural. The one on www.naturalreaders.com has some annoying features.  When....it comes...to a sentence end, it....pauses....  And for contractions, like I V E, it pronounces all the letters.  Did a good job on Yggdrasil, which surprised me.  The Edge one is OK, but I didn't like the voice (personal preference.)  The natural reader one will allow you to upload whole manuscripts, which is a neat feature.  The Firefox and Edge one seem to be only for what's on a webpage. 

There, I said it. (lol)

Rachel

Oh, and I just tried the Firefox one on my own stuff.  Some mistakes stand out glaringly when the story is read to you.