Audiobooks

Question

I am a huge fan of audiobooks since they make my daily routine much more interesting filling it with fiction.
Recently I wanted to listen to something useful.
Not so long ago I downloaded a Java book.
Obviously I want to listen to it because it's big and boring.
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Here come the problems:
1. How should I convert text to audio? Mb some programs, databases? I know only google translate:)
2. Google dont precisely voice the symbols. That's crucial for coding.

I'm longing for your suggestions and opinions.

Answer 1

Convert text to audio in android is possible through android API, so you can implement it ( relatively ) easily ;)
Probably iOS provide also such API... however, text to speech libraries for other devices ( mainly computers ) are more hardiest to find ( at least in my natural language: maybe english is more common for that kind of purpose :P )

Answer 2

Google "text to speech android api" return lot of results; among what this techical thread in stackoverflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3058919/text-to-speechtts-android ;)

Answer 3

Probably it's a decent idea for an Android app. Book (text) converting to shitty, but still, audiobook.

Answer 4

@visph
Please give some keywords for me to search the programs and libraries