Re:Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory: Study
by visarga on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:33AM
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I use TTS to read aloud almost all scientific papers, articles, ebooks and forum discussions. It helps me a lot. Having the whole web as speech, not just YT videos and movies, is liberating. Setting a higher speed for TTS is a very interesting way to increase focus. Of course I still read simultaneously.
I wish there were more natural voices. As of now, I can only stand Alex from Mac OS, on 1.4x speed. Deepmind's Wavenet promised human-level quality but it's been a year and it's still not deployed. Unix has no OS-level TTS to brag about - a sad situation. TTS can be a cognitive enhancing tool.
One side benefit of TTS+reading is lesser strain on the eyes, because the reader is just following along and relies primarily on hearing. Another benefit would be proofing your own forums posts and emails.
I wish there were more natural voices. As of now, I can only stand Alex from Mac OS, on 1.4x speed. Deepmind's Wavenet promised human-level quality but it's been a year and it's still not deployed. Unix has no OS-level TTS to brag about - a sad situation. TTS can be a cognitive enhancing tool.
One side benefit of TTS+reading is lesser strain on the eyes, because the reader is just following along and relies primarily on hearing. Another benefit would be proofing your own forums posts and emails.