E-reader alternatives.
We have all seen ereaders. They vary in price from low to high. They are also usually very fragile and easy to lose. If anyone can lose something it is me. One of the reasons we have held back from getting one. Besides we would prefer something that will fit in our pocket. Since most e-readers will not fit in the pocket, what is there as an alternative? Came up with something as least for me is better than an e-reader is an e-listener. A what? Actually it is a pocket media or music player. The advantage here is that you can listen to an e-book rather than reading it. Best advantage here is even if it is dark, you can enjoy your reading. Backlit screen not ever required.To use the music player as a reader so to speak, you must convert the text into voice. Most computers now a days come with some kind of speech synthesizer. To do the conversion, the reader files should be in the standard pdf format. A program called Calbre can usually convert most e-reader formats into the sta...