Mbin (decentralized content aggregator) v1.8.1 Released: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.1
#linux #linuxgaming #update #foss #release #mbin #fediverse #content #aggregator

New feature out today in the flash news ⁨#aggregator⁩: TTS (text-to-speech).

Two weeks ago (see: https://hachyderm.io/@paolog/114131812522555845) the platform acquired the capability to create multiple lists to save / bookmark articles. Building upon that function, it is now possible to have it read aloud all the articles in a list, using the local #TTS (text-to-speech) voices on your device.

This could be useful for #accessibility or to create a kind of "synthetic #podcast".

For example this short (1' 13") video shows a Samsung tablet reading three articles using the Samsung TTS voices (English and Italian). Note how a light grey background shows the progress while each article is read. The tiny green toolbar at the bottom makes it possible to pause, skip forward and backward and stop altogether the reading.

https://youtube.com/shorts/5hx9WQzGgps

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=5hx9WQzGgps

Note: for this to work you need to install local voices (it does not work well with "cloud" voices), and disable the automatic screen locking (otherwise the reading stops abruptly when the screen locks).

#DistributedEnergy: for #transactiveenergyrate the #demandresponse software used for the #Transactive #Energy Rate is #opensource If a participant is ‘discharging’, or sending power stored in the #battery back to the #grid, they can set a requirement with the #aggregator to keep a certain amount in the battery.

#timeofuserate #beneficialrate #penaltyrate #subscribeddevice

https://ilsr.org/new-hampshire-coop-electric-vehicles-ler182/