What do you hear when your novel is read out loud? #writetip

I’ve tried reading my novel out loud and taping myself.  Although this helps find errors and hear the tone of the story, it is very time-consuming.

I use my Kindle. The text-to-speech sounds like a robot, but that’s okay. While I listen, I concentrate on the words on the page and it takes me half the time it took with the tape recorder method. I use the slowest reading speed available.

The comment feature enables me to put corrections into the kindle, like leaving comments in a pages or word document. When I’ve finished hearing the novel I go back to my computer and enter the changes. This gives me a chance to review the changes before updating the novel.

If you’re used to typing on your phone, then you’ll have no problem with your kindle keyboard.

Hearing a novel helps find typos, repeated use of words, awkward dialogue.

I’m sure there are other products for this, I just happen to have a Kindle and use this feature. If you know of others, I’d love to hear about them.