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The Intel Reader Photographs Text And Reads It Back To You
11:29PM Danny Allen | Intel’s Reader for the visually impaired isn’t a concept; it goes on sale today. Using an Atom processor, 5-megapixel camera and Intel’s Linux-based Moblin OS, it turns book pages into digital text and MP3s…then reads aloud in a synthesised voice. More »
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4:51PM Nick Broughall | The sad truth is that you’ve never experienced Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra until you’ve had it read to you by the Kindle’s text-to-speech option. You’re welcome…
Ever Wanted To Hear A Kindle Read The Kama Sutra? Now You Can (Maybe NSFW)
4:51PM Nick Broughall | The sad truth is that you’ve never experienced Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra until you’ve had it read to you by the Kindle’s text-to-speech option. You’re welcome…
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Publisher Blocking Kindle Text-to-Speech
10:19PM Mark Wilson | The Kindle 2’s text-to-speech option is controversial, but publishers can opt out of the function if they’d like. Now, Random House, a major publisher of writers like Stephen King, has flipped the kill switch on 40 of its ebooks on Amazon. Remember when Stephen King was pretty much the face of the Kindle? It’s like a double cross in a really, really boring but ever so suspenseful thriller novella. [Electronista] More »
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NYT: ‘Newspaper-Saving’ Redneck Kindle Can’t Pronounce President’s Name
8:40PM John Herrman | Pointing out the clunkiness of the Kindle’s text-to-speech feature is tired, but with the new Kindle DX being lauded as a newspaper savior, the NYT has a point: “Bay-rack Oh-bamma” won’t cut it. More »
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The Kindle 2 and iPod Shuffle Perform Bladerunner
7:40AM Mark Wilson | The Kindle 2 and new iPod shuffle both feature new text-to-speech modes. So how well can the duo read the opening scene from Bladerunner? More »
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Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest
6:39AM John Mahoney | The National Federation of the Blind’s Imbroglio with the Author’s Guild and their distaste for the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech function is heating up. Today they took it to the Guild’s own doorstep here in NYC.
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National Federation of the Blind Protests Author’s Guild Over Kindle 2’s Text-to-Speech
5:27AM Jason Chen | We imagine the announcement of the text-to-speech feature on the Kindle 2 was amazing for the blind, which is why the fact that the Author’s Guild wants to shut it down pisses them off so.
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First Kindle 2 Firmware Update Available Now
10:29AM Adrian Covert | In case you’re curious, Kindle 2 firmware version 2.0.2 is being rolled out to users over the air. Apparently it doesn’t really do much, except let publishers disable text-to-speech, but it’s the FIRRRRRRRRRSSST. [Engadget] More »
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How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
7:40AM Jesus Diaz | As you probably know, the new Apple iPod shuffle can speak up the name of your songs, artists, and playlists. I initially thought it was a new text-to-speech chip. It is not: More »
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