Over the weekend Amazon decided to tweak the way that the text-to-speech feature of the Kindle 2 worked following claims made by the Authors Guild that the new feature created a derivative work and ...

Following criticism by some authors, Amazon is pulling back on the experimental text-to-speech feature in the new Kindle 2. Instead of making the automated reader available across the board, the ...

Amazon.com will let copyright holders opt out of having their books read aloud on the company’s Kindle 2 book reader, in an apparent concession to concerns raised about the device’s text-to-speech ...

Amazon have begun to implement a remote kill-switch that removes text-to-speech functionality from their Kindle ebook reader. A byproduct of the Author's Guild TTS controversy, the system allows ...

While the , Amazon's e-book reader, has impressed many, there's at least one group that's taken issue with the device: the Authors Guild. The association, which is a professional organization for ...

For the last few years Amazon has been been offering a text-to-speech option in some Kindle eReaders. This lets you listen to books by plugging in a set of headphones or by using the speakers in a ...

Know Your Rights is Engadget's technology law series, written by our own totally punk ex-copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we'll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay ...

Although both iterations of Amazon's Kindle offer a fairly polished e-book experience, the company is clearly interested in experimenting with adding capabilities beyond the written word. The ...

Already using the company’s technologies to power the Text-to-Speech, Voice Guide and Explore by Touch features on its Kindle Fire tablets, Amazon today announced it has acquired IVONA Software, to ...

On Thursday morning, Amazon announced its acquisition of Ivona Software, a text-to-speech company. Ivona already powers the “Text-to-Speech,” “Voice Guide” and “Explore by Touch” accessibility ...

If you go buying a text-to-speech software maker, you're not exactly going to stay quiet about it, right? Amazon this morning announced its acquisition of Ivona, the company behind the Kindle Fire's ...

Text-to-speech has become one of the most sought-after technologies in recent years, with applications ranging from education to content creation and marketing. While basic text-to-speech capabilities ...