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 ...

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 Inc. changed course Friday and said it would allow copyright holders to decide whether they will permit their works to be read aloud using the second-generation Kindle electronic reader's ...

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’s Kindle eReaders used to include support for text-to-speech, allowing you to plug in a pair of headphones or use a built-in speaker to listen to a computer voice read books out loud to you.

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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 ...

The Kindle iPad app doesn't have text-to-speech built in, but you can use the iPad's own Speak Screen feature as a replacement. Once you enable Speak Screen on your iPad, you just need to open a ...

Explore the innovative Text to Speech feature of the Kindle 3 in our latest video! Discover how this function transforms your reading experience by turning written text into audible speech. Ideal for ...

Feb. 12, 2009, 4:21 PM EST / Source: The Associated Press The guild that represents authors is urging writers to be wary of a text-to-speech feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s updated Kindle electronic ...