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Plustek's BookReader Scanner Replaces Dad, Reads Stories Aloud

Plustek's V100 BookReader device has just hit the computer peripherals scene, and though it's innovative, it's certainly some strange fruit. It's an advanced optical scanner device that has optical character recognition built in to ...READ»

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The Big, Stupid Problem with a Kindle that Talks

As we reported yesterday, the new Amazon [AMZN] Kindle can read to you. Apparently, this is a problem. The Authors' Guild says that the Kindle's text-to-speech feature could infringe upon book copyrights. Its probably afraid that a ...READ»

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Authors Guild Says Kindle 2's Text-to-Speech Violates Copyright

One of the most interesting new features in Amazon's Kindle 2 e-reader is the text-to-speech function built into the device. It's a primitive bed-time story reader, and while it won't match, say, HAL 9000 for elegance in ...READ»

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