While the newly updated iteration of the Kindle, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’ve made a discovery about Amazon’s Kindle e-reader: It’s a pretty good “news radio.” That is, its text-to-speech function does a surprisingly decent job of reading news content aloud. I currently ...

The notoriously litigious ink-lovers at the Writers Guild are mad at Amazon again—this time for the Kindle 2‘s text-to-speech feature. Apparently, Amazon is effectively stealing and giving away ...

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.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 ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When Amazon unveiled Kindle 2, its new electronic book ...

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 ...