I understand that Amazon's Kindle v. 2.0 has the ability to convert text into audio using a computer voice. That is intriguing. Will this be the wave of the future? Are any libraries seriously considering to purchase Kindle? If so, how will they be used - loaned out, put digitized reference books on Kindle, download newspapers/magazines? The Kindle sounds very versatile.
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Here is a post from the blog, EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection that touches on Kindles. It also has a link to an NPR story so you can hear what the Kindle sounds like.
Thanks for that, Liam.
According to that post Kindle isn't there yet with the text-to-voice conversion. Don't think I would like a computerized voice to read to me. Not exactly soothing, just plain irritating.
I did read an article in a recent American Libraries, Library Journal, or some such, and the author is a person who is going blind and she also reviews books. Talk about difficult. She was full of enthusiasm about the text-to-voice conversion. I guess something is better than nothing at times, especially when there is little or no choice.
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