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Disability groups slam Random House over Disabling Kindle text-to-speech
By Eric Engleman
May 20, 2009
via TechFlash
Amazon Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature, which reads electronic books aloud, is sparking more heated words. Amazon, if you recall, said it would allow authors and publishers to switch off text-to-speech on book titles, after the Authors Guild raised copyright concerns.
The National Federation of the Blind and other disability groups called on Amazon to fully retain text-to-speech, saying it gives the visually impaired equal access to electronic books. Now, amid reports that publishing giant Random House is now turning off the read-aloud feature on its Kindle titles, the disability groups are cranking up the pressure again.
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