News tagged with audio books

Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

iPod shuffle: Are these earbuds for you?

Apple has a history of making things without features that many people consider essential.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon lets authors mute Kindle books read-aloud feature

Amazon is yielding to concerns of authors by letting them selectively silence a read-aloud feature in Kindle 2 electronic book readers that hit the market in February.

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created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits

(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1