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The system is called "Voiceover". When you enable it, it changes the user interface such that you use a series of special "Voiceover gestures" to hear a visual description of what's on the screen, activate items, and so on. Eg, tapping an item speaks its description, while double tapping activates it.
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The Moderator has it right. You can link to the article, and you can quote from it under the "fair use" provision, but you can't reprint it in whole. The amount you can quote through "fair use" is a bit arbitrary.
I suppose that the text to speech function might evolve in time to rival a dramatic reading from a good actor, perhaps even using a known actor's voice and inflection (which would be another lawsuit!), but as an author I just see it as adding to the value of the book and perhaps selling a book that otherwise wouldn't be sold. I can see why audiobook publishers would be worried, but I don' t understand why authors should care. |
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Are those terms actually enforceable... probably not. They can make lots of claims in the fine print, that doesn't mean any of them are true. I'd like to see a Publisher try to argue in front of a judge that reading aloud is a copyright violation. |
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Do you have IPR courts in the US, Shaggy? In the UK, and in fact, throughout the EU, cases such as that are heard in special courts in front of a judge who is an expert in the field of IPR law, precisely because one can't expect a "normal" judge to be familiar with it.
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