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Originally Posted by shinew
What about TTS you say? I used it once on mine, it made "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" sound as dull as a dishwasher. If you want to listen to a book, use Audible! It's like listening to a great musical performance when the narrator is good, it enhances the book instead of destroying its flavors.
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One, I agree about TTS, and two,
Feynman was a great book. He's quite the character.
But as for using the Kindle to listen to mp3's or especially those fine Audible books, I can certainly see it, especially if you're going to carry the Kindle anyway.
I have been using an old iPod for audio books, but it's easier to get an Audible book onto the Kindle via wireless than by just about any other method of accessing Audible content that I've found. Very handy for grab and go, and the built in speaker makes it doubly versatile.
That's one of the things I like about the Kindle. The bonus features can be useful, and they don't compromise the prime function. IOW, I see the Kindle as an excellent reader, that also adds a lot of useful side features, and not a Swiss Army toaster that tries to do several things and ends up doing none of them well.
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