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Old 02-15-2016, 07:36 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by Tarana View Post
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With the Voyage it was kindof annoying not to be able to turn on the text-to-speech when I had to give my eyes a break. Not everybody would have this issue - I have severe dry eye and didn't want to stop reading because I was at a good point in my book. Alas, no choice. With the KK, I have it set for text-to-speech and can just start that up when I need it. ...
I wonder why they dropped TTS. Was it to promote audible? Or to get the price down?

I dropped my Voyage three weeks ago and the screen cracked. I was using the Voyage to read and a Fire to listen (TTS). It was such a pain to switch back and forth.

So I've reverted to my old Kindle Touch for a bit. This has some scratches and a few broken pixels. It's grayer than the Voyage, and the booklight in the case is just barely hanging in there. However, it is a real joy to be able to read and TTS on the same unit again. I probably stick with this until the booklight snaps off.
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