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Originally Posted by Gideon
As to the speaking business.... the Amazon forums had a question about that feature ALL THE TIME. I don't care for it, but it looks like a lot of average users did.
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I can see it coming in handy for a few groups of people:
1. People with limited eyesight and conditions like macular degeneration. Probably not as useful if you're totally blind since you still have to navigate the menu but there are a lot of visually impaired folks that can see some.
2. People with language reading difficulties who would benefit from reading and seeing at the same time.
3. People learning the language for the same reason as #2.
4. People who just want to be read to from time to time when they're tired or have their hands busy, are working out, etc. They don't want to buy both the audio book and the ebook and figure out where they left off in each.
I'd kinda like #4 but it would really depend on how good the speech was. Part of what I like with audio books is the way a really good reader conveys the book. It's the human touch.