[MsAstoria]

You know, I can relate to this USA Today's reader about the text to speech capability. My youngest son failed in high school as he had problems reading words and understanding them (dyslexic in my opinion, but not the Dr) He would have loved and thrived on text to speech!

(Clipping from todays USA Today issue) :
OPINION: "I appreciate USA TODAY’s review of the Kindle 2 and the discussion of the electronic reader’s new read-aloud feature (“Amazon electronic reader Kindle 2 is a nifty, if costly, second act,” Money, Tuesday; “Read-aloud feature on Kindle has people talking”). The Authors Guild’s concern over access to printed material via this text-to-speech component saddens me, and hopefully it won’t compromise this “experimental” application. As an advocate for people with disabilities and a parent of a child with multiple disabilities, I see it as a wonderful step forward in universal design. In fact, our family didn’t buy the original Kindle because it lacked a read-aloud feature. Some might feel it is unnecessary or find the computerized voice unpleasant. But it levels the field for those who have a visual deficit, a reading disability or other disability that hinders reading. Assistive technology can be costly, and the Kindle isn’t cheap. Even so, it’s a good use of AT in a high-tech device marketed to the masses. It introduces people to a helpful feature that they take for granted and might think they don’t need or want."