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iPad Will Read Books Out Loud

First Posted: 05/12/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:50 PM ET

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When it began taking pre-orders for the iPad this morning, Apple also published some new details about how the tablet device will function as an e-book reader.

It turns out the iPad will read books out loud to you with audio dictation, a controversial feature that caused some trouble for Amazon's Kindle last year. Also, Apple indicated that you'll be able to use the iPad to read EPUB titles from sources outside of the iBooks store.

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When it began taking pre-orders for the iPad this morning, Apple also published some new details about how the tablet device will function as an e-book reader. It turns out the iPad will read books o...
When it began taking pre-orders for the iPad this morning, Apple also published some new details about how the tablet device will function as an e-book reader. It turns out the iPad will read books o...
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ilovecandy
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12:30 PM on 03/14/2010
Oh, America getting lazier. Do we really need that?
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higherstrategy
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11:11 AM on 03/13/2010
why bother learning to read then?

and eventually, when humans turn more and more into 'effecient' computers

soon what need for Humans at all!

to a computer 'LIFE' is very inefficient
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