Amazon backs off text-to-speech feature in Kindle

Amazon announced recently that it will let publishers decided whether they want the new Kindle e-book device to read their books aloud.

The text-to-speech feature that allows Kindle users to have books read to them in a male or female voice.  The president of the Authors Guild, Roy Blount Jr., recently contributed and essay to the editorial page of the New York Times laying out the guild's objections to the feature, which he said undermined the market for the professional audio books that are sold separately.

More on the article here:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes/2009/02/27/amazon-backs-off-text-to-speech-feature-in-kindle/