Comments on: why the kindle won’t compete http://laloca.org/archived/6340 stumbling toward sanity Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:15:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt S. http://laloca.org/archived/6340/comment-page-1#comment-23889 Matt S. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:44:26 +0000 http://laloca.org/?p=6340#comment-23889 I agree with you for now. There's no real threat there, no real competition. But in 10 or 20 years, computerized voices could be indistinguishable from a real voice. Once they get the tone and cadence right, text-to-speech devices like this WILL erode the market for audiobooks. At that point, should it still be permitted? Also, I've ordered two Kindle 2s -- one for me and one to resell on eBay if and when they go out of stock again :-) I agree with you for now. There’s no real threat there, no real competition. But in 10 or 20 years, computerized voices could be indistinguishable from a real voice. Once they get the tone and cadence right, text-to-speech devices like this WILL erode the market for audiobooks.

At that point, should it still be permitted?

Also, I’ve ordered two Kindle 2s — one for me and one to resell on eBay if and when they go out of stock again :-)

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