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by bentley 1276 days ago
In the past the Authors Guild threatened to sue Amazon over providing text to speech in the Kindle. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/mar/01/auth...

Not to be confused with the time the publishers sued Amazon over providing speech to text in Audible. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/15/audible-settle...

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Oh Crazy. It is so frustrating, for people with ADHD, in order to have our brains stimulated enough to keep focus, we have to read and hear it at the same time, so our option is to buy it twice.