[rockemsockem]

I'm honestly a bit baffled at the lack of thought here.

Anything written can be listened to with this tech. Any news article, any short story, a draft of a piece of writing you're working on. There is too much text for human beings to read it all.

Translating from one medium to another is extremely useful.

[arroz]

Stop being lazy

It is faster to read than to listen to something

[kirkbackus]

Not for everybody, also it would be great to consume textual content in a variety of voices, or even my own.

[snerbles]

I'm not going to read while driving.

TTS with natural inflection opens up a world of narration to stories with audiences too small for human narration.

[rockemsockem]

That's just ridiculous. I read and listen to stuff. I listen when I'm walking my dog, driving places, cooking, etc. I read when I'm sitting in bed or just sitting around with a book. Different scenarios call for different mediums.

[flangola7]

Some of us have processing disorders. I can listen about 3x as fast as I can read.