News tagged with audio books
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2009 |
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iPod shuffle: Are these earbuds for you?
Apple has a history of making things without features that many people consider essential.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 15, 2009 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
1 / 5 (2) |
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Amazon lets authors mute Kindle books read-aloud feature
Amazon is yielding to concerns of authors by letting them selectively silence a read-aloud feature in Kindle 2 electronic book readers that hit the market in February.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 01, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (2) |
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Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks (Update)
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption
Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Best in show: 6 gadgets that defined CES
(AP) -- Cheaper tablets, thinner laptops and an array of sleeker TVs stood out at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2012 |
2.8 / 5 (9) |
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Team uses high-tech optical technique to pull sound from 125 year old recordings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have succeeded in using 3D optical scanning technology to effectively lift the voices from 125 year old recordings created by researchers ...
Dec 28, 2011 |
4.4 / 5 (11) |
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Gift guide to the hottest smartphones and tablets
Choosing the right gadget can be hard, especially if you are unfamiliar with the mobile landscape. Many ask, "What's the best?" But priorities vary among users. You'll have to weigh those for yourself.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Smart listeners and smooth talkers
Human-like performance in speech technology could be just around the corner, thanks to a new research project that links three UK universities.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 17, 2011 |
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iSchool prof predicts the future of search user interfaces
School of Information professor Marti Hearst predicts the future of online search interfaces in an article in this month’s edition of the Communications of the ACM. “The future of user interfaces will involv ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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The trouble with the media Cloud: If we can have everything, does it mean anything?
Why did they call it "The Cloud"? Couldn't they have chosen a better metaphor? Clouds burst. Clouds darken. Clouds disappear.
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Audio systems pioneer Villchur dies at 94 in NY
(AP) -- Edgar Villchur, who went from repairing radios in his New York City shop to inventing groundbreaking audio equipment and hearing aids, has died. He was 94.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling
Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.
Oct 09, 2011 |
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