Kindle, Text to Speech, and the Author's Guild

It is with extreme caution that I dip a toe in these waters, but several people have now asked me what I thought of the Author's Guild position on the Kindle II, and particularly how it may cause real harm to blind or visually impaired readers, and...I do have an opinion. I know that's a shocker, isn't it.

To begin with and just to be absolutely clear, I'm in support of the Kindle's voice feature being generally available. I feel that the benefits to those who have difficulties reading are greate