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> It was killed by publishers who wanted to charge separately for audiobooks. Any sources on this?
by shrx 4y ago
> It was killed by publishers who wanted to charge separately for audiobooks.
Any sources on this?
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- bentley 4y agoAmazon decides Kindle speech isn’t worth copyright fight (2009) — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/amazon-backs-off-on-kindles-text-to-speech/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/amazon-backs-off-on-... See also the recent lawsuit covering the other direction, automatic transcription of Audible books. https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-owned-audible-major-publishers-settle-lawsuit-audiobook-translation-feature/ https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-owned-audible-major-pub...
- shrx 4y agoThanks. I never really used Kindle Speech on my 3G Kindle, but was curious why it was suddenly gone in later versions.