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    Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    This sounds like a consumery version of the Kurzweil reading machine.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    I just picture the end result of this as sounding something like adults do in a Peanuts cartoon...
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    i would totally scan books - if it were automated. as it is i listen to coast to coast shows all day at work anyways, why not books? sure a synth voice isn't as soothing as, say, having patrick stewart narrate, but it's still better than nothing. hell even a text book would be mildly interesting to have as synth audio. might learn somethin'.
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    Image of thebobman thebobman
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    I don't see a feed scanner on that thing - scanning a whole book page by page would take a loooooong-assed time. You'd probably be better off just looking for the audiobook as a torrented MP3 (or buying the audiobook legitimately, although that's clearly crazy-talk).
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01/09/09

    @thebobman:


    but so few books are available as narrations - certainly not the gonzo sci fi i've grown to love.

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    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    My experience with OCR software makes me question the capabilities of this product...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    No way on Satan's green Earth would I sit there and scan every page of Foundation. I'd rather just get a cheesy faux miner's light on my forehead for trips, or buy an audiobook (if it exists).


    I can see the appeal, but for anything over a dozen pages, it can get tiresome.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


    what they need is one that turns pages automatically, like this one:

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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    01/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Get a cheap used book and then I run it through my table saw and you get nice clean cut pages the wont get jammed up in the auto feeder...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/10/09

    @Hiroak: And sever my precious precious book? You sir, are a barbarian!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    I'm sure Governor Paterson will give a tax break on these.
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    Image of ideaman2020 ideaman2020
    01/09/09

    @PalmPre_GitEmSteveDave: Ouch.
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    01/09/09

    @ideaman2020: Sorry, dumped for a blind guy and still bitter.
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    Image of SirFenwick SirFenwick
    01/09/09

    In reply to Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files
    For the lazy reader in you!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    01/09/09

    @SirFenwick: Or an awesome tech for the visually impaired... which is very nice.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/09/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Ray Kurzweil developed an optical reader for the blind. This sounds like its consumer-oriented progeny.
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