There's no comparison between automated text-to-speech (TTS) computer voice "read aloud" and a published audio book with a decent voice actor. It would like a company that makes leather-bound gold-leaf editions of classics getting in an uproar over the fact the project gutenberg makes the e-text available for free. It's really silly for the author's guild to give two flips about either one. I seriously doubt there's *any* evidence that people who buy audiobooks are going to stop buying them because the ebook readers will TTS their books. [repost as myself]
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There's no comparison between automated text-to-speech (TTS) computer voice "read aloud" and a published audio book with a decent voice actor. It would like a company that makes leather-bound gold-leaf editions of classics getting in an uproar over the fact the project gutenberg makes the e-text available for free. It's really silly for the author's guild to give two flips about either one. I seriously doubt there's *any* evidence that people who buy audiobooks are going to stop buying them because the ebook readers will TTS their books. [repost as myself]