But the granddaddy of text-to-speech products is the Kurzweil Reader, which was designed by the inventor Ray Kurzweil in 1976 as a device for the blind.
The fight, Faust reminds the reader, which was expected to be, if not a romp, then at least a rout, turned out to be a bloody war of attrition, where defensive firepower so overwhelmed the offense that — at Antietam and Fredericksburg and the Wilderness — the soldiers mostly just stood there and watched each other die.
And if the festival, which ended Sunday, had a single face this year, it was that of Kate Winslet, the star of "The Reader," which was also a Studio Babelsberg co-production and which has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including best picture and best actress.
The fight, Faust reminds the reader, which was expected to be, if not a romp, then at least a rout, turned out to be a bloody war of attrition, where defensive firepower so overwhelmed the offense that at Antietam and Fredericksburg and the Wilderness the soldiers mostly just stood there and watched each other die.
Germany is no longer expected to display public penitence for the second world war, and fables like this – and, to a similar extent, Bernard Schlink's The Reader, which was also made into a film – are finessing the moral and political complexities of the postwar blame game.
The original Atrix had a fingerprint reader, which was ditched for this version, either to save on costs or because simply no one wanted it.
First and foremost, reading gives pleasure to the reader, which is an end in itself.
This time to design a trainer (sneaker for our us reader) which is - naturally - sponsored by Adidas.
Many of these works approach the story of American eugenics as though it will be a surprise to the reader, which is probably a safe bet.
I tried a news app called BizNewsReader, which is free (we can't go splashing the Guardian budget on just anything).
'Seriously, lying next to him, I feel like a kewpie doll with pubic hair.' An avid reader, which is one of his main selling points, since he's radically insensitive.
