{"id":11734,"date":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/apples-ipad-will-perhaps-controversially-read-e-books-aloud-ebooks\/"},"modified":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","slug":"apples-ipad-will-perhaps-controversially-read-e-books-aloud-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/apples-ipad-will-perhaps-controversially-read-e-books-aloud-ebooks.php","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud [Ebooks]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"&gt;<a title=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/ebooks\/\"><span>#<\/span><span>ebooks<\/span><\/a>&lt;\/div --><div><a title=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5492622\/apples-ipad-will-perhaps-controversially-read-e+books-aloud\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" alt=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aa7cd_160x120_ipadbook.jpg\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div><\/div><p>\t\t\t\tIn addition to the <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5491899\/the-ipads-surprise-button-screen-orientation-lock\">orientation-lock button,<\/a> yesterday's pre-order commencement delivered another surprise nugget: the iPad will read all EPUB books out loud. 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