Yes, publishers have the right to sell audio books. But the fact that many books with tts enabled are also available in audio format casts a serious doubt on this line of reasoning. And others not available in audio form sometimes have tts disabled. It looks totally arbitrary. And while I'm sure you might find the occasional sighted person who would do as you suggested with tts, the number of such people must be quite small, based on the reaction of the average sighted person to speech synthesis. You can always find exceptions, but they prove nothing.
BTW, for anybody who cares for a blatant example of inconsistency, for those who suppose that the reason Random House isn't dealing with Apple has to do with voice over, please explain why their forthcoming release of the final book in the Earth's Children series, which you won't find on IBooks, is available in audio form and on Kindle with tts enabled. This is probably boing to be a big seller, because this is such a famous series. If worry over audio sales was the deal, why does the Kindle page for this book say tts enabled? There are other Random House high profile offerings that follow this same pattern. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
