{"id":424071,"date":"2010-03-13T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5492622"},"modified":"2010-03-13T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:47:12","slug":"apples-ipad-will-perhaps-controversially-read-e-books-aloud-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/424071","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud [Ebooks]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"><a title=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/ebooks\/\" style=\"background-color:#888888; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px;text-align:right; display:block; height:14px; padding:1px 2px; text-decoration:none; text-transform:uppercase; width:156px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\" class=\"hash\">#<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">ebooks<\/span><\/a><\/div -->\n<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\" class=\"pp_image\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-color: #B3B3B3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" title=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" alt=\"Click here to read Apple's iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud\" src=\"http:\/\/cache-10.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/160x120_ipadbook.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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&#8217;s pre-order commencement delivered another surprise nugget: the iPad will read all EPUB books out loud. 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