I hear the Kindle will actually read outloud – how loud is the speaker and how would that affect the life of the battery?
You can adjust the volume of the speaker, and it is quite loud. There is a demonstration of this read out aloud function in the video at the bottom of this page:
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle-2-0-vs-sony-reader-prs-700bc-comparison
Hope it helps

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You can adjust the volume of the speaker, and it is quite loud. There is a demonstration of this read out aloud function in the video at the bottom of this page:
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle-2-0-vs-sony-reader-prs-700bc-comparison
Hope it helps
References :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015T963C?ie=UTF8&tag=elec-m-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015T963C (Kindle 2 after price slash)
Here is a review about this read out aloud function:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FRJ6MA1FJ0G0HS%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope this helps.
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