> It was killed by publishers who wanted to charge separately for audiobooks. An...

bentley · on Jan 5, 2023

Amazon decides Kindle speech isn’t worth copyright fight (2009) — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/amazon-backs-off-on-...

See also the recent lawsuit covering the other direction, automatic transcription of Audible books. https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-owned-audible-major-pub...

shrx · on Jan 5, 2023

Thanks. I never really used Kindle Speech on my 3G Kindle, but was curious why it was suddenly gone in later versions.