Great open letter. I'll be tweeting this link as well as posting it on FaceBook. Thanks for hsaring. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Goldfield Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 3:15 PM To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vi-kindle] Blog Post/Text to Speech Blocking on Kindle I know this is an old issue, but Bufo Calvin's I Love my Kindle blog has an excellent open letter to authors whose publishers have chosen to block the text to speech capabilities on Kindle devices. As a Star Trek fan, I'm in total agreement as to his assessment of the irony of blocking Star Trek books which take place in a future where barriers to disabilities have been eliminated. http://ilmk.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/id-love-to-recommend-your-books-but/