Kurzweil Blio E-Reader Will Narrate PDFs, Show Illustrations
From: Popular Science - 01/05/2010
By: Stuart Fox

Because so much of Ray Kurzweil's publicity these days revolves around the
Singularity, it's easy to forget he's also a hell of an inventor. And his
newest venture, an e-reader software suite dubbed Blio, highlights that
talent by bringing Kurzweil's voice-recognition developments into the
lucrative world of e-books.  

Slated for a debut at the CES later this month, the reader isn't a physical
device like the Kindle, but a free program designed to run on any platform.
Designed by K-NFB Reader, Kurzweil's voice recognition company, Blio will add
two dimensions currently missing from most e-readers: color pictures and a
voice that reads the text out loud.  

Read the entire article at:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/kurzweil-e-reader-narrate-pdfs-show-illustrations

Links:
Blio
http://singularityhub.com/2010/01/04/kurzweil-takes-on-kindle-with-new-e-reader-platform-blio/

Blio Reader
http://www.blioreader.com/