The standard reading voice in the Google Play Books app sounds like an 80's robot. The high-quality voice sounds more like what we've come to expect from a robot in 2013. Here's how to activate it.

Apple on Tuesday released iBooks 1.3, an update for its iOS-based e-reading software, adding a new read-aloud feature that uses a real narrator to read some children's books. iBooks is a free ...

Last month, with virtually no fanfare, Apple released a new app for the Apple TV that brings ebooks to your TV screen. However, don’t expect to read David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest,” Ron Chernow ...

Encouraging a love of reading starts with sharing stories that spark curiosity, emotion, and imagination. From interactive breathing exercises to rhythmic rhymes and nature adventures, the books on ...

The big ideas for improving education-choice, vouchers, school-based management, desegregation, jacked-up standards-tend to be unwieldy, politically cumbersome, difficult to put into place. Other ...

Great news for Deadheads: Jerry Garcia can now read a book to you. Or at least an AI version of his voice can. The late legend’s estate has partnered with ElevenLabs to recreate Garcia’s voice to read ...

-- 1. Books are precious and should be handled gently. -- 2. Read aloud to your child every day, even for just a few minutes -- it will instill a love of reading that lasts a lifetime. Reading skills ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal'ibali, South Africa's reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

Stephanie Cunniff, district librarian for the Chico Unified School District, was the guest speaker at the Jan. 29 meeting of the Chico Noon Exchange Club. She discussed early childhood learning from ...

We've all heard about the benefits of learning to read quietly and independently. A big part of learning at school is all about reading, but it's not always easy to find time for more reading at home.