Teclast enters the e-book fold with the K3 Talking Portable Library
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted January 13th 2010 2:23PM
posted January 13th 2010 2:23PM
Judging by the snowballing number of e-readers we've seen over the last year or so (culminating at CES 2010, as you are no doubt well aware) either people really, really, really love these things, or OEMs are going for the lowest hanging fruit. And what do we have here from Teclast? The company, known 'round these parts for its portable media players, has entered the game with the K3. In addition from the usual array of supported document formats this bad boy rocks a 6-inch E Ink display, an MP3 / MP4 player and -- hold on to your caps! -- text-to-speech either in English or Chinese. The term the company is using to market this bad boy is "Talking Portable Library," but since most TTS devices usually make HAL sound like James Earl Jones we're going to suggest that anyone truly interested in this technology stick with the Kindle. Besides, Tom misses you! You two haven't talked in a long time.
my winmo phone can install TTS software, my friend said his android phone has it also.
wait so your buying an ereader to have it speak to you?
Cdplayer + audiobook = problem solved.
The point of eReaders is to get people READING AGAIN (because it has been proven that you retain more/more critical analysis by reading rather then listening).
This is a step backwards.
Click on the pic for the worst Ramen noodle instructions to English translation ever. Add water, enjoy!
I have a Sony Reader pocket. Honestly, I don't think ANY mobile phone is suitable for reading books. It's all about the eInk technology. I can actually tolerate reading on these things and they're great. I mean, a week of battery life? I'm set. Just improve the refresh rate a teeensy bit, and it will be perfect.
Just give me e-reader with a bunch of formats, mp3 playback and decent battery life. I have a netbook and gps, etc for all the rest.
@joelaf
psst... nook - unless you want one sometime soon
@joelaf
Kindle, nook, Sony Reader, probably most all the current ereaders do that.
@joelaf
Give it a few years for the market to calm down. Gimmicks and focus groups are still ruling the roost.
My pretty damn basic Cybook does all I want it to. Although a flip out built in book light (not a sidelight like Sony tried) would be cool.
The name of the company sucks so bad I would be afraid to buy their products. They gotta change the US branding.
@Dan Fruzzetti
Teclast is a Taiwanies brand with focus on the Chinese market not US.
But i get your point, it like US companies change their names in China, Coca Cola = Ke Kou Ke Le, hows that for a sucking name?
Are the menus spoken aloud? Cos if not they might get sued by a group of people the product wasn't marketed to.
Check out video and review of the K3:
http://digital8.org/teclast/381-teclast-k3-ebook-review-sunny.html