Blio: Kurzweil for all?

I came across this video on Youtube.   Being interviewed is Ray Kurzweil (of Kurzweil 3000 fame).  He is talking about a new piece of software called Biblio.  It is essentially a free e-book reader that will be compatible with all computers and portable devices.  In the video you see two demonstrations.  The first is of a children's book being read with a pre-recorded track while highlighting words.  The second is an anatomy textbook which also has text to speech, quizes and embedded video.

The software is also able to do text to speech from scanned documents.  According to the Blio website (http://www.blio.com/) users can add take notes, highlight text, add links and export for use as study materials. At this time the software is available as a free download and is available for the Windows platform only.

Though not intended to replace Kurzweil 3000 this may be of interest to people who want to have a text read out loud to them or who don't qualify for Kurzweil but would benefit from some of its features.

I haven't had a chance to really explore the software yet but I have downloaded it and figured out how to import your own document into the program.  You need to have a file in the .xps format which can be created in Word 2007.  I'll explore it some more and post a better review later.