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When Apple introduced the iPod Shuffle player without a screen, some declared the device "the new radio." Now an Apple invention really could do away with on-air DJs once and for all. The Scotsman reports that Apple has patented text-to-speech conversion that lets iPods tell listeners the name of the band and track it's about to play. The computer-speech technology keeps listeners from having to glance down at the screen while exercising or driving -- and it could make screenless iPods like the Shuffle even more popular. MacDailyNews notes that Apple's Nike+iPod kit, which integrates iPods into a workout routine, already reads off pace and mileage information. Will this newfangled function give the iPod a boost in the face of increasing competition from challengers like Microsoft?
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