Because scanners didn’t catch on well, they upped the ante by creating one that will read to you. They call the voice Jill. You still have to turn the pages, but the rest is her job.
I’m amused by the fact that “Jill” can make it through medical jargon but has difficulty with numbers, charts, and occasionally just mashes two words together without any way to separate them.
Seems like it might be prematurely on the market, if some of the buttons don’t work and there isn’t any way to customize it. I’m imagining the poor reader trying to puzzle its way through my science fiction stories. Sure, most of the words would be fine, but character’s names, species, and any other made-up words I find I need. I can’t think any names would come out better for fiction series.
Maybe the next one will be able to have a few dictionary features to learn new words.
Ransom Noble 
I can see some good uses for this. It would be very good for the commuter student just before a test. You could here the text before a class. It is 20 years to late for me though. Maybe as a I get older and my eyesight goes.