The elusive iPad, I can never seem to find her except for when I am actually not looking for her; is difficult to catch. A hyper active iPhone dancing around your living room is a cake walk compared to this ninja-like devil. She will sneak up behind you, sound off a bunch of alarms, then by the time you turn around she is on the other side of the house. I will not waste your time with a play by play, but factor my Belgium Shepherd puppy into the mix and you will soon understand why reading more than a few pages, is such a feat.
Needless to say, on this beautiful Friday afternoon with a stack of projects in one hand and a stack of school deadlines in the other, a beautiful epiphany waltzed in to my life. Speech. The Speech setting on a Mac will turn any text into a podcast in an array of customizable voices (I personally recommend Lee from Australia or Tessa from South Africa, for a smoother not-so-digitized sounding voice). Anyways, here is the link so you can also enjoy this wonderful setting:
http://lifehacker.com/5782701/make-your-mac-read-articles-out-loud-with-a-keyboard-shortcut