If I had placed it in the library and said that was my text, that would have been misleading because it was not the one that I used when I spoke at the ABI.

BBC: Darling accused of pensions U-turn

This isn't just another text-to-speech demo though, StorEbook uses the impressive and appropriately named library of sampled phonemes to speak in unique, realistic voices for each character.

ENGADGET

Once digitised, these unique items will be available for full text search, download and reading through Google Books, as well as being searchable through the Library's website and stored in perpetuity within the Library's digital archive.

ENGADGET: British Library and Google Books partner up to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright works

Researchers, students and other users of the Library will be able to view historical items from anywhere in the world as well as copy, share and manipulate text for non-commercial purposes.

ENGADGET: British Library and Google Books partner up to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright works