Moving Stories?

Never heard of it, but why would anyone do it? It sort of assumes that everyone will read at the same speed, and a uniform rate.

JBwell said:

Yes, the idea would be to have some kind of twoddle to adjust the speed. I guess I was thinking it might be for very short pieces and directed an audience who might not otherwise read.

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Well, then it wouldn't need the words to move along, one at at time. Just a page on the screen, and the voice reads along. Basically, an audio-book, with a screen for anyone who wants to follow along. (Alternatively, buy the audio-book and the written version, and boom, you've got it.)

I believe there are children's educational toys that work as you suggest, the child touches a word and the device says the word aloud, but I suspect they aren't used much once the child starts actually reading. The ones I've seen are sort of first-reader level. I would think that even for illiterate adults, it would be more annoying than helpful, and once you know how to read, the words would be a blur of screen changes.

Something that worked the other way: whole page on screen, touch a word and the device says it, would be helpful, for children and adults making forays into more advanced books, where they may run across the occasional new word. Can e-readers do this?

Your first post made me think of this unofficial video for Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You" (NSFW, might require YouTube login).

There's a javascript thingie that slowly scrolls text up the screen. You can adjust the speed (and the font size). It's been around for years.

Google on javascript auto scroll for more.