Speaking Tome

Illusion (Glamer)
Level: Bard 0, Beguiler 0, Cleric 0, Sorcerer/Wizard 0
Components: V, S
Casting time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: One book or scroll
Duration: 1 hour/level (D)
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless, object)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless, object)
This spell causes the affected volume to read aloud its contents at the rate of
up to five pages per minute (half of a page per round), though you may dictate a
slower rate if desired. If you wish, you may also designate a specific page on
which the spell is to begin, so as to pick up where a previous reading or castin
g of this spell left off, for example. At any time while the spell lasts, you ma
y stop or resume the effect as a free action.
This spell reads the text exactly as written and does not necessarily help you t
o understand it (so, for example, a text written in dwarven will only make sense
to someone who can normally understand dwarven). Azores speaking tome does not u
se command words or activate any magic effects the text may contain. If the targ
eted tome does not contain text (if it only has pictures or diagrams, for exampl
e), this spell fails.