IPad as a book reader

My wife has had a stroke which affected her communications skills. I want to use an IPad to help her recovery. Can the IPad with proper apps show the pages of a book and provide audio of the page at the same time? I want to reassociate the written words with the sound of the word and she loves to read. If this devise will do this please give me apps and etc.----Thanks

Hi and welcome....
Sorry to hear about your wife.
I wonder if audiobooks would help?
Launch iTunes. Select iTunes store on the left side of the iTunes window.
Then from the menu (black background white font) click Audiobooks
One you've purchased an audiobook you just connect the iPad to your PC, launch iTunes and sync your purchase(s).
And, you can "backup" those audiobooks so if you need to restore the iPad at some point, you won't have to re purchase.
This is a link to the online iPad User Guide. http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPad_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf
Carolyn

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