The forthcoming tablets based on the Android OS (a good thing, sorry google haters) should have its voice recognition technology built in to actually transcribe your voice notes to text if you want.
Personally I am holding off as long as I can stand it before buying anything in this category. I think the eReaders will drop as low as $99 by Christmas and the tablets that also have eInk screens are just around the corner.
The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts.
If I wanted the e-reader that’s easiest on my eyes, I’d wait for Apple to move its retina display to the iPad. My biggest problem for long reading on e-readers is pixellation, and the anti-aliasing to get over that isn’t too easy on my eyes either. They’re just not as sharp and clear as a well-printed book. A 10” retina display would be sweeeet.