Can I read DRM protected eBooks, or Mobipocket/Kindle format books?

You can't directly open DRM protected ePub books in Talking Clipboard. But you can remove the DRM from these books for personal use.

Article 24, which allows, in combination with Article 18, do the following software without the consent of the copyright owner:

• Copy software for backup.
• Copy software for maintenance service licensed copy holder.
• Copy software or make derivative works of her suitability for a computer system or other software.
• Patch security holes and protecting them.
• Obtaining information necessary to adjust the computer system or other software (engineering back) with no intention to violate copyrights.

Almost all the major DRM's like Adobe ePub DRM, Kindle DRM, Barnes & Noble ePub DRM, etc. can be removed for personal use.

You can convert your eBook from any format to ePub format using various free tools like: 2epub, calibre, How can I create ePub files from my books?.

Children Using Technology Have Better Literacy Skills

"A UK study of three thousand children aged nine to sixteen suggests something that may not come as a shock to geeks: using technology increases a child's core literary skills. As Researcher Obvious put it, 'The more forms of communications children use the stronger their core literary skills.' And for those of us worried about a world of 'tl;dr' and 'Y U H8n?' the research claims that 'text speech' does not damage literacy. The biggest shortcoming of this research is that it appears the children graded their own writing in that their methodology was an online survey designed to ask the children which technology they use and then follow up with asking them how well they write to determine which children have better literacy skills."