Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): the kindle 2 features 16-level grayscale display , improved battery life , 20 percent faster page-refreshing , a text-to-speech option to read the text aloud , and overall thickness reduced from 0.8 to 0.36 inches -lrb- 9.1 millimeters -rrb-.
Output (English): the kindle 2 has improved in several ways . its display is better ; the battery lasts longer ; it loads pages faster ; it offers test-to-speech so it reads the text to you and it is thinner.