The right to access knowledge remains human oriented even when the reading is automated.

It does not matter that your screwdriver does not have rights: you will be using it for the purpose consistent with the principle of your freedom and encouragement to fix your cabling. You are not required to "hand-screw them drives".

In context, for example, you can take notes. That has nothing to do with the "rights of the paper".

Nothing forbids an automated reader by principle - especially when the automated reader is an intermediate tool for human operation.