Hello Kait, Okay, I am going to paste in a small article that describes what Whispersync for Voice is and does but I don't think the article reads well for a VoiceOver user so let me thumbnail it for you:
1. When you purchase a Whispersync for Voice kindle title, this is to say that it is a title that has an audible companion, not only can you listen to the professional audio narration, as you would do from within the Audible app, but you can see the text of the book scrolling on the display in synchronization with the audio playback. This is a very nice feature for a sighted or low vision person. 2. One way to take advantage of this feature is to search for a word or phrase from within the kindle app, then, once founds, select the play button and the professional audio version will begin to play from that specific location. 3. The Whispersync for Voice feature it what allows Alexa to either read the Kindle title, directly, or playback the Audible version from the title's last known reading position. Now, I'm not certain how useful with feature would be to someone who does not use Alexa very much or to someone who does not have a need to search a book or who does not particularly enjoy the Kindle app. As for pricing, one does not need to be an Audible subscriber to enjoy any of the features described, above. For example, I recently purchased a Kindle title for $5. Now the Audible version of that same title, without an Audible subscription was $26. However, after merging my accounts, yesterday, I was able to purchase the Audible version for $1.99 as I already owned the Kindle title. Okay, the following is a little article from Audible.com. Mark Whispersync for Voice | Audible.com Keep the Story Going Switch between listening to an audiobook and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for Voice. When you can't read, listen. Now you can switch between reading and listening to your Kindle books with the simple tap of a button. Just pop in your headphones, tap the button, and keep the story going...in the car, in the gym, in the kitchen, wherever your day takes you. Whenever your eyes are occupied but your mind is free, your story is ready for listening. How it Works Buy the Kindle book Add audio companion Switch between reading and listening on the Kindle App or tablet Experience Immersion Reading Read and listen simultaneously with real-time highlighting. It's called Immersion Reading and that's what it does: immerse you in a story by narrating and highlighting the text as you read. It sparks an extra connection that boosts engagement, comprehension, and retention, taking you deeper into the book. Available on Kindle App for Android and iOS, Fire HD 6 Tablet, Fire HD 7 Tablet, Kindle Fire HDX Tablet, and Fire HDX 8.9 Read. Listen. Repeat. You can switch from reading to listening within the Kindle Fire Tablet or Kindle app. Or, you can switch between reading on one device and listening on another. For example, you can read on your tablet and then listen on your smartphone, and, thanks to Whispersync for Voice, you'll never lose your place. Read with: Kindle Apps, Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, and Fire Tablets Listen with: Kindle Apps, Alexa Devices, Fire Tablets, Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, and Audible Apps for iPhone, Android, and Windows Article at: https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kait Forbes Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 9:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Question for Audible Subscribers Hello, Sorry. should have more clear. What I meant in merging was how if audio is purchased is it merged with my amazon account and this whisper voice feature. thank you, Kait On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:25 PM Kait Forbes <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Hello, I am new to Amazon books and kindle. Could someone explain what is meant by Whispers Voice feature in kindle, and how it works and how it is merged with my amazon account? I naturally assumed that it went with kindle books and now that I have purchased a few books, I am left with what to do with them ? They can't be used by my family member as it stands at the moment and are totally useless to her. On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 2:56 AM CJ & AA MAY <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: I'm relatively new to Audible but I have often found that it doesn't show all the books in my wish list, even though I have the correct filters ticked. Alison -----Original Message----- From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lenron Brown Sent: 19 April 2022 06:03 To: mailto:[email protected] Cc: mailto:[email protected] Subject: Re: A Question for Audible Subscribers Yes this has been happening to me for months now! It is quite annoying. It makes scrolling through Books in the Audible app pretty unpleasant actually. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2022, at 11:16 PM, M. Taylor <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alan, > > Your experience and my experience are identical. > > The funny thing is that I absolutely did not encounter this until early this > morning when I decided to merge my old audible account with my Amazon account > in order to take advantage of the Whispers Voice feature. > > I have been contemplating merging my accounts for months but was afraid that > doing so would cause some unexpected problem. I just knew it!!! I had no > idea that the new problem would be so basic and integral to the Audible app, > itself. > > I spoke to 3 people at Audible / Amazon, today, and, frankly, they were worse > than no help, at all. Awful, awful experience. > > Mark > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Alan Lemly > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 8:31 PM > To: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: RE: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > Hi Mark, > > I really think the solution is for the Audible developers to fix the app so > that single finger swipes right places focus on the next book in your library > regardless if that next book is on a following screen. I went to the Library > tab in the Audible app on my iPhone 13 Mini today after reading your message > and noted that about 7 books are listed per screen. When a swipe right is > done on the last listing on the screen, focus shifts to the mini player which > is at the very bottom instead of advancing to the next book in your library. > If you're on the second screen of your library on the book at the top, > swiping left takes you to the filtering buttons at the top of the screen > instead of advancing the screen to the preceding page. I know others have > said you can do a three finger swipe up to move to succeeding pages or a > three finger swipe down to move to previous pages but you have to hope that > no titles are skipped when doing this because there is absolutely no way when > using Voiceover to single finger swipe to every title in your library. I > tried setting my rotor to vertical navigation hoping that would let me move > through each title individually but it also does not cause the screen to > advance or move back when attempting to move past the last book or first book > on the screen. > > I don't know which update changed this behavior but I don't believe it has > always worked like this. If you have any suggestions on where we can write to > request a change, I'd welcome it and will write Audible. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On > Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 1:48 PM > To: mailto:[email protected]; mailto:[email protected] > Subject: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > Hello All, > > I know I saw a post about this but I cannot locate the solutions, if any > exists. > > For some reason, even when in list view, VoiceOver seems to skip titles in my > Audible Library when I am browsing through them. > > Is there a solution to this problem? > > Interestingly, I did not begin experiencing this issue until I merged my > original Audible account with my Amazon account. > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > Mark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/006801d85354%24c9a08c50%245ce1a4f0%24%40ucla.edu. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/02c401d8539d%24f15ceec0%24d416cc40%24%40gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/004801d853a4%24372d7ea0%24a5887be0%24%40ucla.edu. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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