Mark, I don't yet have either kindle or audible, but I would like to get
both. This is excellent infomation including thariticle. Thank you.
Arlene
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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
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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
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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
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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
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