Hi Kristeen,
I don't want to dispute what you say and if the app you mentioned works well than that's great. However, I just thought I better back up what I say about using Audible and I found it straight forward. I am not sure how you get books into the Speed Up Player Pro app and whether it's a free or paid app, however, here is what I did to play a book in the Audible app: 1. I opened iTunes on my PC. 2. I selected "Add Folder to Library" from the File menu, browsed to a folder containing an audio book in MP3 format. In my case I chose a book I downloaded a long time ago from the CNIB, it is the book "The Mediterranean Caper" by Cliver Cussler and my version consists of 5 separate MP3 files. 3. Once I clicked on "Select Folder", I heard the familiar tri tone iTunes makes when it's done with a task. I now went into the list view of all my songs in the music library. 4. Since the files had no ID3 tags, they show up at the very bottom of my list of songs. I highlighted all 5 files, then pressed Control+I for "Get Info" and gave them a proper name, entered Clive Cussler as the artist etc. I then went to the Options tab and specified them as Audio Book. After I pressed OK I heard the tri tone again and now the files were gone from the music library. 5. I went to my Books library, selected to see Audio Books and here was now my book. 6. I now connected my iPhone, clicked on it and checked the Books radio button. I have "Sync selected books" checked, I tabbed to the treeview where I see all the audio books in my Books library. The book was now listed, I pressed the space bar to check it's checkbox. 7. I now tabbed to "Apply" and pressed the space bar. It took maybe 30 seconds for the 5 files to sync to my device. 8. I now opened the Audible app, refreshed the library and double tapped on the iTunes tab. The Mediterranean Caper was listed, when I double tapped on it I saw the 5 parts/files and double tapping on the first started the book. Including spending a few minutes adding the ID3 tags to the files it took me maybe 5 or 6 minutes to do this. Normally I use Chapter and Vers to convert all my old MP3 books with multiple files into a single file M4B book. This is also a bit of work, but once it's done I can sync a book to my device and it goes straight into the Books library and I can skip the first 5 steps, all I have to do is check it under the Books section of my device and sync it. As I said, I am not saying this is the way to go, it is everybody's choice, but I have the Audible app on my device anyways and use it all the time to listen to my Audible books. If I want to listen or re-listen to the odd book I got as an MP3 book then for me this is how I choose to do it. One thing to remember is that you do have to refresh the Audible library either by swiping down with 3 fingers or by going to Settings and tap on Refresh library. Regards, Sieghard 9. Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up It's true you can buy Audible books at full price. That's no problem. When talking about mp3 files that are not in the audible format, however, getting iTunes to sync and make these files work properly is not an easy task on the PC side. Also, though I have tried this method with my Mac, I could never see the files on the iPhone or iPod. It's been my experience that a straight-forward player app such as Speed up Player Pro was a lot more friendly. On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Terrie, Yes, you don't need a subscription to use the app itself. First of all, you can buy books from Audible at full price without a subscription and download them with the Audible app. Accessing books synced to your phone via iTunes is also no problem. At the top of the app are 3 tabs: Cloud: This shows any Audible books you purchased Device: This shows Audible books you purchased and downloaded to your device iTunes: This is what you want, it accesses books you synced to your device via iTunes. The current version of the Audible app is the best it has ever been. Voiceover support is 100% and fantastic and I think for listening to audio books it doesn't get much better. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Sieghard, Thank you very much! Can I use the Audible app for this without having an Audible Subscription? Thanks. Terrie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Terrie, You can access MP3 books with the Audible app and Audible has a button for Narration Speed at the bottom right of the screen. Your choices are 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x and 3x. You can also play MP3 files/books in the Downcast app and it also has speed control. However, it is not a free app. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hello! I have just joined this list. I will search the archives, but wanted to ask for recommendations for an MP3 app to use for mp3 books that I can speed up the speech in. I am also writing to make sure that I am subscribed. Thank you for any ideas you can suggest. 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