Re: Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up
Hello all, And just as one additional note about audible, any credits you do not use will roll over to your next subscription. So you do not have to worry about having to use your credits before your subscription runs out. I also like the fact that all books that I have purchased are always there, and can be accessed as many times as I wish. Chris Chaffin -Original Message- From: Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Sieghard, One additional advantage related to Audible is the ability to get a book the day it is released. I remember the days when I would request a book, perhaps I got it in 6 months, perhaps I didn't receive it. It's a real kick to hear about a book's release and have the ability to get it the same day as our sighted colleagues can. Never thought I'd see the day when we could get books when we want and on the same day as others. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Les, Yes, the buy 3 books for 2 credits is one promotion, currently there also is a daily buy where a book is offered for sometimes as little as $2.95. I think for any serious reader who doesn't like to listen to books with a synthesized voice Audible is a must. I can also access a lot of audio books from the CNIB (Canadian national Institute for the Blind) and in the States you of course have NLS, but I often can get very new releases on Audible because the publishers do produce a lot of books as audio books and I find that most of the readers are fantastic. Yes, it costs money and everybody has to set their priorities, but if you can afford to spend $229 a year or even every 2 years and prepay for 24 credits than paying just over $9.50 for a full length high quality audio book is extremely reasonable by any standard. Often the Kindl version will cost just as much and an actual paperback (let alone a hard cover) is even more expensive. It of course helps that because of devices like the iPhone and other electronic gadgets listening to audio books is becoming a main stream activity which many commutors and travelers embrace even if they are not blind and when something becomes main stream it is always a good thing. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 3:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Sieghard, Additionally, sometimes Audible offers 3 books for 2 credits. When this occurs, subscribers receive e-mails notifying them of the specials. I'm in the U.S, and I believe I pay $149.95 annually for a gold subscription which entitles me to 12 books. I'm very pleased with the service. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion
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Hi Sieghard, Thank you very much! Can I use the Audible app for this without having an Audible Subscription? Thanks. Terrie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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You can not use the Audible app unless you have an audible account. Speed up player pro speeds up mp3 files very nicely. Kristeen On Sep 1, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com wrote: Hi Sieghard, Thank you very much! Can I use the Audible app for this without having an Audible Subscription? Thanks. Terrie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailingviphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailingviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visitinghttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailingviphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailingviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visitinghttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailingviphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailingviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visitinghttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 11:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr
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Kristeen, I beg to differ. You can use Audible just fine. If you sync audio books to your device via iTunes and select the iTunes tab at the top of the screen it will show these books and you can listen to them. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kristeen Hughes Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 1:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up You can not use the Audible app unless you have an audible account. Speed up player pro speeds up mp3 files very nicely. Kristeen On Sep 1, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com wrote: Hi Sieghard, Thank you very much! Can I use the Audible app for this without having an Audible Subscription? Thanks. Terrie From: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@ http://googlegroups.com/ googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com 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: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com [ mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau mailto:terrie...@twc.com terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group
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Oh that is something I didn't know. Now I can get rid of my AUdible subscription! Thanks, Sieghard, for this information. Patti On 9/2/13, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 11:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search
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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 siegh...@live.ca 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 11:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you
Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up
Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion every months where as long as I have less than 2 credits I can buy 3 extra credits once a month for $28.68 Or $9.56 a credit. Now suddenly I can buy $30 or $40 books which cost 1 credit for $9.56. This is actually the same great price you pay if you buy 24 credits at once for $229, this also works out to approx. $9.54 or something like that. I suggest you check their website or you can of course call their toll free customer service at 1-888-283-5051. If you feel uncomfortable trying to find all that info online you could just say you are a blind member and would like information about buying 12 credits all at once and the conditions as far as how long these 12 credits stay active etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Thank you! That was a lot of info to type, smile. I appreciate it. I had been contemplating letting go of my Audible subscription to save money, but I'm not sure I really want to do that. I do know you are right, books are much more expensive at full price. I'll just have to think about it. Thanks again. Patti On 9/2/13, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion every months where as long as I have less than 2 credits I can buy 3 extra credits once a month for $28.68 Or $9.56 a credit. Now suddenly I can buy $30 or $40 books which cost 1 credit for $9.56. This is actually the same great price you pay if you buy 24 credits at once for $229, this also works out to approx. $9.54 or something like that. I suggest you check their website or you can of course call their toll free customer service at 1-888-283-5051. If you feel uncomfortable trying to find all that info online you could just say you are a blind member and would like information about buying 12 credits all at once and the conditions as far as how long these 12 credits stay active etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Avoid being judgmental and your personal peace will increase. From Guideposts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Hi Sieghard, Additionally, sometimes Audible offers 3 books for 2 credits. When this occurs, subscribers receive e-mails notifying them of the specials. I'm in the U.S, and I believe I pay $149.95 annually for a gold subscription which entitles me to 12 books. I'm very pleased with the service. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion every months where as long as I have less than 2 credits I can buy 3 extra credits once a month for $28.68 Or $9.56 a credit. Now suddenly I can buy $30 or $40 books which cost 1 credit for $9.56. This is actually the same great price you pay if you buy 24 credits at once for $229, this also works out to approx. $9.54 or something like that. I suggest you check their website or you can of course call their toll free customer service at 1-888-283-5051. If you feel uncomfortable trying to find all that info online you could just say you are a blind member and would like information about buying 12 credits all at once and the conditions as far as how long these 12 credits stay active etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Hi Les, Yes, the buy 3 books for 2 credits is one promotion, currently there also is a daily buy where a book is offered for sometimes as little as $2.95. I think for any serious reader who doesn't like to listen to books with a synthesized voice Audible is a must. I can also access a lot of audio books from the CNIB (Canadian national Institute for the Blind) and in the States you of course have NLS, but I often can get very new releases on Audible because the publishers do produce a lot of books as audio books and I find that most of the readers are fantastic. Yes, it costs money and everybody has to set their priorities, but if you can afford to spend $229 a year or even every 2 years and prepay for 24 credits than paying just over $9.50 for a full length high quality audio book is extremely reasonable by any standard. Often the Kindl version will cost just as much and an actual paperback (let alone a hard cover) is even more expensive. It of course helps that because of devices like the iPhone and other electronic gadgets listening to audio books is becoming a main stream activity which many commutors and travelers embrace even if they are not blind and when something becomes main stream it is always a good thing. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 3:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Sieghard, Additionally, sometimes Audible offers 3 books for 2 credits. When this occurs, subscribers receive e-mails notifying them of the specials. I'm in the U.S, and I believe I pay $149.95 annually for a gold subscription which entitles me to 12 books. I'm very pleased with the service. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion every months where as long as I have less than 2 credits I can buy 3 extra credits once a month for $28.68 Or $9.56 a credit. Now suddenly I can buy $30 or $40 books which cost 1 credit for $9.56. This is actually the same great price you pay if you buy 24 credits at once for $229, this also works out to approx. $9.54 or something like that. I suggest you check their website or you can of course call their toll free customer service at 1-888-283-5051. If you feel uncomfortable trying to find all that info online you could just say you are a blind member and would like information about buying 12 credits all at once and the conditions as far as how long these 12 credits stay active etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe
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Hi Sieghard, One additional advantage related to Audible is the ability to get a book the day it is released. I remember the days when I would request a book, perhaps I got it in 6 months, perhaps I didn't receive it. It's a real kick to hear about a book's release and have the ability to get it the same day as our sighted colleagues can. Never thought I'd see the day when we could get books when we want and on the same day as others. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Les, Yes, the buy 3 books for 2 credits is one promotion, currently there also is a daily buy where a book is offered for sometimes as little as $2.95. I think for any serious reader who doesn't like to listen to books with a synthesized voice Audible is a must. I can also access a lot of audio books from the CNIB (Canadian national Institute for the Blind) and in the States you of course have NLS, but I often can get very new releases on Audible because the publishers do produce a lot of books as audio books and I find that most of the readers are fantastic. Yes, it costs money and everybody has to set their priorities, but if you can afford to spend $229 a year or even every 2 years and prepay for 24 credits than paying just over $9.50 for a full length high quality audio book is extremely reasonable by any standard. Often the Kindl version will cost just as much and an actual paperback (let alone a hard cover) is even more expensive. It of course helps that because of devices like the iPhone and other electronic gadgets listening to audio books is becoming a main stream activity which many commutors and travelers embrace even if they are not blind and when something becomes main stream it is always a good thing. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 3:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Audible subscription options and pricing, was: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up Hi Sieghard, Additionally, sometimes Audible offers 3 books for 2 credits. When this occurs, subscribers receive e-mails notifying them of the specials. I'm in the U.S, and I believe I pay $149.95 annually for a gold subscription which entitles me to 12 books. I'm very pleased with the service. Les On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Patty, Before you get rid of your subscription you should know that if you buy books from Audible without subscription it is much more expensive. As a member you get a 30% discount. See the below example: The Potato Factory: The Australian Trilogy, Book 1 by Bryce Courtenay Regular Price: $34.97 Member Price: $24.48 or 1 Credit Now, assume you have the Gold membership which is $14.95 a month. This works out to $179.40 a year and it entitles you to 12 books a year. I am making the assumption you buy books worth 1 credit each since there are not many which cost 2 credits. With that membership you get the above book which as a non member costs $34.97 for $14.95. If you buy similar books, the $177.40 you spend for the Gold membership only buy you maybe 5 or 6 books a year as a non-member. Unless you only buy 2 or 3 books a year I think a membership totally is the way to go with Audible. If you don't typically buy/read one book a months or even if you do, you can opt to buy all your credits at once instead of paying the subscription price every month. Here you can buy either 12 or 24 credits in one go for the price of $170 for 12 credits or $230 for 24 credits. Please don't totally quote me on these prices since I didn't look them up. Anyhow, they do give you small discount even if you buy 12 credits, with the monthly subscription you pay $177.40 per year and if you buy them all at once you pay $170 or maybe even a few Dollars less. The nice thing is that if you don't use them up all in one year that is I think not a problem, as long as you use one every now and then they will remain although there maybe a certain time limit. But even if you used them all up and have 0 credits, you are still considered a member for a certain period and get to take advantage of special offers. Right now, for example, I bought 24 credits last November and I used them all up a while back. Audible is currently giving me a promotion every months where as long as I have less than 2 credits I can buy 3 extra credits once a month for $28.68 Or $9.56 a credit. Now suddenly I can buy $30 or $40 books which cost 1 credit for $9.56. This is actually the same great price you pay if you buy 24 credits at once for $229, this also works out to approx. $9.54 or something like that. I suggest you check their website or you can of course call their toll free customer service at 1-888-283-5051. If you feel uncomfortable trying to find all
RE: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up
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: viphone@googlegroups.com 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 siegh...@live.ca 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 11:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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
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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up
hi Terrie, Good to see you on this list. Depending how fast you want to speed them up, the native music app will allow some speed adjustment. I have not tried speeding up books with Audible, but that might work. HTH, mp3 Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com wrote: 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: MP3 App that Can Be Speeded Up
You can also use the Music app to do this, although it only works with files that are tagged as audiobooks. Thanks, Ari On Sep 1, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: hi Terrie, Good to see you on this list. Depending how fast you want to speed them up, the native music app will allow some speed adjustment. I have not tried speeding up books with Audible, but that might work. HTH, mp3 Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com wrote: 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. Terrie Terlau terrie...@twc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
