Hi, there: I find that at least for us in Canada, Audible has books that bookstore does not have and the quality is amazing as well on the iPhone. Like Sighard, I do not use my stream hardly at all any more. *** “How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!” Benjamin Franklin
> On Jan 9, 2016, at 9:50 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Michelle, > > Listening to Audible on an iOS device is generally a fantastic experience. I > used to have a Stream and a Booksense which I bought just before I realized I > could buy an iPod Touch which was fully accessible and I never looked back. I > sold my Stream and my Booksense because what is easier than to go online on > the PC (or Mac) and to buy a book, then open the Audible app and it’s right > there and all I have to do is tap the title and it downloads. You can start > listening after the first 6 or 8 Mb of a book have downloaded, usually after > just a few seconds and if you happen to have two iOS devices like an iPhone > and iPad you can listen on the iPhone, then pick up the iPad and it starts > playing where you left off on the iPhone – it’s awesome. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Michelle Bernstein > Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 7:24 AM > To: VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: why audible? > > I tend to listen to audio books on my Victor reader stream, rather than on my > Apple devices and have sometimes had difficulties transferring the Audible > books to my Stream so I decided to end my subscription to Audible. I started > out listening to Audible books when I first became visually impaired about 7 > years ago as I was initially unaware of all the other options available to > the blind community. When I listen to Audible books that I previously > purchased or listen to commercially produced books that appear on BARD, I > generally find them very well narrated. > I am becoming more used to listening to the computer generated voices on the > Bookshare books, but I can imagine that for other people like myself who > became visually impaired as adults that listening to the generally well read > human narration available on Audible might be a good investment. Regards, > Michelle Bernstein > On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 12:06:45 AM UTC-5, Robin Van Lant wrote: >> I have the BARD and Kindle apps on my phone and just purchased VoiceDream to >> access my bookshare account. Many of you also talk about Audible. I have >> stayed away from this because I figured I could get plenty of reading >> material for free or at lower Kindle prices, but I found a deal of 3 months >> of Audible for $8.00. Given what I understand the limitations to be on the >> number of books you buy each month, what is your thoughts on when to buy a >> book through Audible given all the other great ways we can get books on my >> phone now? I want to make the most of this trial and figure out how to >> determine if it’s worth continuing a subscription. >> >> Robin > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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