You can also use the Amazon echo to play audible books. That's a really nice option. I have been explored being able to navigate within the book, but I know you can change which book you are playing. And of course, your place is remembered regardless of the book being played.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Let me say that, in my opinion, the current incarnation of the Audible app > is a really good one to use with VoiceOver. Even if you are not currently > using Audible, but might in the future, get this update, or at least get it > in iTunes on your computer, so you will have it. . I hope I am wrong, but > it only will be a matter of time before Audible issues an update again with > one that is royally messed up for VoiceOver. You always can go back to this > one until the new one gets straightened out. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 12:50 PM > Subject: RE: why audible? > > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Michelle Bernstein > Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 7:24 AM > To: VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > 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? 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