Hello mark. In this case, I think you're trying to turn the Kindle app into something it just isn't supposed to be. It's really designed to let people visually read Kindle books. You're not supposed to fall asleep when you do that. VoiceOver is just a screen reader. It doesn't have a sleep timer. Nore does the speak screen feature so far as I know. I think Amazon's solution to your problem goes by the name of Audible. The Audible app does indeed have a sleep timer. The books are read by human narrators which means there's no way to look up spelling and such. Still, if your aim is to fall asleep, Audible would be the way to go I think. For books you plan to use as references or care about spellings from, use Kindle. For really wacked out dreams, might I suggest you use an Audible credit on the Sandman. Get the second act as well while you're at it. Wonderful stuff, but perhaps not the most condusive to slumber.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello All, > > So, one aspect of enjoying audiobooks is the ability to set a sleep timer > in > order to have audio playback stop after a specific number of minutes have > passed. > > Recently I am reading more and more titles via the Kindle app using the > VoiceOver TTS. > > The problem? When I start VoiceOver continuous reading of a Kindle app > title, it keeps going after I fall asleep. So, by the time I wake up, the > title is marked as finished (smile). > > What a first-world conundrum, eh? (smile). > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this problem? > > I was thinking about trying the Speak Screen feature but I don't know if it > offers a sleep timer or not. > > I would like to use VoiceDream Reader to enjoy my Kindle content but > understand that this is not possible. > > I know that I can get Alexa to read a Kindle title on either an Apple > device > or on an Echo but, as far as I know, the problem persists. I find that I > prefer the VO TTS to Alexa when reading longs titles, by the way. > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > Mark > > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000201d84873%24e24521d0%24a6cf6570%24%40ucla.edu > . > -- Michael Feir Author of Personal Power; The iOS Edition https://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-new-home-for-personal-power.html Twitter: mfeir Skype: michael-feir Check out my blog at: http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.ca -- 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. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAE8cCzqbZwtujpYxeJSz97oEJymfNe2K%2BjMuDb%3DjLT8PgWH69w%40mail.gmail.com.
