M,K.Taylor, Hell of a lot of work you did here and I thank you so very much for replying to me as fast as you have done. Impressive! Reading now and I will save this. Again it is so nice when someone actually answers you! Thanks K
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 4:59 PM M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kait, > > Okay, I am going to paste in a small article that describes what > Whispersync for Voice is and does but I don't think the article reads well > for a VoiceOver user so let me thumbnail it for you: > > 1. > When you purchase a Whispersync for Voice kindle title, this is to say > that it is a title that has an audible companion, not only can you listen > to the professional audio narration, as you would do from within the > Audible app, but you can see the text of the book scrolling on the display > in synchronization with the audio playback. This is a very nice feature > for a sighted or low vision person. > > 2. > One way to take advantage of this feature is to search for a word or > phrase from within the kindle app, then, once founds, select the play > button and the professional audio version will begin to play from that > specific location. > > 3. > The Whispersync for Voice feature it what allows Alexa to either read the > Kindle title, directly, or playback the Audible version from the title's > last known reading position. > > Now, I'm not certain how useful with feature would be to someone who does > not use Alexa very much or to someone who does not have a need to search a > book or who does not particularly enjoy the Kindle app. > > As for pricing, one does not need to be an Audible subscriber to enjoy any > of the features described, above. > > For example, I recently purchased a Kindle title for $5. Now the Audible > version of that same title, without an Audible subscription was $26. > > However, after merging my accounts, yesterday, I was able to purchase the > Audible version for $1.99 as I already owned the Kindle title. > > Okay, the following is a little article from Audible.com. > > Mark > > Whispersync for Voice | Audible.com > > Keep the Story Going > Switch between listening to an audiobook and reading on your Kindle with > Whispersync for Voice. > > When you can't read, listen. > > Now you can switch between reading and listening to your Kindle books with > the simple tap of a button. > > Just pop in your headphones, tap the button, and keep the story going...in > the car, in the gym, in the kitchen, wherever your day takes you. Whenever > your eyes are occupied but your mind is free, your story is ready for > listening. > > How it Works > > Buy the Kindle book > > Add audio companion > > Switch between reading and listening on the Kindle App or tablet > > Experience Immersion Reading > > Read and listen simultaneously with real-time highlighting. It's called > Immersion Reading and that's what it does: immerse you in a story by > narrating and highlighting the text as you read. It sparks an extra > connection that boosts engagement, comprehension, and retention, taking you > deeper into the book. > > Available on Kindle App for Android and iOS, Fire HD 6 Tablet, Fire HD 7 > Tablet, Kindle Fire HDX Tablet, and Fire HDX 8.9 > > Read. Listen. Repeat. > > You can switch from reading to listening within the Kindle Fire Tablet or > Kindle app. Or, you can switch between reading on one device and listening > on another. For example, you can read on your tablet and then listen on > your smartphone, and, thanks to Whispersync for Voice, you'll never lose > your place. > > Read with: Kindle Apps, Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, and Fire > Tablets > > Listen with: Kindle Apps, Alexa Devices, Fire Tablets, Kindle, Kindle > Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, and Audible Apps for iPhone, Android, and Windows > > Article at: > https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Kait Forbes > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 9:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > Hello, > Sorry. should have more clear. What I meant in merging was how if audio > is purchased is it merged with my amazon account and this whisper voice > feature. > thank you, > Kait > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:25 PM Kait Forbes <mailto: > [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I am new to Amazon books and kindle. Could someone explain what is meant > by Whispers Voice feature in kindle, and how it works and how it is > merged with my amazon account? I naturally assumed that it went with > kindle books and now that I have purchased a few books, I am left with what > to do with them ? They can't be used by my family member as it stands at > the moment and are totally useless to her. > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 2:56 AM CJ & AA MAY <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > I'm relatively new to Audible but I have often found that it doesn't show > all the books in my wish list, even though I have the correct filters > ticked. > Alison > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Lenron Brown > Sent: 19 April 2022 06:03 > To: mailto:[email protected] > Cc: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Re: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > Yes this has been happening to me for months now! It is quite annoying. It > makes scrolling through Books in the Audible app pretty unpleasant actually. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 18, 2022, at 11:16 PM, M. Taylor <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Alan, > > > > Your experience and my experience are identical. > > > > The funny thing is that I absolutely did not encounter this until early > this morning when I decided to merge my old audible account with my Amazon > account in order to take advantage of the Whispers Voice feature. > > > > I have been contemplating merging my accounts for months but was afraid > that doing so would cause some unexpected problem. I just knew it!!! I > had no idea that the new problem would be so basic and integral to the > Audible app, itself. > > > > I spoke to 3 people at Audible / Amazon, today, and, frankly, they were > worse than no help, at all. Awful, awful experience. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Alan Lemly > > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 8:31 PM > > To: mailto:[email protected] > > Subject: RE: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > I really think the solution is for the Audible developers to fix the app > so that single finger swipes right places focus on the next book in your > library regardless if that next book is on a following screen. I went to > the Library tab in the Audible app on my iPhone 13 Mini today after reading > your message and noted that about 7 books are listed per screen. When a > swipe right is done on the last listing on the screen, focus shifts to the > mini player which is at the very bottom instead of advancing to the next > book in your library. If you're on the second screen of your library on the > book at the top, swiping left takes you to the filtering buttons at the top > of the screen instead of advancing the screen to the preceding page. I know > others have said you can do a three finger swipe up to move to succeeding > pages or a three finger swipe down to move to previous pages but you have > to hope that no titles are skipped when doing this because there is > absolutely no way when using Voiceover to single finger swipe to every > title in your library. I tried setting my rotor to vertical navigation > hoping that would let me move through each title individually but it also > does not cause the screen to advance or move back when attempting to move > past the last book or first book on the screen. > > > > I don't know which update changed this behavior but I don't believe it > has always worked like this. If you have any suggestions on where we can > write to request a change, I'd welcome it and will write Audible. > > > > Alan Lemly > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of M. Taylor > > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 1:48 PM > > To: mailto:[email protected]; mailto:[email protected] > > Subject: A Question for Audible Subscribers > > > > Hello All, > > > > I know I saw a post about this but I cannot locate the solutions, if any > exists. > > > > For some reason, even when in list view, VoiceOver seems to skip titles > in my Audible Library when I am browsing through them. > > > > Is there a solution to this problem? > > > > Interestingly, I did not begin experiencing this issue until I merged my > original Audible account with my Amazon account. > > > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > > > Mark > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/006801d85354%24c9a08c50%245ce1a4f0%24%40ucla.edu > . > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/02c401d8539d%24f15ceec0%24d416cc40%24%40gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to mailto:viphone2%[email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/004801d853a4%24372d7ea0%24a5887be0%24%40ucla.edu > . > > -- > 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. 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