These two new features allow you to highlight
text as an audiobook is being played and read a book and then pickup where the book left off on the audio version.
Not exact matches
But the Kindle version of your book has
text - to - speech disabled, even
as the
audiobook is abridged to some 3 hours.
More and more,
as the format grows beyond the niche it seemed to occupy when I first started buying
audiobooks in 2004, people are trying different things to make the
audiobook not just an alternate delivery mechanism for the
text for reasons of either convenience or necessity, but a separate, satisfying piece of creative work with its own reasons to exist.
Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks,
audiobooks and short
texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such
as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks
Whether they have little time to read, have long commutes, or just have a preference for audio over
text, you have a chance of gaining a whole new, previously unreachable audience just by offering your work
as an
audiobook.
Text - to - speech system Ivona 4.0 can read any eBook purchased in any store
as audiobook.
You can buy a bundled eBook and
audiobook and have the
text highlight
as you are reading.
You can also buy the
audiobook and have the
text highlighted
as it plays, while the e-book is open.
Synchronized
Audiobooks and
Text: Readers and students can select «Start Reading» to launch
audiobook playback synchronized to each line or word in the eBook, which is highlighted
as it is read.
You can also listen to the
audiobook while reading the ebook and the
text will automatically highlight
as the words are being pronounced.
The Bowker content is to comprise «metadata from
audiobooks, ebooks and print titles, along with value - added content such
as author biographies, awards, bestseller citations, covers, full -
text reviews and more.»
Turn any ebook into an
audiobook with Audiobook Reader, it utilizes Amazon Polly as a text to speec
audiobook with
Audiobook Reader, it utilizes Amazon Polly as a text to speec
Audiobook Reader, it utilizes Amazon Polly
as a
text to speech engine.
It also allows you to both listen to the
audiobook, while reading the eBook and
text is highlighted
as the words are spoken aloud.
What sets the Kindle apart is the added features: audio support for
text - to - speech, MP3s, and
audiobooks; support for games and apps, such
as card games, puzzles, and crosswords, calendars and notepad apps; add notes to ebooks and export them in TXT format; and the ability to switch screen orientation.
Fire tablets can synchronize Kindle
text with companion Audible
audiobooks with real - time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience,
as well
as deepen learning and comprehension.
With Immersion Reading, the Kindle Fire HD can now synchronize Kindle
text with companion Audible
audiobooks with real - time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience,
as well
as deepen learning and comprehension.
We also discuss
audiobooks at every session, but since many of those books have been discussed first
as texts, comments are usually limited to the book
as a listening experience.
That's an accessibility feature for the visually impaired, however, not true audio support, but it would be easy to add
text - to - speech and
audiobooks as well.
Writing, like music, has gone digital and that digital product is being given away in the millions to create traction towards a fame of sorts and is being streamed, not quite like Spotify et al, through Kindle Owners Lending Library, but podcasting and YouTube are pushing
text more into performance re
audiobooks, book trailers, and even
as the music industry has been digitally driven back towards the single
as its principal product, so Kindle Shorts, blogging, social media publishing and other developments continue to drive fiction back towards the heyday of shorter forms.
Users who buy books
as a
text / audio bundle will be able to use the feature, which uses reading speed to calculate where you left off and switches to that spot in the
audiobook title.
-- Finally, a technical note on the granularity of the
text fragments: considering normal speech recordings, e.g. a common
audiobook (
as opposed to slowed down recordings for children common in FXL), highlighting each single word produces an annoying «flash effect».
The Kindle Fire HDX can synchronize Kindle
text with companion Audible
audiobooks, highlighting the
text as it is read by a professional narrator.
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are also lighter, smaller, offer audio capabilities, such
as text - to - speech and deep integration for
audiobooks, extra-long battery life and hold thousands of books.
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 - inch can synchronize Kindle
text with companion Audible
audiobooks, which highlights the
text as it is being read by a professional narrator.
Exclusive Fire tablet features like X-Ray for music and video, Prime member benefits, added Kindle features, such
as text - to - speech,
audiobook syncing with ebooks, Goodreads, etc..
It has a touchscreen, optional 3G, twice
as much memory and battery life, and supports
audiobooks,
text - to - speech, and music playback.
The narrator compiled the individual
audiobooks that she'd already produced into a file and added some narration to distinguish it
as a boxed set, including
text such
as «Book 1, Chapter 1... Book 2, Chapter 1...» etc. at the beginning of each set.
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text - to - speech?
As the
text is read by the original
audiobook reader, each word is highlighted on the Kindle book version, allowing you to follow along bouncing - ball - style (well, sans an actual bouncing ball) with the story.