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Anyone tried it?

Would you use it?

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1. No

2. Probably not - I don't listen to audio books.
I tried a couple years ago (very likely almost 20 years ago thinking about it) when my nephew and I were travelling up to Scotland. Obviously I wasn't keen enough to continue the experiment.

The advantage of audio is that you can do something else at the same time. The disadvantage is that I usually get distracted by what I'm doing. So - no. I read.

I wonder if Tim would use it. I know he likes audio books.

I zone out and think about anything else. I enjoy podcasts but frequently have to rewind them when I've zoned out.

I love audio books - they are my bedtime stories, therefore they must not be too interesting or I can't fall asleep, they must be slightly funny too and a little bit clever so I have nice dreams... Can't have earplugs otherwise I might strangle myself.

Fussy old bag here. Works brilliantly. Hubby falls asleep the moment he hits the pillow, often before.

Audio books work OK for me on the car radio as CDs

Jim wrote: "Audio books work OK for me on the car radio as CDs"

Hang on, I thought your car had an 8 track.

No, cos it's Android, and I don't Android.

Now if they did an iOS version, sure I'd give it a try . . .
(yes I'm a big fan of audiobooks :D )

I'd love to get into audio books, but can't focus on the story.

Apparently something like knitting (!!) helps focus. If I listen to the radio in the evening (very rarely, only when hubby is out) I have to occupy my hands. I can't read, no longer knit, so I file my nails or do other little jobs like that. Sorry, I can't think of anything men would do...

Mostly I listen when I'm out walking, or in the car, on the train etc.

I can't wear earbuds out walking. I fall over.

David wrote: "Jim wrote: "Audio books work OK for me on the car radio as CDs"

Hang on, I thought your car had an 8 track."

previous had cassette, this one has CD :-) (Ironically 8 track is technology that passed us by at the time )

I cannot walk and travel wearing headphones listening to music, it's nearly as bad as being blindfolded :-(

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I can't wear earbuds out walking. I fall over."

Thats the vodka, Patti.

Ive not had vodka in ages.

I'm with Jim on that.

Anna Faversham wrote: "Apparently something like knitting (!!) helps focus. If I listen to the radio in the evening (very rarely, only when hubby is out) I have to occupy my hands. I can't read, no longer knit, so I file..."

I just knit and read...

How can anyone knit and read at the same time - or is it all plain one line and then purl the next? I'd probably stab myself. If it were knit one, purl one, I'd be lost by the end of the first sentence.

I suppose your left side of the brain could manage the reading and right side manage the hands. What do you do with your feet?

As long as the pattern's simple I can do it. Fair aisle or aran, nope! My feet - usually just twinge arthritically!

I used to knit and watch TV but not read - that's dangerous as far as I am concerned.

Anyway, now I know why you achieve so much in the same time as I get.

I reckon I'm doing well if I can read and stay conscious.

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I reckon I'm doing well if I can read and stay conscious."

Yes it's when you wake up with the book on the floor and the half drunk mug of coffee hanging precariously from your fingertips.....

I wake every morning with my kindle wound up in the duvet.

I would do audiobooks if I could find the time, but I'm too busy with podcasts, I'm only just now in April getting around to the Christmas time episodes.

I did listen to Bill Bryson's Australia audiobook and that was excellent. Also Shakespeare plays are very good in audio versions too.

Hi folks, just popped in. I listen to audiobooks all the time now, more so than reading. If I could find something to read my library of e-books that would be just wonderful.

Hi Pat, I'm sure a techie in the group will tell you how it can be done.

A kindle fire will read your ebooks in a surprisingly pleasant voice, Pat.

Kath wrote: "A kindle fire will read your ebooks in a surprisingly pleasant voice, Pat."

Really? I have two of them. One small and a large one. I didn't know they could read to me. Must go and try. Thanks, Kath and Anna
Ah, no I meant the impossible job of reading non-audiobooks to me. Just a pipe dream.

You can actually get a device for reading a paper book - used by those with eyesight problems. Can't remember what it's called and I've no idea how it turns the pages!

Did you find it on your Fire, Pat? Tap the page you're reading and the small script at the bottom says tap Play to listen to Text-to-Speech. There's a little circular icon and an arrowhead next to it. Tap the black arrowhead.

Kath wrote: "Did you find it on your Fire, Pat? Tap the page you're reading and the small script at the bottom says tap Play to listen to Text-to-Speech. There's a little circular icon and an arrowhead next to ..."

Oh, I tried on the small one but it too small to read the icons. so I tried o the bigger one and can't find that icon anywhere. Do I need to set anything up first? Thanks for trying to help me

Pat, I was curious so tried it but had to go in settings first to enable speech to text

Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Kath wrote: "Did you find it on your Fire, Pat? Tap the page you're reading and the small script at the bottom says tap Play to listen to Text-to-Speech. There's a little circular icon and an arrow..."

Yay! I did it. yes, I had to set the text to speech too.

Thanks again Kath and Desley

Pity about the punctuation !

Mine respects the punctuation. The keyboard kindle would pause at a comma but read straight through full stops.

That seems to be what mine is doing, but doesn't even pause at a comma. Do I need to do anything else for it to work properly? Perhaps I'd better email you, rather than clutter up this thread. Sorry folks.

It might depend on the version of software you've got. I don't think there's anything you can do. I use mine for final proofreading of my books. Very useful.

OK thanks Kath

Oiy!

Please don't ever worry about cluttering up a thread, lovely Pat.

Any random question or answer could help anyone who may be too shy to post.

Yes, it's useful info. I didn't know Kindles would read to you.