![]() Now You Can Listen to Kindle Books on iPhone!Ĭongratulations! Your eyes are now free. For those, I was still able to get them to play using the voice commands. Note: I did notice that all of my eligible Kindle books did not appear on this screen. Don’t judge me for reading Harry Potter (or for the stupid face I’m making in this screengrab). Just tap on the title you want and select the device you want it to play on-for your phone just select “this device”. Here you can browse books available for listening through the Alexa app. To manually select a Kindle book to play aloud, in the Alexa app just go to the “Play” menu at the bottom of the screen and scroll down to “Kindle Library”. Thankfully, most of the Kindle reading functions are available through touch controls as well. It can be embarrassing to shout at your phone while you’re on the treadmill at the gym. Sometimes when you’re out in public you don’t want to have to use the voice commands. Step #4: Listen to Kindle books without using your voice Once the book is playing, you can pause and play it on your phone using touch controls.įor some reason they don’t include this in the list of commands, but you can also say “play slower” or “play faster” and Alexa will step up or down the speed of reading by 1/4 increments. You can browse a full list of Kindle eBooks with audiobook companions here. You must own the matching audiobook and Kindle eBook pair for this functionality to be available. ![]() These are taken from Amazon’s help center article on this feature. Any Audible audiobook with a Whispersync for Voice Kindle eBook companion can be played using the Kindle app. In addition to playing the Kindle titles, there are a few other voice commands you’ll want to be aware of. Step #3: Pause, play, and control speed with voice commands It’s a little-known feature that any Amazon Echo device can read your Kindle books aloud to you, even if you don’t own the corresponding audiobook (this works with any Kindle book that supports text-to-speech technology).Īnd the really cool thing is, you don’t need to have an Amazon Echo device to take advantage of this feature. Note: If there is no update available, the option to update will display in the action menu. Click the under the 'Actions' column next to the book you are having syncing issues with. Under the 'Your Content' tab, make sure to have Books selected. Who will deliver us from this ocular tyranny? Manually Updating Your Kindle Book Go to the Your Content and Devices page. Tragically, even in this era of e-books, we are still stuck reading most books with our eyes. Plus, most new books release straight to Kindle at the same time the paperback comes out, but the audiobook version (if it ever does come) arrives much later to the publishing party. ![]() I think most people just download audiobooks on their phones Shop the Good e-Reader store. And if you follow Tim Challies‘ blog (which you should), you likely have a prodigious selection of Kindle books you bought on sale for $2.99 but have never read. What they should do is add the option to read and follow along while listening to an audibook. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.I’ve also made a video demonstrating the steps detailed below.Ĭertainly, audiobooks fill the need for hands-free reading to a degree.īetween Audible and Christian Audio a decent offering of Christian books can be found. But Kindle’s selection is much larger. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. If you own both the Kindle ebook and Audible audiobook, heres how you can switch from reading to listening without losing your place on your Kindle (Gen 8).
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