Friday, June 13, 2014

Amazon integrates audiobooks service in Kindle apps – Canaltech

For Writing in | 6/11/2014 at 8:06 a.m.

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Amazon announced Tuesday (10) the integration of Audible audiobook service in their applications for Kindle, iOS and Android rel=”i190″>. To use the service, just that users perform a free update their apps so as to be able to listen to books without having to exit the application.

The CEO and founder of Audible, Donald Katz, said the feature is very handy and easy to use and straightforward integration of application service is perfect. “This innovation has profoundly changed the reading by switching to your preferred among the hearing and reading stories to experience the way,” he said.

The service is an extension of Whispersync, recently launched by Amazon, which has the feature allowing users to listen to part of the company’s assets. The update of the software allows users to switch easily between reading and listening about 45,000 books on Kindle and buy upgrades to listen to some books previously purchased from the American retailer. In the latter case, the values ​​vary between $ 1 and $ 4.

The app includes timer option, automatic page change and narration in speed mode x2 . With integration, you can switch between forms of reading within the application itself, without having to leave him to enjoy the feature.

The update also includes new features and improvements in X-Ray tool for textbooks, capacity downloading an entire collection with a single touch, and improvements in performance and stability.

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