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I absolutely love this. However, my wife and kids all read EPUBS on kobo e-readers, so I wish we could somehow sync the last page read from kobo to Storyteller

by rpxio 3y ago

I absolutely love this. However, my wife and kids all read EPUBS on kobo e-readers, so I wish we could somehow sync the last page read from kobo to Storyteller so that we could pick up on audiobook later. I’m not opposed to installing koreader on all of our kobos either if that would be required for syncing… it does look like koreader doesn’t support epub3 media overlays, but it does have a sync feature.

smoores 3y ago
Thanks! Server-side position syncing and integration with KOReader are both on the roadmap, actually; you're not the first one to bring this up!
whycome 3y ago
Amazon now has the text (books), and the audio (audible), and it’s absurd that there’s not some sort of sync feature. It would actually encourage people to cross-purchase books. There are so many times that I’m reading an ebook and I want to continue while driving and wish there was some sort of obvious and seamless “handoff” to continue with the audio version.
- Infinitesimus 3y ago
  This has existed for a while, it's called Whispersync for Voice. Not available for all titles but it's there
  - whycome 3y ago
    TIL! It looks like the feature is only available if you “add on” the audible version when you’re making your ebook purchase? And, for limited titles. If I just bought a book in audible, there should be a “buy ebook” button in that app! And if I have the book in kindle, it should give me the option to add on the audio book after purchase. Seems like a missed opportunity— there must be a reason for it being so clunky. Edit: I have not been able to find a single whispersync title. Looks like it’s not enabled at all in Canada? And the US books that have the feature don’t even follow the setup (eg icon) as described on the website (https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs)
    - Uvix 3y ago
      You don’t need to buy ebook and audiobook at the same time. The icon appears when looking at the audiobook’s product page (both on Amazon and Audible). Unfortunately the ebook page doesn’t appear to have something similar.

by rpxio 3y ago

smoores 3y ago

Thanks! Server-side position syncing and integration with KOReader are both on the roadmap, actually; you're not the first one to bring this up!

whycome 3y ago

Amazon now has the text (books), and the audio (audible), and it’s absurd that there’s not some sort of sync feature. It would actually encourage people to cross-purchase books. There are so many times that I’m reading an ebook and I want to continue while driving and wish there was some sort of obvious and seamless “handoff” to continue with the audio version.

Infinitesimus 3y ago
This has existed for a while, it's called Whispersync for Voice. Not available for all titles but it's there
- whycome 3y ago
  TIL! It looks like the feature is only available if you “add on” the audible version when you’re making your ebook purchase? And, for limited titles. If I just bought a book in audible, there should be a “buy ebook” button in that app! And if I have the book in kindle, it should give me the option to add on the audio book after purchase. Seems like a missed opportunity— there must be a reason for it being so clunky. Edit: I have not been able to find a single whispersync title. Looks like it’s not enabled at all in Canada? And the US books that have the feature don’t even follow the setup (eg icon) as described on the website (https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs https://www.audible.com/ep/wfs)
  - Uvix 3y ago
    You don’t need to buy ebook and audiobook at the same time. The icon appears when looking at the audiobook’s product page (both on Amazon and Audible). Unfortunately the ebook page doesn’t appear to have something similar.