A very good audiobook player that is VO friendly
Before the BARD app was available I used this app extensively to read audiobooks on my iPhone. It was very VO friendly, although not perfect. Buttons are labeled with number and color like 10 blue or such but it is easy to figure out with a little trial and error which is which. I haven’t used the app lately since I read BARD books pretty much exclusively but this app had a few features I sure wish the BARD app had. I especially liked the fact that you could use the two finger double tap to reliably start and stop the reading. With BARD this is totally hit or miss. When I used it I did convert the books to book format in the ITunes app and then just put them on the iPhone using iTunes. They showed up automatically in the Audiobooks app. It is free for a trial of a couple days, which is long enough to see if it meets your needs and then it is only $2.99. I felt it was well worth it. Here is the info about the app... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobook-podcast-player/id356817627?mt=8 Audiobook Podcast Player By Contity Consulting, LLC Description This Player is ideal for listening to the audiobooks and podcasts in your iPod media library! See demo on youtube (look for Audiobook Podcast Player) - Automatically remembers where you are in each book and podcast you are listening to. - Easy navigation including quick jumps back and forth in 10 second, 1 and 10 minute increments. - Falling asleep? Set the sleep mode count-down timer to pause the player just like on your TV. - Time Travel allows you to go back to whatever you were listening to at a given time in the past. - Library browser automatically keeps track of the recent titles you listened to. No need to purchase upfront. Try out this fully functional version for free! After you had a chance to evaluate it for a couple of days, you will be kindly requested to purchase it for $2.99 from within the application using iTune's In-App-Purchasing. ...More Contity Consulting, LLC Web Site Audiobook Podcast Player Support Better than Music for audiobooks 5 stars by S. Barnes When I tried listening to an audiobook on Music, I was very disappointed. There was no continuous play between tracks, and even worse, when one track stopped, the player goes blank, leaving no hint of where you were. With an audiobook of over 100 chapters, this is very frustrating! This app is much better. It groups all tracks into one large file so you can see how far you are into the audiobook and how far you have left. It also has buttons that let you skip one minute, ten minutes or just ten seconds, in case you miss a little or a lot. The only glitch i have found with this app is that the playback will skip back a second and repeat itself when you go into the app, which is hardly a problem. It also is only available for iPhone, but don't let that stop you from grabbing it. The functionality greatly outweighs the tiny player's appearance. Great download! ...More For Audiobook Lovers, A Perfect Replacement for iPad's Music App 5 stars by AppleWasp With iOS 5 for iPad, Apple replaced the Audio app with the Music app and basically broke playback of multi-file audiobooks and removed a lot of functionality for playback of audiobooks and podcasts (such as 30 second rewind). This app essentially resorts a lot of the removed functionality to the iPad (despite the fact that it's an iPhone app) and that's what I use it for. What's best about it is that it reads audiobooks and podcasts from the iOS Audio//Music library. That means you don't have to mess around with the awkward 3rd party app document system. Youf can move files by normal drag-and-drop, sync, store download, etc. and still view and use them in Apple's app. I'd prefer it this a universal or iPad app and perhaps a little prettier but that's a small quibble. It's easy enough to use at either x1 or x2 sizes. Since it came up in another review, it's important to set some information straight: the app is fully functional and free and the optional payment of (currently a whopping $3) is hardly mercenary. Also, when you buy the upgrade for you copy on one device, you get the upgrade for all the iOS devices that use the same iTunes account. Just press the Restore Previous Purchase button in each app using the same account. ...More The most perfect audiobook and ipod listening app I've tried! 5 stars by SueBrideshead This app is exactly what I've been looking for, trying many different free apps and never finding one that worked how I needed it to. I use my iPhone 4s to listen to audiobooks at bedtime, and often fall asleep during their play. This application allows me to set a sleep timer, and even better, to time warp back to the spot at which I was at any set time! The 10 second, 1 minute, and 10 minute skip forward and back is also invaluable! I will never use another app to listen to podcasts or audiobooks, so long as these functions continue. ...More --
Re: A very good audiobook player that is VO friendly
Well, I've heard that the NLS is going to update the app as soon as iOS9 comes out. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Sherrie nanagoose4...@gmail.com wrote: Before the BARD app was available I used this app extensively to read audiobooks on my iPhone. It was very VO friendly, although not perfect. Buttons are labeled with number and color like 10 blue or such but it is easy to figure out with a little trial and error which is which. I haven’t used the app lately since I read BARD books pretty much exclusively but this app had a few features I sure wish the BARD app had. I especially liked the fact that you could use the two finger double tap to reliably start and stop the reading. With BARD this is totally hit or miss. When I used it I did convert the books to book format in the ITunes app and then just put them on the iPhone using iTunes. They showed up automatically in the Audiobooks app. It is free for a trial of a couple days, which is long enough to see if it meets your needs and then it is only $2.99. I felt it was well worth it. Here is the info about the app... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobook-podcast-player/id356817627?mt=8 Audiobook Podcast Player By Contity Consulting, LLC Description This Player is ideal for listening to the audiobooks and podcasts in your iPod media library! See demo on youtube (look for Audiobook Podcast Player) - Automatically remembers where you are in each book and podcast you are listening to. - Easy navigation including quick jumps back and forth in 10 second, 1 and 10 minute increments. - Falling asleep? Set the sleep mode count-down timer to pause the player just like on your TV. - Time Travel allows you to go back to whatever you were listening to at a given time in the past. - Library browser automatically keeps track of the recent titles you listened to. No need to purchase upfront. Try out this fully functional version for free! After you had a chance to evaluate it for a couple of days, you will be kindly requested to purchase it for $2.99 from within the application using iTune's In-App-Purchasing. ...More Contity Consulting, LLC Web Site Audiobook Podcast Player Support Better than Music for audiobooks 5 stars by S. Barnes When I tried listening to an audiobook on Music, I was very disappointed. There was no continuous play between tracks, and even worse, when one track stopped, the player goes blank, leaving no hint of where you were. With an audiobook of over 100 chapters, this is very frustrating! This app is much better. It groups all tracks into one large file so you can see how far you are into the audiobook and how far you have left. It also has buttons that let you skip one minute, ten minutes or just ten seconds, in case you miss a little or a lot. The only glitch i have found with this app is that the playback will skip back a second and repeat itself when you go into the app, which is hardly a problem. It also is only available for iPhone, but don't let that stop you from grabbing it. The functionality greatly outweighs the tiny player's appearance. Great download! ...More For Audiobook Lovers, A Perfect Replacement for iPad's Music App 5 stars by AppleWasp With iOS 5 for iPad, Apple replaced the Audio app with the Music app and basically broke playback of multi-file audiobooks and removed a lot of functionality for playback of audiobooks and podcasts (such as 30 second rewind). This app essentially resorts a lot of the removed functionality to the iPad (despite the fact that it's an iPhone app) and that's what I use it for. What's best about it is that it reads audiobooks and podcasts from the iOS Audio//Music library. That means you don't have to mess around with the awkward 3rd party app document system. Youf can move files by normal drag-and-drop, sync, store download, etc. and still view and use them in Apple's app. I'd prefer it this a universal or iPad app and perhaps a little prettier but that's a small quibble. It's easy enough to use at either x1 or x2 sizes. Since it came up in another review, it's important to set some information straight: the app is fully functional and free and the optional payment of (currently a whopping $3) is hardly mercenary. Also, when you buy the upgrade for you copy on one device, you get the upgrade for all the iOS devices that use the same iTunes account. Just press the Restore Previous Purchase button in each app using the same account. ...More The most perfect audiobook and ipod listening app I've tried! 5 stars by SueBrideshead This app is exactly what I've been looking for, trying many different free apps and never finding one that worked how I needed it to. I use my iPhone 4s to listen to audiobooks at bedtime, and often fall asleep during their play. This application allows me to set a sleep timer, and
