I thought audible was making it so you could listen to a book via the speaker. Wow can't believe they dropped the ball on the accessibility as well.
On 11/12/18, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Sorry, not sure if I mentioned this, but I am using an iPhone 6S Plus with > the iOS 12.1.1 public beta, whatever the latest Audible update is and I have > a series 2 Apple Watch with WatchOS 5.1.1. > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 1:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch > > Well I did some looking around the forums to see what others had to say on > the Audible watch App. > > Everybody has had problems whatever the phone or watch model and the advice > provided by Audible themselves is contradictory. There is a suggestion to > turn off WIFI on the watch as the App uses Bluetooth but others say turn > Bluetooth off on the phone to force it to use WIFI which is faster. > > A second point to come up is that there is a two stage process, which isn't > visible using Voiceover, an authentication stage and the transfer itself. > If the watch is locked before the transfer stage starts the process hangs. > But putting it on the charger as recommended locks it. > > So all in all it is a pretty dismal start for a new App and thats not to > mention the Voiceover inaccessability issues. > > So as others on the forums have said the best course of action is to delete > it off the watch and wait until there is a clear indication in a future > Audible App upgrade that the watch App has been fixed! > > > Gary > > On 11/11/2018 23:30, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> Just out of curiocity I just tried it again with the book Deep Freeze by >> John Sandford (that fucking Flowers is one of my favourites)! >> Sorry, for those who don't know the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford, >> that's usually how the agent from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal >> Apprehension is referred to. >> Anyhow, it's a 10 hour 2 minute book, it's been saying "Cancel syncing" >> for a while when I checked which indicates it should still be syncing. >> After maybe 20 minutes it now says: >> Paired Apple Watch is not responding >> Connect your watch to a charger, make sure airplane mode on Apple Watch is >> turned off and try connecting your watch and phone again. >> So yes, this works great, it's such a smooth experience that it makes we >> want to immediately delete the Audible app from my Apple Watch and just >> use my iPhone or Alexa enabled speakers where listening to a book just >> works. >> >> >> ----Original Message----- >> From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2018 1:11 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch >> >> Hi, >> >> Has anyone managed to successfully sync and Audible book from their >> IPHONE across to their APPLE watch? >> >> I am running the latest IOS and watch OS on my IPHONE 6 and watch >> series 2. All I get is a message saying "can't communicate with watch" >> which is strange as I can ping the phone from the watch and all my >> other Apps communicate across the two devices fine. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Gary >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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