Hello Michael, I think you are 1000% correct. I have never thought of it like that.
Your sentiment that you’re not supposed to fall asleep, really made me smile but, more importantly, it reminded me of the purpose of the kindle app and how it is supposed to be used. Thank you for setting me straight on this one. Mark From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Feir Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Sleeping Conundrum when using VoiceOver to Read Books in the Kindle App Hello mark. In this case, I think you're trying to turn the Kindle app into something it just isn't supposed to be. It's really designed to let people visually read Kindle books. You're not supposed to fall asleep when you do that. VoiceOver is just a screen reader. It doesn't have a sleep timer. Nore does the speak screen feature so far as I know. I think Amazon's solution to your problem goes by the name of Audible. The Audible app does indeed have a sleep timer. The books are read by human narrators which means there's no way to look up spelling and such. Still, if your aim is to fall asleep, Audible would be the way to go I think. For books you plan to use as references or care about spellings from, use Kindle. For really wacked out dreams, might I suggest you use an Audible credit on the Sandman. Get the second act as well while you're at it. Wonderful stuff, but perhaps not the most condusive to slumber. On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM M. Taylor <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Hello All, So, one aspect of enjoying audiobooks is the ability to set a sleep timer in order to have audio playback stop after a specific number of minutes have passed. Recently I am reading more and more titles via the Kindle app using the VoiceOver TTS. The problem? When I start VoiceOver continuous reading of a Kindle app title, it keeps going after I fall asleep. So, by the time I wake up, the title is marked as finished (smile). What a first-world conundrum, eh? (smile). Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this problem? I was thinking about trying the Speak Screen feature but I don't know if it offers a sleep timer or not. I would like to use VoiceDream Reader to enjoy my Kindle content but understand that this is not possible. I know that I can get Alexa to read a Kindle title on either an Apple device or on an Echo but, as far as I know, the problem persists. I find that I prefer the VO TTS to Alexa when reading longs titles, by the way. All replies greatly appreciated. Mark -- 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: mailto:[email protected]. 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