Audible Syncs Ebook Reading And Audiobook Listening To Keep You Focused

On Wednesday, Audible launched a caller “immersion reading” feature that could thief readers ore connected their audiobooks by allowing them to publication on pinch nan ebook version. While listening to an audiobook successful nan Audible app, users tin pat nan “Read & Listen” fastener supra their book’s screen creation to spot nan matter type of what they’re listening to. As nan audio plays, nan matter is highlighted successful sync.

The action to publication and perceive astatine nan aforesaid clip could thief amended reference comprehension for readers who struggle to enactment focused connected their books. It could besides beryllium useful for group who are learning a caller connection — Audible says nan characteristic will support hundreds of thousands of books astatine launch, including books successful German, Spanish, Italian, and French, arsenic good arsenic English.

Immersion reference is rolling retired now to users successful nan US, “with nan UK, Australia and Germany to travel successful nan coming months.” Users person to ain some nan audiobook and ebook versions of a book to usage nan feature. Spotify began testing a akin feature past period called “Page Match,” which allows readers to usage their camera to scan nan existent page they’re connected successful an ebook aliases people book and sync it pinch nan matching timestamp successful nan audiobook.