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Open the Blinkist website and go to the Settings page for " Connected Services".If you’re a Premium subscriber, just set up your Kindle email in the Blinkist app and add our address to your approved email list in your Kindle settings. The Whispersync for Voice library is currently about 20,000 titles, but I assume this will grow over time.In addition to reading Blinks on your iPad, iPhone, or Android device and through the website, Blinkist Premium subscribers can send Blinks to Kindle. Perhaps if I had more than a few seconds between the two, it would have sync’ed on its own.īest of all, you can try Whispersync for Voice for FREE with the free Kindle/audiobooks listed here.

But this might have been because I was quickly switching between the two. Keep in mind you need to have Internet access (such as WiFi or cellular) in order for the apps to record/retrieve your last “page.” In the Audible app, I needed to click the sync icon before starting to listen. Switch between reading and listening with Whispersync for Voice.Īs far as my test run went, it worked exactly as I expected. If this is what you think of when you think of audiobooks, you really need to try a professional audiobook narrated by actors. But this was simply a clever parlor trick, and not an enjoyable way to listen to books. And you will need the free Audible app (iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire) and a free Kindle app or Kindle reader.īefore this announcement, Kindle already had Text-to-Speech. Now, paying TWICE for the same book doesn’t make any sense, but the convenience of reading/listening to one book in both my car and my bed: PRICELESS!Īmazon calls this feature Whispersync for Voice.

For example, after buying the Kindle format of The Round House, I was offered the Audible version for just $3.95. The rub is that one still needs to buy both versions, but it seems that Amazon (which now owns Audible) is offering a considerable discount on the audiobook if you buy the Kindle book first.

So I was pretty excited to test out the new Amazon feature that automatically syncs audiobooks with Kindle books, so that I can pick up wherever I was, no matter whether I was reading or listening! I’m also a dedicated Kindle reader, reading (mostly) on my Android. For many years now, I’ve been an Audible member, listening to audiobooks in my car.