[vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
- From: RobbieS <robbiesin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:52:45 +0000
Hi all,
Other options for fere books include apps such as:
1. librivox.
2. Gutenberg
3. ambling (lite & paid)
4. audiobooks (which I haven't had time to use yet).
With librivox and guenberg, at least, the quality of the reading is
unpredictable; sometimes, the reading is more of a performance (including
Shakespeare's sonnets which are transformed by the reader's performance and
an entertaining lengthy person interpretation of each sonnet; it soon
transpires that this reader is making the recording as a result of a
Community Service order in the American courts: still excellent and worth a
listen; a whole new take on Shakespeare, with the entire original texts in
there somewhere - albeit, in a strong New Jersey accent).
Reading the Grimms' Fairytales on Gutenberg, 3 our ot the 62 were
incomplete.
All worth investigating, though,
Robbie
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Noreen Meagher
<noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Ciaran, Dónal, Cearbhall & Tim, thanks to all for response & have just
> downloaded IBooks & next searching for books & hopefully I will have
> holiday
> reading on my iphone. When I return & have more time I will try out the
> other suggestions including Audible
> Thanks again,
> Noreen m.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ciaran Ferry
> Sent: 24 January 2013 09:24
> To: 'vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
>
> Noreen,
>
> Apple's own book store iBooks is probably the quickest way of getting books
> on to your iPhone. The app is very accessible and is available free from
> the
> AppStore, and links directly to your existing Apple account.
>
> Any titles you purchase are downloaded directly to your phone, and are
> stored in the library section of the app. You can set bookmarks etc just as
> you can with specialist readers such as the Victor Stream. There's no need
> to connect the phone to a computer, and no conversion / transferring
> necessary.
>
> One of the biggest disadvantages of iBooks is that the content is in text
> format, so the books are read to you by voiceover instead of a human voice.
> This can take a bit of getting used to, however in my experience I have
> found the American voice to be extremely easy on the ear. You can try it
> out
> first to see what you think - there is plenty of free content available on
> the store.
>
> Titles are often a bit more expensive than with other providers, but if you
> need a book in a hurry, or if you are unable to source it anywhere else, I
> would definitely recommend iBooks.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ciaran
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noreen Meagher
> Sent: 23 January 2013 23:41
> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
>
> Cearbhall, thanks for reply & you have given me some ideas, & as I am
> already a member of NCBI library I will take that route first. I am only
> starting with Iphone & looking for a quick solution to get a couple of
> books
> on phone before going on hols on 31st. I might even stick with Nano I pod
> till I get back & have more time for phone then...
> Noreen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cearbhall O'Meadhra
> Sent: 23 January 2013 18:17
> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
>
> Hello Noreen,
>
> You can use the Audible app to read books from audible.com. Are you
> familiar
> with this service?
>
> If your regular public library is registered with OneClick, you can use the
> One-click app to download and read their audio books on your iPhone.
>
> Similarly, your library might use Overdrive as does the NCBI and this also
> has an iPhone app called Overdrive which you can download to your iPhone.
>
> All of these apps are free. They control the licence to read their books
> and
> that is why they have been created for the iPhone.
>
> If you like to read books in mp3 format, you can download them to the
> iPhone
> using iTunes as "music" and they will be listed under "Music" in the
> iPhone.
> There are different ways to transfer them into iTunes and through iTunes
> into the iPhone so it might be best to respond to specific questions on
> this
> technique if they arise.
>
> You can transfer audible, One-click and Overdrive books to mp3 format on
> your desktop computer and then they can be transferred using iTunes into
> your iPhone.
>
> Books in WMA format cannot be read on the iPhone and must be sent through
> their respective apps to convert them to mp3.
>
> If you have any questions on these items I will happily answer as best I
> can. I use all of them on my iPhone which is a 4S running IOS 6.01.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Cearbhall
>
> T: +353 (0)1 2864623 m: 08333 23487 E: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noreen Meagher
> Sent: 23 January 2013 17:42
> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vicsireland] Audio books query
>
> New to Iphone so wondering what is most popular method used to access audio
> books? Any advice welcome
>
> Thanks,.
>
> Noreen m.
>
>
>
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