Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: app to read a book to me on an airplane Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:53:28 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:53:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="47004d7139604b7dd2944a24071d32c4"; logging-data="1751416"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189cDg2ozfQf023+qQ7GNvJDytsGcGpyGU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:FztifeFar+LuGZKPqCGGtPqSWdE= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2431 On 12/04/2024 18:08, micky wrote: > In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:29:37 -0400, Tim Slattery > wrote: > >> Android Owner wrote: >> >> >>> These are all epub books in a variety of epub formats, not just (text) PDF. >>> Most are in mobi but some are azw/azw3 (only a few are in (text) PDF). >> >> For epub books (not sure about mobi) use Favorite Book Reader (FBR). >> The free version is ad-free, does not use the internet, and does an >> excellent job with epub and epub3. The paid version is $5 and adds the >> ability to read PDFs, and some other features. The paid version had a >> text to speech capability. I haven't used it (I'd rather read the >> book), > > I gave up reading books for Lent. Is Lent over yet? I forget what year > I did this. But I too would prefer reading to listening, only because > my mind wanders and it's easier to reread what was missed than rewind to > the right spot. OTOH, on an airplane, isn't there vibration that would > make looking at a page harder and more tiring, especially as time wore > on. Maybe on a Boeing jet that has lost some critical part of the airframe, but in general modern aircraft are very smooth.