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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: app to read a book to me on an airplane
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:53:28 +0100
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On 12/04/2024 18:08, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:29:37 -0400, Tim Slattery
> <TimSlattery@utexas.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Android Owner <android@google.com> 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.