Google Play Books update brings audio narration to kids titles

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

Google has been trying to make ebooks accessible to a wider global audience including those who are learning to read. The web giant is continuing its focus on youngsters by launching a set of audio resource tools for children's titles on Google P...

Waze adds Audible to its built-in audio player

Posted on 11/02/2021 by Engadget

Waze is making it easier to listen to your audiobooks while also using your phone for navigation. The Google subsidiary has added Audible to the list of streaming services you can access through its app’s built-in audio player. Simply choose Audible...

Spotify dabbles in audiobooks by offering nine public-domain works

Posted on 25/01/2021 by Engadget

Spotify’s aggressive move into content beyond music continues today, as the company is testing a small “pilot” of audiobooks on the platform. Specifically, nine classic audiobooks will be available starting today. This isn’t technically the first tim...

‘Code Switch’ from NPR is Apple’s podcast of the year

Posted on 01/12/2020 by Engadget

Another day, another year-end list. After the Google Play Store and Spotify shared the top content on their respective platforms, Apple has chimed in with a selection of the most popular podcasts, audiobooks and books people in the US downloaded thro...

Sonos can now stream free audiobooks from your local library

Posted on 30/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Even if social distancing has helped you to achieve the nigh impossible task of watching your entire Netflix queue, there’s still a trove of media to consume. Sonos has teamed up with OverDrive -- makers of the audiobook lending app Libby -- to let c...

Audible teams with ‘The Walking Dead’ creators on audio originals

Posted on 13/08/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Audible's push into original content now includes a team-up with a company best-known for its comic books and TV shows. The Amazon-owned audiobook service has struck a deal with Skybound, the team behind The Walking Dead, to create multiple Audible...

AI avatars of Chinese authors could soon narrate audiobooks

Posted on 13/08/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Chinese search engine Sogou isn't stopping at AI news anchors. The company has created "lifelike" avatars of two Chinese authors, and it plans to have them narrate audiobooks in video recordings. According to the BBC, Sogou used AI, text-to-speec...

Siri will play third-party audio apps in iOS 13

Posted on 05/06/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

In the future, you might be able to ask Siri to play your Spotify music and podcasts. According to MacRumors, iOS 13 and iPadOS will open the SiriKit framework to third-party music, podcast, audiobook and radio apps. So, when it comes to playing DJ,...

Marvel is turning some of its best-known comic books into audiobooks

Posted on 03/06/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Marvel's interest in digital audio isn't limited to podcasts. The media giant and Dreamscape Media have reached a deal to turn dozens of better-known comic books into audiobooks, including Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men and Daredevil: The Man W...

Audible Latino launches with Spanish-language ‘Harry Potter’

Posted on 21/02/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Audible now has a dedicated platform for Spanish-language audiobooks. It's called Audible Latino, and according to the company, it offers the largest selection of audiobooks in Español for fans in the US. The portal has launched with quite a f...

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