Best Device for Downloading Audio Books to Listen to on Car Speakers
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I apply Audible (on my telephone) and OneClick Digital (on my ipod). I prefer Aural because of the playspeed options. I usually listen to most audiobooks on 1.5-2.0 playback which OneClick does not provide.
I have listened to several apps through bluetooth in my auto including Overdrive and Hoopla from my library and Aural. I detect them all of equal caliber but of course information technology is always nice when I tin can get books for free from my library so prefer Hoopla and Overdrive simply considering of that reason. I don't really use any features like you do though.
I utilize Audible in my automobile, which is fine unless I want to rewind a little way which never seems to work. I also occasionally infringe audiobooks on CD from the library and listen to them in the car. I was going to say that's how I started, but in fact I think I originally listened to audiobooks in the car using cassette tapes!
I am completely hooked on listening to audiobooks while driving. I couldn't contemplate a long journey without checking starting time that I accept more than enough books. Listening to music just doesn't occupy enough (and information technology makes me drive too fast, something nearly the rhythm). Occasionally I'll mind to cricket on Test Match Special if it's on, just information technology isn't on the right channel and I lose coverage in places.
I use cassettes, CD's, Overdrive and Aural when driving. Some of our CD's and all of the cassettes are older and not available elsewhere and we have hundreds from a sale a couple years ago. We take a cassette actor with usa for those just the vehicles take the CD's. For personal employ I have my phone, download to information technology and mind away.
I mind to all audio books via my Sansa Clip MP3 role player. I do listen to Audible books occasionally, but prefer non to. I don't like annihilation with DRM on it. Luckily, my library has a nifty selection of MP3 books. They used to take DRM locked WMAs, but have done away from them, thankfully.
No sound tagging, simply information technology's easy enough to FF or back. I can play audios faster, but rarely practice.
message 7: by Nancy (new)
I'm old school - CDs. Free from the library no less. I have never figured out how to use Audible or Overdrive or any other "high tech stuff" :-)
I use Smart Audiobook Thespian on my smartphone ordinarily, so that'south what I utilize in the motorcar. I prefer it to Aural or OneClick or Overdrive because of the versatility of the app.
bulletin 9: by Kristie (last edited Nov xxx, 2015 06:48PM) (new)
I use Smart Audiobook Player and Audible from my telephone. Both piece of work merely fine for me.
Imma permit you finish, but Smart Audiobook Thespian is the greatest app of all time.
Of all time.
Though I recollect it's but available on android.
message 11: by Kristie (concluding edited Nov xxx, 2015 02:28PM) (new)
J. wrote: "Imma let you finish, just Smart Audiobook Player is the greatest app of all fourth dimension.
Of all fourth dimension.
Though I retrieve it's but available on android."
Ha! I see what yous did in that location. And I agree.
message 12: by Fran (new)
Audible app from my phone. Easy peasy.
I use either aural on my phone or my iPod archetype. nix fancy for me
message fourteen: past Bill (Just a) (final edited Nov 30, 2015 05:34PM) (new)
Yes. It turns out that scion has an IPOD hookup so I only plug in my IPOD. I can utilize the controls of the stereo to go back and forrard although mostly I just start the engine, rewind about 4 seconds, and take off.
On my wife's car, it is however an IPOD plugged into auxiliary jack from the IPOD's headphone jack. Then 1 controls the backward and forward with the IPOD.
IPODs seem to work well and I accept heard the same about Iphones.
The Smart Audiobook Thespian has a similar characteristic, Bill. It will automatically back upwardly a number of seconds depending on how long you've had the volume stopped, giving you a chance to get back in the groove.
bulletin xvi: by Robin P (last edited November xxx, 2015 07:13PM) (new)
Since leaving cassettes, I have ever used an iPod,either with a transmitter or direct into an aux port. It is possible to rewind, fast forrad, etc but I rarely bother. I don't fifty-fifty remember how to use the radio in the auto since I always accept it on the aux port.
Had a crisis today, as the tiny square nano I employ for this fell into a toilet ("clean" simply still . .) I didn't know that I shouldn't turn information technology on and so I did that and information technology was working! Of course the next 24-hour interval it was dead, probably shorted out. I since found out y'all should never turn information technology on when information technology is wet. ! I ain several other devices but they are all bulkier and I couldn't stand being without my constant companion, so I got a replacement. You can still get those fifth gen nano iPods as replacements for $59 from Apple tree stores. (I knew this from when I ran over a previous one with my car!) Perhaps I should go on eBay and stockpile them.
I usually use Aural or Smarter Histrion or iBooks.. I experience Audible and iBooks are very similar, Smarter Role player has more variations in speed I don't like the interface much merely who cares. I'm growing more and more comfortable with iBooks.
message 18: by Neb (Just a) (last edited Nov 30, 2015 07:39PM) (new)
Robin,
I take a IPOD classic but I dearest the little square ones. That's the 1 I employ most.
J, mine isn't automated. That'due south a cool characteristic yous have. For me the #4 station button in the car stereo goes backwards a few ticks with every punch. The #5 station button goes forward. Like you, I like to go back just a fleck to find that groove.
bulletin 19: by Marilee (last edited Dec 07, 2015 02:40PM) (new)
I heed to books on my iPod Nano 6th generation. I download books onto my computer, using iTunes, then load books onto the Nano… it'due south so easy, the tiny rectangle can concord a dozen or more books, plus music, easily. I can carry it in my bag, in a pocket or use it in the car, where I only prop it in the drink holder and put on my Apple earpods… which let ambience racket in so I tin can hear important road noises, for prophylactic. I've used other devices in the past, but for me, the Nano is most convenient and has a long battery life. Some cars take an outlet where y'all can plug in your device and run the audio through your speakers… I don't.
Obviously, when driving, whatever one uses should be easy to silence. The Nano as a simple side push for pausing. For whatever more complicated set or a hard off or on, I exercise that while parked.
bulletin 20: by Robin P (last edited Dec 07, 2015 03:08PM) (new)
Marilee wrote: "I listen to books on my iPod Nano 6th generation. I download books onto my computer, using iTunes, then load books onto the Nano… it's so easy, the tiny rectangle tin can hold a dozen or more books, pl..."
Interesting, I've wondered whether there's a constabulary confronting having earbuds in while driving (even if other noise can be heard). I used to do that occasionally when I had problem with my adapter. My current car has a born port into the speakers, but I found the FM adapter (which you tin can buy for $20-$twoscore) worked fine in my previous car to get the sound over the radio.
I apply Overdrive on my home. I like it mostly crusade it'due south free. All the books are through your local library collection. Information technology'due south prissy that it has play speed options and that you can recommend books that they don't take. My library has purchased most of the books I recommended. Occasionally there is a glitch where it skips alee. But it'due south only happened a maybe 3 or four times and I've been using it almost daily for several months.
Robin wrote: "Interesting, I've wondered whether there's a law against having earbuds in while driving (even if other noise can be heard)."
Most U.S. states accept some sort of law about non driving with both headphones in your ears. The idea behind information technology is that it creates an immersive environment, and you would take difficulty distinguishing the noises of your music from the noises of the road; and you might miss things like trains, or ambulances, or people shouting.
It is recommended that if you need to use headphones (earbuds, etc) in the machine- only use them in one ear. That leaves the other ear open to ambient noises.
That's the law in California, as I empathise it.
I listen to audiobooks in the car all the fourth dimension, and love it. It used to exist a bit cumbersome connecting my iPhone to cables and such, until I got a Bluetooth to FM transmitter so I could listen to them through the cars radio.
I use my iPod (audiobooks via iTunes) via a connectedness and then it charges every bit the same time, i.e. not bluetooth. I can control my iPod as I would my music from the console on my steering bicycle.
I have likewise used the Audible app without event.
I use Audible app. I take a twoscore min drive each way. I tin can finish a book sometimes in i week. It's neat.
message 26: by Jean (new)
I use overdrive on my iPhone. When I offset up the machine my Bluetooth automatically starts the book exactly where I left off thru my car's stereo organization. I become all my audiobooks from the library.
Jennifer wrote: "I utilise Audible app. I accept a 40 min drive each way. I can end a volume sometimes in ane week. Information technology's swell."
My commute is an hour and a fleck each way, and so, similar you, I can get through a book a calendar week, if I don't utilise that fourth dimension to study Gaelic, or mind to podcasts. :D
I'm at the end of my gratuitous trial for Bookmobile audiobook player on my iPhone. It has not bad features and it's fairly piece of cake to pull books from my dropbox account to load into the app. I take had a couple of glithchy moments when loading a new book, but overall it's easy to use. I looked into the Smart Audiobook histrion, but it is non iPhone compatible.
message 29: by Kate (new)
I use iTunes & Audible for books we ain, and OverDrive & OneClick for library books. I primarily use my iPhone, but I sometimes utilise my iPod nano. Nosotros have aux input on both our cars, and then audiobooks play through the audio system.
I feel so concluding century: I have steering bicycle volume but not playback controls, so I yet have to touch my device. Siri and my Apple Watch offer voice controls though, so that helps a flake. :-)
I use Audible for my books. I use both my Ipod and Kindle Fire. My only problem with iTunes is their policies on banning several types of books (This may accept changed at present that Jobs is no longer at that place).
message 31: past Mara (new)
Reckoner and iPhone
I used to plug my ipod into the car, but now I apply mortplayer audiobook through the Bluetooth connectedness in my car.
message 33: by Susan (new)
I use Aural and OneClick and play via iPod through the car radio. Bit erstwhile fashioned, but works well for me, then if it own't broke why change information technology!
No issues with Audible'south interface. That's the just ane I utilise. It also plays my iTunes files equally well. :thumbs_up:
Sandra wrote: "I use Aural for my books. I employ both my Ipod and Kindle Fire. My only trouble with iTunes is their policies on banning several types of books (This may accept inverse at present that Jobs is no longer the..."
You use your Kindle Fire to heed to audiobooks in the automobile?
message 36: by Craig (new)
I use aural and kindle fire via the radio past connecting with an auxiliary cord. Works just fine for me.
Craig wrote: "I use audible and kindle burn via the radio by connecting with an auxiliary cord. Works but fine for me."
I wasn't doubting that it was possible, merely expressing surprise. I will have to consider that as I also own a Kindle Fire!
message 38: by Jean (new)
I use overdrive which automatically connects to my machine thru Bluetooth.
I utilize Audible app (which needs many new features) on iPhone continued via USB to car stereo.
I would utilize BT but my stereo will auto answer phone calls. I don't want to respond every phone call. I haven't been able to figure out how to turn this characteristic off. Plus BT uses up battery.
message xl: past Marilee (concluding edited Jan nineteen, 2016 01:49PM) (new)
I find it easiest to just download books onto iTunes and so transfer them to my iPod Nano and heed via ear buds. This way, I have a dedicated listening device that holds a lot of books and with a lengthy accuse.
The constabulary here in Florida says yous can't take 2 earphones in while driving. I understand this but the Apple ear buds permit me to hear ambient noises, so mostly, I wear both in while driving.
There is the occasional issue, still. I was stopped at a red light and trivial with my Nano, trying to get back a track or two in my volume when an angry pedestrian knocked on my window, scolding me for "texting" while driving. Well, patently, I wasn't doing that but that person didn't know… and I wasn't about to get into a route rage statement with them, and then I just put my player down until the calorie-free changed and so drove to a condom place to stop and find my track. I sympathize with their business organization near distractions, even if they made a wrongful assumption.
bulletin 41: past Andy (new)
Information technology has been a few years since I've owned a car (living in London there'south no point), just I used to get books from the library and run them through Audacity to change the speed, and only stick them on an mp3 player that I could plug into the head unit of measurement in my car. No fancy app needed!
message 42: by Janet (new)
The law here in Florida says you can't have two earphones in while driving."
This seems weird to me. Hither in Arizona you can use headphones unless you are transporting children (like on a school coach). If deaf people are allowed to drive, why would headphones be a no-no?
I utilise mostly Audible and Overdrive, which I heed to while driving through bluetooth from my iPhone. Occasionally, I employ iBooks too.
A problem I've had with Audible, and I'g wondering if anyone else has encountered, is if I hitting pause in the middle of a chapter, information technology starts again from the beginning of the chapter when I printing play over again. It is super annoying, particularly since I'm unremarkably driving when this happens and really shouldn't be little with my phone!
Also, I'1000 then happy to take found others who sometimes alter the speed when listening. My friends all laughed at me when I said I did this! I don't unremarkably, simply for some longer books, like A Game of Thrones series, I've done it.
bulletin 45: by Janet (new)
Allison wrote: "I employ mostly Audible and Overdrive, which I listen to while driving through bluetooth from my iPhone. Occasionally, I use iBooks besides.
A problem I've had with Aural, and I'grand wondering if anyone due east..."
I haven't experienced that just the bookmark function should solve it. I usually wear my headphones in the car then if I get an incoming telephone call I can answer and when the phone call is over, Audible starts support where I left off.
I don't heed in the car as much as I used to, but if my function moves where they threaten to my commute will double. And so I'll go out my iPod again; that'south what I practise apply when I listen while driving. If I can connect information technology to the radio I oasis't figured it out yet, so information technology'due south the earbuds for me ... and the string catastrophe up wrapped around the steering column, or me, or both. I don't think the cd histrion volition read a burned disc - I need to discover out, and go that route if I tin can.
Janet wrote: "
The police here in Florida says you tin can't have two earphones in while driving."
This seems weird to me. Here in Arizona you tin can use headphones unless y'all are transporting children (like on a school ..."
I suspect the rule came about every bit a theoretical way for preventing distractions and to hear ambient noises on the road. But…
There were some land laws in the past which forbade the deaf from driving, simply I call up most of those unfair laws have been repealed because every bit far as I know, the deafened can drive. And even if a hearing person is wearing even i earphone or ear bud, they could yet exist distracted, as could someone listening to music or books through their car speakers or speaking and listening to passengers.
Rules don't e'er make sense.
it seems to me that if you use headphones, you would non be able to hear the sirens on emergency vehicles. I normally hear them earlier I encounter the lights.
And many accidents take been prevented past car horns....
Tracey wrote: "I don't mind in the car equally much as I used to, only if my role moves where they threaten to my commute will double. Then I'll go out my iPod once again; that'south what I exercise use when I heed while drivi..."
there are FM adapters to become your ipod to play through your motorcar radio. I used to use one and information technology was easy to employ and worked nicely. Just plug it into the headphone jack, set it to one of the unused frequencies on the adapter, set the radio to that frequency and there you go :D
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