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Originally Posted by booklover6
FYI My 2011 Kindle Touch can download and play Audible books. (Could it always?) Along with TTS and the ability to play mp3 files (which I guess Oasis 2 can't?). I'll be curious to see if the new Oasis can do TTS as easily as the Touch.
However, it does not do whisper-sync. It's straight up Audible, even when I have the companion ebook on the device.
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There is no indication that the new Oasis will do TTS (like Kindle Paperwhite 3, Kindle 8th gen, it will have VoiceView support, but VoiceView is a screen reader, and as such changes the way you navigate the device). VoiceView is from their perspective a higher business priority than TTS (because of agreements they have made after getting sued by advocates for people with vision impairments, and because they can compete for education and government contracts that would be foreclosed if the device were not accessible). But maybe more people will ask for this now that the Audible feature is back. I’d like to see it.
Kindle Touch does support Whispersync for Voice - which synchronizes reading position between the audiobook and ebook. Note that W4V is something Amazon needs to add support for any given title, just because a title has both formats does not mean it will sync reading position. This feature will be listed on the ebook or audiobook description page if it is supported.
What I wish they would support is ‘immersion reading’: synchronized audio and text, a feature of Kindle apps for Fire, iOS, and Android. With Oasis you can either listen or read, but not both at the same time.