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Old 01-04-2019, 06:13 PM   #161
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I don't understand the desire to control audiobooks from an e-ink device. The key feature of an e-ink reader is the screen. What do audiobooks gain from an e-ink screen?

The number of readers who own an e-ink device but don't own a phone, tablet or computer must be vanishingly small to non-existent.
I agree. I hope Kobo spend zero develop cost/time on this. There is nothing they could do that would make using an eink device better than using a smartphone.

Whether you want to listen to audiobooks purchased via paid subscription, or as simple sideloaded MP3s or using text-to-speech in an Android epub reading app, the smartphone will win every time (although I must confess to only having experience of the last two of these).
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