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Originally Posted by Quoth
The USB audio driver was added for the PW3 as it has no BT. Likely they never took it out. A €6 generic USB-A audio stick with a generic OTG micro-USB plug to USB-A socket (€4) works on PW3 if you download the speech pack softwares. I think two downloads. It doesn't have KK3 / DX(G) style TTS, but a kind of voice view where everything is synthesised voice, not just the book text. It's very awkward compared to simple TTS only as on the Kindles with a 3.5mm jack. Personal experience of all 3 and compared to Android apps.
Really and app and phone is far better for TTS or voice-view as the screen blanks and saves most of the power. Audio on any eink dramatically wastes charge run time as normally eink slightly sleeps till you turn a page.
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I'm not at all concerned about power drain. It's entirely manageable.
I'm familiar with how Voice View works (including the older Kindles via OTG) but it is too intrusive (unless of course you have visual challenges).
My PocketBook Era has great TTS (Ivona, which Amazon owns). I don't use it much but it works well. Its audiobook player works in background as well. These are features I wish Amazon would add to Kindles, even if they contribute to power consumption.
As it is, I have very little use for Kindle audio capabilities, and for bluetooth generally (e.g. no support for connecting keyboard or page turning device).
That said, I don't expect this to change.