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rantanplan · 08-27-2025, 06:42 AM

There's an aftermarket OS called Rockbox, which is mostly intended for music (obviously). But it remembers the last played track and position so it also works well for audiobooks. You can check it out here:
https://www.rockbox.org

Supported devices:
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/TargetStatus

I use this with my Surfans F20, a (relatively) cheap HD-Audio DAP.

08-27-2025, 06:42 AM	#4
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 934 Karma: 11941602 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Paperwhite 2021, Kindle Scribe 2022	There's an aftermarket OS called Rockbox, which is mostly intended for music (obviously). But it remembers the last played track and position so it also works well for audiobooks. You can check it out here: https://www.rockbox.org Supported devices: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/TargetStatus I use this with my Surfans F20, a (relatively) cheap HD-Audio DAP.