Clara BW Books with Audio Snippets?

Dove7972 · 12-18-2024, 09:43 AM

Recently got a Kobo Clara BW as my first e-reader. I'm really enjoying it but have a question about books with audio snippets. Specifically, The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Edition. On page 81, it includes an audio snippet. In the web reader, there's a little media player where you click play and listen. On the Kobo, it just says "J.R.R. Tolkien sings 'Chip the glasses and crack the plates!'", but it says it twice for some reason. I know that full audiobooks are supported, but I'm assuming that audio snippets in regular books are not? Is there any way to have the caption not show up twice?

Quoth · 12-18-2024, 11:15 AM

You need an App on IOS or Android, or a program on Mac/Linux/Windows.

Audio (and animation, video or interactive) is fine in an Interactive Title / Multimedia App, which date back to mid 1980s. A gimmick in an ebook. An audio book is unrelated and even they work better on a phone app than any eink based ereader.

It's also not how J.R.R. Tolkien intended the Hobbit to be read.

12-18-2024, 09:43 AM	#1
Dove7972 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: Kobo Clara BW	Books with Audio Snippets? Recently got a Kobo Clara BW as my first e-reader. I'm really enjoying it but have a question about books with audio snippets. Specifically, The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Edition. On page 81, it includes an audio snippet. In the web reader, there's a little media player where you click play and listen. On the Kobo, it just says "J.R.R. Tolkien sings 'Chip the glasses and crack the plates!'", but it says it twice for some reason. I know that full audiobooks are supported, but I'm assuming that audio snippets in regular books are not? Is there any way to have the caption not show up twice? Attached Thumbnails

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12-18-2024, 11:15 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,949 Karma: 103895653 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	You need an App on IOS or Android, or a program on Mac/Linux/Windows. Audio (and animation, video or interactive) is fine in an Interactive Title / Multimedia App, which date back to mid 1980s. A gimmick in an ebook. An audio book is unrelated and even they work better on a phone app than any eink based ereader. It's also not how J.R.R. Tolkien intended the Hobbit to be read.

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