It is very convenient to listen to books in audio format. The user can combine this activity with other work. You just need to choose interesting material for listening, as well as a high-quality and convenient program that can make this lesson the most exciting.
In order for listening to a book to be comfortable and pleasant, you need to install one useful program on your gadget - a player for audiobooks or a speech synthesizer.
Of course, you can use a regular music player, but it is not equipped with additional functionality that you may need while listening to a book. Therefore, a special program will be much more useful. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with each utility and make the right decision to enjoy your favorite pastime!
Audiobook players
Its main advantages:
- Memory of progress. When you turn the book back on the next day, playback starts from where you left off, not from the beginning of the story.
- You can create bookmarks to return to a favorite moment in a book at any time.
- The presence of a rewind mode to control the audio flow and not lose important meaning in the narration.
For Android gadgets, there are 6 of the best and most convenient audiobook players.
This application is considered one of the very first to play audiobooks on Android OS. Now the program is unrecognizable, it has a lot of useful functions, and more and more updates appear regularly.
The ability to customize all buttons allows you to open or rewind the book for a few seconds. This option is very convenient if you missed the previous phrase and want to listen to it again. Smart Audiobook Player is fully Russified. The translation is high-quality and understandable. The external design of the interface is standard, nothing special. It is intuitive and easy for everyone to understand.
Playlist and playback
To compose a library in the program, you need to collect all the books in one folder, and when adding files, the path to them is indicated. Each separate folder, the name of which duplicates the title of the work, contains several sound files - these are the chapters of the book. As with other applications, you can add an illustration here to act as a cover.
You can vary with the playback speed, and use the volume booster if the original recording is very quiet.
The player has an option to automatically respond to various events taking place in the gadget. For example, the playback of a book starts from the moment the headphones are connected, and the recording stops if the smartphone is in one place or the timer playback is turned off. The built-in equalizer will allow you to adjust everything so that the perception of the book is as pleasant as possible or the rewind function, in which you can set the playback speed (rewind step from 0.5x to 2.5x).
In the setup menu, set your parameters for ease of use. For example, here the color theme changes, some buttons are hidden or, on the contrary, open, a specific action is assigned to the headset button, etc.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the many benefits of the app is the timer, which can be reset to zero by shaking. However, as in other programs, in this player has its drawbacks, one of them - time control has an inconvenient location, it is located far in the settings.
If the user listens to the book carefully, wants to understand the characters and what the author wanted to say, he can open the "Characters" section, which acts as a notebook. It records the names of the characters in the work, as well as their short description.
While on the road, during playback, you can lock the screen, then only one large pause button will function.
The main difference between Smart Audiobook Player and all other applications is the ability to synchronize listening places, bookmarks and characters with other devices. This action is performed using a Google account.
The free version of the player is valid for one month, after which additional options need to be purchased. The full version of the program costs only $ 2, but has a number of advantages. In the free version, the sound amplifier does not work, changing the speed of the track, adding characters, bookmarks, as well as the ability to use the equalizer and much more. To evaluate the capabilities of the premium version, users are provided with a trial for a month.
Download on Android: play.google.com
Listen Audiobook Player
This player is considered a very good alternative to the first application. It also provides the ability to synchronize bookmarks and positions between devices, is equipped with an equalizer, volume booster, automatic settings and many other equally useful functions.
The program has a widget located on the notification bar to quickly set the speed and select the intervals for rewinding.
You can customize the interface to your liking, and add gesture commands.
It is available in a paid version, and if the user is not satisfied with it, the developer promises to return the money spent. At the moment, the cost is symbolic 99 rubles.
Download on Android: play.google.com
This version of the player is a minimum of settings and maximum benefits. Simple and stylish interface contains only the most useful and important options: bookmarks, control panel in the form of a widget, speed selection, fragmentary rewind, sleep mode.
This free application has a simple interface that anyone can understand. There is nothing superfluous here, the program is intended only for listening to literature. In addition, advertising does not bother the user, since it is completely absent. The controls are very simple and intuitive. All buttons for calling the function are located on the first screen, which greatly simplifies the use of this player.
Differences from analogues
The listening screen in the program is identical to conventional music players. It has a picture, audio recording controls, and a playlist with a list of chapters. However, since the app is intended only for listening to literature, it has some distinctive features. For example, you can change the speed at which playback will be performed (minimum x0.5, maximum x2.5) or increase the sound volume evenly (the highest indicator is 9 dB) so that even a quiet audio track is clearly audible. Since literature is usually large audio files, a very convenient feature is fast forwarding with a certain step that can be set.
If you do not have time to listen to a chapter, you can put a bookmark and continue after a while.
If you like to listen to books before bedtime, set a special timer in which you indicate after what period of time playback will turn off, since you will already be asleep. Users can activate the off timer option by shaking their smartphone.
It is possible to set the display of the appearance (day / night), you can set any convenient theme. In the settings, you can also set a parameter due to which the theme will change depending on the time of day, it is possible to enable the option "Continue playback when you reconnect headphones or a phone call", you can also set the step forward and backward (from 0 to 60 seconds) ...
The program is provided for download absolutely free of charge and, importantly, it is updated almost every month. The player has a high-quality Russian translation, so it's a pleasure to use it. The application performs maximum actions in the hands of its user and will be an excellent assistant in listening to books.
Download on Android: play.google.com
Evolving Book Player
This app is available in English only. The internal interface is clear and simple. The program is completely free, besides, there are no annoying ads.
The player has several sections, which contain files that have already been listened to, just started playing and new ones. As soon as the user starts the program, he is prompted to select the root folder. Therefore, in order for audio to play correctly, all files should be put together... Moreover, each book should be in a separate folder with all the chapters and cover in graphic format.
The listening screen has a simple design. The speed at which scrolling will be performed can be configured or set to automatically rewind after a pause. A particularly handy feature is the list of chapters to be played. It is in an accessible place - in the side menu.
The functionality of the program does not provide for equalizers or sound amplifiers. There is only an option with which you can change the playback speed (minimum x0.5, maximum x2.0).
In the "Settings" section, you can set a "smart" timer with a step duration of 15 minutes. The user also has the ability to adjust the sensitivity of the accelerometer.
Download on Android: play.google.com
Speech synthesizers
The speech synthesizer is a worthy replacement for a regular player.
But what if the book you are interested in has not yet been voiced, and there is no way to read it in printed format? In such a case, an alternative to the player is provided - a speech synthesizer. Of course, in terms of sound and reading quality, it is lower than the players, but with the help of the settings, you can still achieve a good result.
Some electronic devices that run on the Android operating system have Google TTS. This plugin accommodates multiple voices. Alternatively, you can download third-party apps. Although the speech synthesizer does not have the necessary intonation that a living reader has, when there is no other choice, this program becomes an indispensable assistant to transform the written text into sound.
FBReader
This is one of the reading apps that includes the optional TTS + (Read Aloud) model. Setting it up is very simple, all the parameters are nearby, some right on the main screen. The interface design is intuitive.
The reader itself can be downloaded from Play Market, in the same place and additional plugin To her.
Cool Reader
The application can perfectly synthesize speech and for this it does not need any plugins. In the sound reading settings, you can change the speed and volume. Today, it is the most popular of its kind. Available to loading since 2010, but unfortunately no longer updated by the developers.
The article was updated and supplemented: 09/05/2017.
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The program is designed specifically for playing audiobooks.
Developer: Alex Kravchenko
Interface language: English Russian
Compatibility: Minimal: 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich MR1)
Target: 8.1 (Oreo MR1)
State: Professional version
Screenshot: Original by Dymonyxx
Peculiarities:
- Ability to classify books (new, unread, read)
- Ability to add a list of characters
- Automatic shutdown if you fall asleep. Just shake your phone to continue
- Play history
- Application widget. Allows you to control the player from the home screen.
- By specifying the root folder containing all your audiobooks, you will exclude folders with music and other audio files
- Support for * .mp3, * .m4a, * .m4b, * .awb, * .ogg, * .wma, * .aac files
- When adding new files, the progress of the playback is saved
- Progress is carried out independently for all books
- the program does not require Internet access and information about incoming calls
- WITHOUT ADVERTISING!
Changes:
Smart AudioBook Player v5.3.8
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Languages: Multi Languages
Supported DPIs: hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi, xxxhdpi
Supported CPU architecture: arm64_v8a, armeabi_v7a
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Audiobook reader is a very useful program that involves listening to books. We have selected for you the 5 best programs from Google Play according to user ratings. We took into account only applications with a large number of downloads.
1. Simple Audiobook Player Free - 4.4
This audiobook player has a very unusual interface. Everything is done in black and white and looks impressive.
There are bookmarks among the features of the application. This means that the user can listen to the book until a certain section, pause, make a note, and then return to the same place.
There are ample opportunities for customization. For example, you can adjust the speed and other rewinding parameters. It's all very convenient!
In addition, the idle pause function deserves special attention. Let's say you turned on a book before going to bed and fell asleep. Simple Audiobook Player Free will understand this and pause the recording.
2. MortPlayer Audio Books - 4.4
There are also bookmarks here, saving a place to continue listening through time. This happens automatically, that is, the user does not need to manually fix the place where he stopped. There are also separate folders for a group of recordings.
The application provides widgets that can be placed on the desktop. The developers even managed to put several modes in them - repeat, shuffle, and the like.
Interestingly, the developers meet their customers halfway and give them the opportunity to correct the translation of the application. This can be done at getlocalization.com. Anyway, they are good guys.
3. Voice Audiobook Player - 4.4
The developers of the Voice Audiobook Player are ardent adherents of minimalism. So they aimed to make an audiobook player that had as few buttons and other distractions as possible, but as many features as possible. They seem to have done an excellent job.
Their product includes a so-called bookshelf in the form of tiles. It automatically contains all available books from the device's memory (and microSD card, if available).
There are also such useful things as a sleep timer, a mode for switching colors to night (less harm to the eyes), adjusting the playback speed, and the like.
4. Smart AudioBook Player - 4.7
This is a very feature-rich application, but it comes at a cost. After 30 days of use, the set of functions becomes smaller - the program switches from the full version to the basic one.
You will have to pay to continue using the full feature set. That is why we cannot place Smart AudioBook Player at the top of our rankings.
The application also has control over the playback speed, the history of the books you listened to is available, covers are downloaded from the Internet, from which a kind of library is then compiled. In addition, a list of characters is also compiled, so that later it will be more convenient to figure out what it is about.
If you fall asleep, the program will turn off automatically. In this case, to continue listening, you just need to shake the device.
5. Audiobooks - Build Model - 4.7
Audiobooks - Build Model provides a unique immersive feature. The bottom line is that the program includes a library of modern science fiction radio plays.
All works are in Russian and are dubbed by professional actors. A truly mesmerizing phenomenon! Other books can be reproduced in the same way.
Rice. No. 5. Audiobooks - Build Model
Choose what you like best.
- a program that allows you to listen to audiobooks in a form convenient for you. This is what allows you to enjoy your favorite literature, in completely different places. Feel free to download it to your mobile devices if you have always liked listening to books. After all, high-quality software is the key to successful listening, so the developers have tried to do everything so that you can listen in comfort.
At the very beginning, you will have to show the program where your audiobooks are. After that, the program will be able to recognize them with confidence and make it possible to enjoy high-quality literature. The program is in Russian, so you won't have any problems with understanding or other configuration features. So be sure to start using this awesome app.
For the convenience of listening, the program can remember the place where you finished listening the last time. Also, the user will be able to adjust the playback speed, which is extremely useful. So you definitely need to start downloading this program to your mobile devices. This is what will give you the opportunity to uniquely listen to your favorite audiobooks.
As a result, it turns out that it is a wonderful opportunity to get not only an excellent program, but also to start listening to audiobooks at a qualitatively new level. This is what allows you to have fun.
It must be admitted that reading has recently become less frequent, especially for the younger generation. Be that as it may, e-books are in stable demand, otherwise readers would not be so popular, so I don’t undertake to speak for everyone, let alone collect statistics.
On the other hand, audiobooks are back in vogue, as they do not strain your eyes, and you can get useful information on the go or in your free time. Their only drawback for mobile devices is the file size, although audiobooks are provided in compressed formats. Of course, you can use a media player to listen to content, but why then do the developers write a separate software for this. Today we will figure it out with him, and at the same time we will find out if there are programs for listening to audiobooks.
There are few similar solutions in the vastness of Google Play, so I picked up three of the most interesting programs. So, first we will consider Smart AudioBook Player - a player for audiobooks and only for them, which has earned a high rating in the Google online store. Simple Audiobook Player will act as its simplified counterpart, and Patephone, among other things, also offers its own catalog of audiobooks. Well, let's get started.
The following equipment was used as test equipment:
- DEXP Ursus 8EV2 3G tablet (Android 4.4.2, MT8382 processor, 4 x Cortex-A7 1.3 GHz, Mali-400 MP2 video core, 1 GB RAM, 4000 mAh battery, 3G module, Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n );
- Homtom HT3 Pro smartphone (Android 5.1 Lollipop, MT6735P processor, 4 x Cortex-A53 1.0 GHz, 64-bit, Mali-T720 video core, 2 GB RAM, 3000 mAh battery, 4G-module, Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n).
Smart AudioBook Player
Acquaintance
The application is designed not only to help you conveniently work with audiobooks, but also will allow you to learn foreign languages. For this, a set of useful tools is provided, for example, the ability to control the playback speed, smart sorting of books and auto-shutdown of the program if you fell asleep while listening. In general, at first glance, an ordinary audio player, but with a corresponding bias, but this is only at first glance.
