Audible syncs ebook reading and audiobook listening to keep you focused

On Wednesday, Audible launched a caller “immersion reading” feature that could thief readers ore connected their audiobooks by allowing them to publication on pinch the ebook version. While listening to an audiobook successful the Audible app, users tin pat the “Read & Listen” fastener supra their book’s screen creation to spot the matter type of what they’re listening to. As the audio plays, the matter is highlighted successful sync.

The action to publication and perceive astatine the aforesaid clip could thief amended reference comprehension for readers who struggle to enactment focused connected their books. It could besides beryllium useful for group who are learning a caller connection — Audible says the characteristic will support hundreds of thousands of books astatine launch, including books successful German, Spanish, Italian, and French, arsenic good arsenic English.

Immersion reference is rolling retired now to users successful the US, “with the UK, Australia and Germany to travel successful the coming months.” Users person to ain some the audiobook and ebook versions of a book to usage the feature. Spotify began testing a akin feature past period called “Page Match,” which allows readers to usage their camera to scan the existent page they’re connected successful an ebook aliases people book and sync it pinch the matching timestamp successful the audiobook.