Help Kindle Reader+Audible+whispersync=N7 vs KFHD?

[teddyearp]

OK, the title is a bit cryptic, but. . . . here's a bit of the background:

My mother has been wanting a tablet for over a year now, last year it was the Kindle Fire, this year it is the Kindle Fire HD 7 or 8.9. What really has her looking at the KFHD is the Whispersync app that will allow her to read a book for a while, then set it down and have the book read to her. She thought that she could do all of this for free on the Kindle HD, but I have found out otherwise; she must buy the book via the Kindle app and via the Whispersync app she can get the Audible version for a reduced price. Well not totally true, there are about ten titles that she could do this for free, lol. Hey she just turned 78 and she's pretty tech savvy, but I still gotta look out for some of her 'tech needs'.

Anyways, I think she would have a better overall experience with the N7, but does anyone here know if all these apps will work just as well on the Nexus 7 as they would on a Kindle?

Thanks in advance.

 

[homey]

Hey Teddyearp
I have both the KFHD and the Nexus7. Some books bought from Amazon have the ability to be read out loud. Others do not. As you state, the best way to do it is to also get the audible version and then use the two in tandem.
This feature is not available in the Nexus but you can just get a reader app like Cool reader which will do great job of reading aloud any ebook, side loaded of not, then to you. Just make sure that you download a decent text to speech voice like IVONA (currently free) first though, as the stock voices are a bit robotic!
Once you get this set up, your mother will be able to read directly, be read to and have assisted reading where the text that is read out is highlighted on the page.
I played around with this a couple of days ago and I know it works well!

 

[teddyearp]

Well, though I have yet to test it, the kindle app says it includes whispersync. So are you sure, or anyone else please?

 

[Drogyn]

All whispersync really does is synchronises your books across multiple devices, so that you are always in the same place whether you read the book on your kindle or on a kindle app on your phone...

It does only work for ebooks that you have bought from Amazon and in my experience with it, doesn't always seem to work as advertised.

 

[RedAnt]

I have used the Kindle software first on my Archos 70, then my Triumph phone, later a real Kindle Touch. Currently I use my HTC EVO V4G, and my Nexus 7.

Whisper sync is just the Amazon buzzword for keeping bookmarks synchronized on all my devices. It works ok but I do have to sync via the menu choices sometimes. Perhaps it should whisper a little louder.

I have not used many of the audible reading tools. I tried with my Mom, but even half blind she would rather read the words. I thought that the bigger Kindle might help, but she likes the size and weight of the smaller ones. I have both an older Kindle with bottom keyboard and the touch. She tried both but liked the first one she used. They all use my account and I usually buy the books she wants. She also reads a few of mine.

If you can I would recommend sharing your account, then you can buy and manage it through the web.