Audiobooks

I've had a few audiobooks over the years that have a mistake here and there, but at the moment I'm going through The Mahabharata - Volume 1 read by Gaurav Marwa and it's chock full of misread lines and words. Often he'll reread a sentence once or twice after making a mistake and it's all kept in the book.

Doesn't help that his reading is really dry. I'd honestly take some AI voice reading it.

Has anyone else come across some really poorly edited (or not edited) books that kept in mistakes?

I'd probably say mine is Stephen Pacey - his Joe Abercrombie books are just something else.

Jeff Hayes as well, narrator of Dungeon Crawler Carl, is such a delight to listen to.

Recreated reddit post [OC]

So, I had an issue with the new Smart Audiobook Player version when I installed it on a new(ish) (refurb) phone, and did manage to solve the problem but had already emailed the developer. His solution was so much more elegant than mine, so I'm posting it in case anyone else has the same problem. Also involved was the fact that I had loaded all my books to an external SD card. Here's his take on how to solve:

The problem is that the system's External Storage component can lose its normal access to files on Samsung phones with Android 13.

Please check the following: Go to Android Settings--Apps--menu--Special Access (or just search for 'Special Access' and choose Apps/Special Access from the results). Tap 'All Files Access'. Tap the three-dots menu and enable 'Show System Apps'. Ensure that the 'External Storage' app in the list is set to 'Allowed'.

I also posted, as a comment, what I actually did that worked, and at least one other person said it helped, so here's that:

I tried all the things, emailed the developer, then tried one more thing and had to email right back, because I got it fixed! This is what I said:

SOLVED:

Well, I got lucky I guess that the very next thing I tried worked!

*Settings > Apps > Options (three dots in upper right corner) > Reset app preferences *

I'm a nut about turning off permissions, and thought that I might have somehow accidentally prevented SABP from being allowed to properly access the files even though it could find them and recognize them. I think that was the case!

Sorry to have troubled you!

I believe in the fediverse!

I may have a couple of r|Audiobooks posts or comments that I will bring over before editing them into oblivion at reddit, and I strongly encourage everyone else to do the same.

I know that there are years of knowledge and opinion represented at reddit, but we can create that here, too, if we all bring something, make something, post something, and encourage others to do so as well. :)

Thank you, @audlock@lemmy.ml, for creating this space here!

I definitely noped out of a sci-fi audiobook (can't recall the title) a few minutes into one. And I hated the one Expanse book that was narrated by Erik Davis - it was like listening to a robot.

Have any of you listened to Peter F Hamilton's the Commonwealth Saga narrated by John Lee? I've really want to listen to these but I'm truley struggling listening to the narration. Only listened for about an hour. Maybe I just need to listen a bit longer to adjust...

I'm a little over halfway through Children of Memory and loving it, listening on Audiobookshelf (🥰)

Hi all! Coming here from reddit also. Am excited to see this community. Hope to see it grow :-)

I'm pretty sure even if you drop the membership you get to keep access to the books, but considering the amount of money I spent on them over the years I would really rather make sure. Anyone got the best option for saving you catalogue DRM free and offline?

Thanks!

I think Lemmy is going to see lots of users soon (including this community) getting folks coming from Reddit. I hope to see just as much engaging and interesting conversation here!

Sci-fi/fantasy listener here. Been listening to Clive Barker's Weaveworld and finding it pretty good :-) Are there any other writers similar to his far out imaginative writing style? Definitly let me know.