How to listen to Kindle books

Certain text-to-speech apps compatible with Kindle allow you to listen instead of read e-books. Here’s what you need to know about them.

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For years now, more and more books have been getting their digital editions—e-books. People read them on their smartphones, fire tablets, and computers. However, reading digital books over these devices fail compared to a Kindle Reader.

Amazon Kindle is a service that offers e-books and the mentioned device for reading them. Yet, it also enables users to listen to books as if they were Audible audiobooks. In the following text, we’ll explain how to use this option to enrich your literary experience.

Increase productivity by listening to your Kindle books

The main idea behind listening to books instead of reading them is to help people with reading difficulties. Namely, dyslexics, those with ADHD, or vision impairment can’t comprehend written material like all others. As such, they can listen to audiobooks with professional narration and understand their contents better.

Nevertheless, listening to books isn’t just for people who can’t read properly. It’s for everyone else too. Kindle owners can listen to books through a compatible text to speech tool allows multitasking and higher productivity. For instance, you can listen to a book through a Bluetooth speaker and do chores around the house, work out, or drive.

Furthermore, listening to books on Kindle can prove beneficial for your productivity in another way. It’s a proven fact that simultaneous reading and listening improves reading comprehension. This is why more and more students and others who are preparing for tests are turning to audiobook versions of study books.

Different ways to listen to your Kindle books

To listen to Kindle books, you don’t need a Kindle Reader. You can do it through the Kindle app that’s available for smartphones, tablets, and computers. Firstly, you need to have an Amazon account. If you have, you can download the app from the appropriate app store and sign in, after which you’ll have an option to download Audible Narrator inside the app.

Still, Audible narration isn’t exactly the best text to speech tool. Its playback voice-over is pretty basic, and if you want more than Alexa or Amazon Echo voices, you should check out third-party TTS apps that are compatible with the Kindle app. The best text-to-speech tool that works with Kindle is Speechify. We’ll discuss its pros in more detail later on.

Additional benefits of listening to Kindle books using text to speech software

Before we explain why Speechify is the best text to speech app for listening to Kindle books, we should mention some other benefits of listening instead of reading.

• Pronunciation: TTS voice-overs have both perfect diction and language pronunciation. This makes them a perfect choice for foreign-language learners who are learning through books.
• Immersion reading: Using text to speech software compatible with Kindle can increase your reading speed, allowing you to start and finish all those books you previously didn’t have time for.
• Vocabulary: By listening to books, you get to improve your vocabulary. This is more than important if you’re learning a foreign language, but it’s also useful if you’re listening to a title in your native tongue.

Reading your Kindle books with ease using Speechify

Speechify is a high-quality text to speech app. It utilizes optical character recognition (OCR), artificial intelligence, and machine learning to transcribe any digital text into its audio version. And in this case, it’s fully compatible with Kindle. You can listen to books just like podcasts in just a few clicks without any complicated and lengthy tutorials.

What’s even better is that Speechify supports dozens of reading voices, 30+ languages, and allows you to bookmark pages. As such, you can set it up to your liking and feel like you’re listening to actual audiobook narration. All the voices are natural-sounding, and you won’t need a sleep timer since you can change the reading speed to 900 words per minute.

Lastly, Speechify is available across different platforms and devices. You can use it on your iPhone or iPad by simply downloading it from the Apple App Store. And if you want to use it on your PC or laptop, it’s also available as an extension for Google Chrome and Safari web browsers. 

FAQs

How do I get Kindle to read to me?

You can download Audible Narrator through the Kindle app. To do so, choose a book from the Kindle library and navigate to the bottom of the screen, where you’ll find a link to download the official AI narrator. You can also use third-party text-to-speech apps to read aloud Kindle books, one of which is Speechify.

Can Kindle books be listened to?

You can listen to Kindle books by downloading the Audible Narrator inside the Kindle app. You can also enjoy other AI narrators from third-party TTS tools like Voiceview or Speechify, which offer an even better listening experience than the default one.

Can I listen to Kindle books for free?

Yes, you can listen to Kindle books for free by using freeware text-to-speech software that’s compatible with the Kindle app. However, if you choose the Audible app’s narration option through the Kindle app, you’ll need to purchase it for a varying sum that depends on the membership plan.

How do I listen to a Kindle book on my iPhone?

First, you need to download the Kindle app from the App Store. Once you install it, you’ll need to download Audible Narrator from inside the app. But if that narrator doesn’t suit your needs, we suggest opting for Speechify, which is compatible with the Kindle app.

How do I get Kindle to read my book to me?

Download the Audible Narrator from inside the app. Afterward, you’ll see a play icon (headphones icon) at the bottom of your screen that allows you to turn on the Whispersync for Voice read-aloud feature.

Is there an app to listen to Kindle books?

Speechify is the top-rated text-to-speech app that allows you to listen to Kindle books and any other digital text, including emails, web articles, and even photos of handwritten notes.

Can you listen to Kindle books for free?

It’s possible to listen to Kindle books for free by using free text-to-speech software. However, you’ll be limited to basic features that might hurt your listening experience.

What is the Kindle app on iOS?

Kindle Unlimited is a standalone application for iOS devices. It allows you to read your favorite e-books from the Kindle Store on your iPhone without the need for a Kindle device like Kindle Paperwhite or Kindle Oasis.