Audiobook Player Thread

[biketool]

I'm very interested in audiobook software as well.  I know there are a lot of DRM-free audiobooks available now from Google, so maybe that could help since Linux has issues with DRM.

I guess since the Pinephone is basically very similar to a desktop OS, you might also be able to access eAudiobook providers from your local library through a browser window on the phone, although I haven't tried this.

The starting point for most distros is a desktop OS like Debian or Alpine Linux.  For example Debian has the Mobian side project but I think the intent is to eventually have a singular OS that works properly in more than desktop/laptop, server, and embedded linux formats and can do tablets, TVs, and phones.

A good place to find audiobooks is using a Yourtube passthrough like Invidious https://invidious.io/ and/or a youtube downloder.  I have found many books especially unofficially translated works converted with text-to-speech to something you could run in an audiobook player.  I feel like audiobookbay.se might be in compliance with Swedish laws but probably not the rest of the world.  Also Gutenberg and internet archive is stuffed with freely downloadable and playable DRM free media.  An argument could be made that once you have a DRM copy you have a use license and could legally acquire a non-DRM backup copy for compatibility, I would not want to have to initiate a lawsuit against the content producers to affirm this interpretation in court though.

I am using Cozy now for several months and for the most part, except that there is no seek or exact time skip input, I like the app.  But it really needs an easier way to get around in an audio book than skipping by 120seconds maximum forward jumps, give me a slider or a way to input time into a file or a whole book in the mobile optomized app.  Now if I send a general command to fit all apps to thew screen I DO get my fast-seek slider but now text is microscopic on most apps, but I can use more desktop apps, tradeoffs.