What are Reddit's favorite android apps in the category books and reference?

There is an app called Libby that will link to your local library system. You can check out e-books and audio books for free!

Libraries are the absolute shit. You can legit even borrow books electronically with a library card and read them on an e-reader/your computer / your phone. I love libraries. If you have an Android phone, Libby is a must. Also, check out Goodreads, it's amazing for tracking what books you've read, what you want to read, and for setting goals.

I'm so jealous. There are so many books I wish I could read again for the first time. Good luck! Welcome!

Edit: okay okay I gues Libby exists for iPhone too

On Android the offline survival manual is pretty top notch. It has a lot of good info. Plus it's free and based on an army manual (FM 3-05.70)

Link

Yea right here

Smart Audiobook Player. Not sure it qualifies. I do not personally know of anyone else that used it before I told them about it but then again their Play Store details show "Installs 1,000,000 - 5,000,000" which is by no means an unknown app.

I listen to a lot of audio books and from my time trying different apps, this is hands down the best audio book player app based on ease of use, features, design, etc. The dev is very active and responsive as well. Over the years of using the app I have emailed him a handful of times for issues, feature request or bugs which are usually due to new OS beta's from Google.

When I tried out Android O DP4, this app kept reopening even after force closing it. I emailed the dev and not even 30 mins later he emailed me a beta apk and asked me to test and report back. I tried it out, it fixed the issue and 2 or 3 days later, he pushed the fix to the app store.

If you haven't tried it out yet and like listening to local file audio books, you won't be disappointed IMO.

Including Smart Audiobook Player, my "must have" apps that I always install on a new device are 1: Smart Audiobook Player 2: Solitaire Megapack - Has a ton of fun games and features. The dev releases new games on a pretty regular basis. Paid for the full version years ago and use it daily. 3: Relay Pro - Preferred Reddit client 4: Pocket Casts - Preferred Podcast App 5: Nest & iComfort - To control my AC units from my couch :)

I have a bit of insight into this.

To start, GamePress does not get to choose what advertisements are shown to a user at any time. The service we get our ads from is being infiltrated by malicious users. This is a problem for any site with major traffic, including Reddit itself.

The difference between sites like Vox and us is we don't have the resources to tackle the problem in a way that results in a 100% malicious ad-free GamePress. We have taken active measures to monitor our ads but it has unfortunately only improved the situation, not solved it.

I hate browser hijack ads. I also believe we're one of the best sites for PoGO analysis. If you're on mobile I recommend downloading DuckDuckGo or a similar secure browser, or any other adblocking service. However, I have to say that ads are our only source of revenue and simply receiving the ad does not put you at risk.

It's worth looking into the DDG browser on Android instead of Chrome too.

It's much harder to build a unique fingerprint with it

The Hardcore History series has really made me look forward to work the past few weeks.

The best player I've found for spoken audio is Smart Audiobook Player, especially with its rewind function (depending on how long its been paused, it rewinds up to 30 seconds). You can also have it automatically unpause when you reinsert the headset or end a call, adjust playback speed (without changing the pitch), adjust the equalizer, boost volume far beyond source levels, download covers, bind hardware keys etc.

I use smart audiobook player for android devices.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer

Works well and has a sleep timer in case I fall asleep listening.

A couple of apps to have on hand for emergency situations:

Offline Survival Manual open source app that offers a lot of detailed survival information gathered from army manuals.

First aid by British Red Cross quick instructions for various first aid incidents. Quizzes and further information are also available.

Want to recommend Libby

It's an app to read eBooks and listen to audiobooks, from the library. The range is limited to what your library has, but if you want legal free eBooks and audio books it's an option.

I assumed it would be just US libraries involved, but my local library in the UK is.

Checking out eBooks and audio books on mobile devices is fucking amazing.

I travel a lot for work. Holy shit. The libby app keeps me sane.

Double hack if multiple surrounding communities will let you use their libraries too.

I have library cards at 4 different metro libraries, so I have 4x the queues in libby.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overdrive.mobile.android.libby&hl=en_US

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/libby-by-overdrive/id1076402606?mt=8

Yes! I love, love, love listening to audiobooks and podcasts on my ~50 minute commute.

It makes the time fly by and I usually learn something interesting from podcasts. If you enjoy reading, you can easily work in an extra dozen or more books into your schedule each year with audiobooks.

• Pocket Casts is my favorite podcast app

• Smart AudioBook Player is the best audiobook app for android (IMO)

• @voice - best text to speech converter. I use it to listen to articles and websites when falling asleep. I have a information addiction problem. Also good for converting long articles to audio formats that you can take with you for walks/drives etc. Pair this with the google tty engine with a voice of your choice (I choose UK Male).

• Drives - prettier alternative to diskusage (visualise your data usage)

• figure1 - a medical imageboard. Fascinating.

• macchanger (root) - spoof mac address. Useful for bypassing free wifi limits and staying anonymous (to a small degree)

• routercheck - test vulnerabilities in your router. Found on /r/androidapps

• versa - voat.co reddit alternative with freer speech client. Well made.

• tracker assistant - rutracker client/search

• whirly - whirlpool.net.au forum (prominent Australian form) client

• wifi automatic - the most comprehensive wifi manager I have found. I use it to auto disable wifi when it loses sight of my home SSID and re-enable when it recognises my home area mobile tower.

linkme: @voice, drives, figure1, macchanger, routercheck, versa, tracker assistant, whirly, wifi automatic.

corrected links for 1 and 2: @voice and drives

Si pe langa asta, util e si asa ceva instalat pe telefon, nu se stie cand e nevoie.

Poate cei din spatele site-ului ar trebui sa ia in considerare si aplicatii pe telefon(android/ios), avand in vedere ca deja au continutul.

App - Survival manual offline

Description (From play store )

> It contains info on how to make fire, build a shelter, find food, heal and other useful content in a case of emergency.

>But it does not have to be used in emergency situations only - it can be also useful for trips to the outdoors, hiking, camping, learning about nature and yourself truly. This is not only fun, but you can also train skills (make fire, build shelter, ..) you might need in a catastrophy. Some things work best with practice in a relaxed environment - then you also have time for some experiments.

link Android ( dont know about IOS )

You have to come to audiobooks with a bit of aural training, I've found. I listen to a lot of podcasts, so I've gotten used to locking into what I'm listening to. Also, there are some amazing audiobook apps, like Smart Audiobook Player, that make listening so easy.

On Android the Smart Audiobook player is the best.

In my car though, where I normally listen, I far prefer to use my ancient Sandisk Sansa e200 8GB mp3 player, with Rockbox firmware.

I love Smart Audiobook Player it has a ton of features including finding book covers and persistent notification with a sleep timer.

Thought I'd jump in here — Libby is indeed available in Canada on Android and iOS phones and tablets. Overdrive (a less flashy but similar app) is more compatible with Kindle devices, though it depends which model you have.

I know, right? I saw it last night and pick it out immediately. It's the rusty one that's brighter than Saturn.

If people are having trouble finding it, this android app is awesome!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid

Smart AudioBook Player Dedicated Audio Book player. Almost all features are free, with some less essential ones (eg adjust playback speed) available in the $2 in app upgrade.

Key features I like:

• remembers position
• keeps separate list of in progress books
• shows percent completion
• fwd or back by set time increments
• set bookmarks with descriptions
• integrated book artwork search via Google Image,
• turn-off sleep timer after specified time if phone not moved
• auto-rewind after long pause

Install the free Skymap app on your android phone, and there are some excellent similar apps for ios.

They use your phone's GPS and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) gyroscope to know your phone's exact position.

So as you move your phone around the sky, you'll see the stars and planets and you can then figure out which bright object is what.

It is pretty amazing technology.

I personally love Smart Audiobook Player. The full version is $2.

You can slow the books by 0.1 as low as 0.5, or speed it up by 0.1 as fast as 2.5.

http://bit.ly/2Bf41rn

It has many other features that I appreciate.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer

I'd like to recommend Moon+ Reader. It's a great eBook reader, supporting EPUB, MOBI, and PDF, as well as other formats. (I've never tried the PDF viewer, though.) It's very lightweight, and always perfectly remembers your reading position. It has a night mode that is easy to toggle, though not automatic (unless that is a pro feature). You can set it up so you can read page by page or by scrolling -- or both at once. You can also use the volume keys to turn pages, which is great if you read while wearing gloves. There is plenty of layout and font customization.

The free version has ads, but they are super unobtrusive -- only at the bottom of the library screen and sometimes when switching from the book to the library. You never see an ad when opening the app or while reading, unless you accidentally bump the back button. It's not even as much advertising as a Kindle with Special Offers.

The Pro version is half-off (US$2.49) through the end of August. It adds a few features like TTS, sync, and more customization. I just bought it today with my Google Opinion Rewards credit.

Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader

Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp

The trick is to look for e-book readers with PDF support rather than PDF readers. I've personally been using Moon+ Reader. I usually go for open source-stuff, but Moon+ is really high quality. It's got a crazy amount of customization options.

If you download the Sky Map app for android or some equivalent app it's super useful for getting your bearings. You just hold your phone to the sky and it'll tell you what you're pointing at.

I listen to audiobooks with the Smart Audiobook Player
Best player for audiobooks I can find.

But I don't use that to look them up ... I just have my books sorted by genre, then author. By hand .. but then I don't have 1000's of them.

Moon+ Reader Pro blows everything out of the water, once you learn it.

Functionality & features for days! And it's not the battery hog Kindle turned out to be.

Moon+ Reader by far, IMO - loads of options and customizations.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader

There's a free version and a pro version that goes on sale multiple times in a year. See if it fits your needs.

Are there any features that you're looking for in particular ? "best" can be kinda vague...

Like the other commenters are saying, it's most likely Venus. It is the brightest object in the night sky after the moon.

On a side note, if you have an android or iphone device, you can install Google Sky Map. It's a handy little tool that will show you a map of the night sky and let you find where the planets, stars, etc are.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-map/id536492883?mt=8

If anyone wants to get into stargazing, the Google Sky Map app for Android is awesome. You can point your phone around you in all directions and it will show you where constellations, stars, planets, the horizon, the sun and the moon are located relative to your position. It includes search (with locate feature) and night mode (using just red)

Oh damn that's right, I have an app that shows all the ebooks you can get from your local library. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overdrive.mobile.android.libby Thanks for reminding me, I completely forgot lol. I'm gonna check that link out since it seems really interesting. Thanks again I hope you have a good day!

I think the best for cost is a cheap unlocked Android with 8gb memory, or and expandle SD Card slot.

My favorite app is Smart Audiobook Player, it allows great tracking for large files or books (most important feature, as you Never want to lose your place.)

for example, my copy of game of thrones was a CD rip, its over 1GB, and its broken into chapters by character name, like the hard copy. It's would be a nightmare to keep your place w/o a well designed app.

Also, Having an Android device allows you the option to purchase books directly from your favorite store, or add DRM Free books manually

Jeg bruker en app som heter Smart Audiobook Player som jeg er veldig fornøyd med. Den har en del funksjoner som er spesialtilpasset lydbøker, og jeg foretrekker å ha lydbøker på en egen app adskilt fra musikken min. Selve lydbøkene blir stort sett piratkopiert.

Hvis du heller ønsker en abonnementstjeneste har du visst fått flere gode forslag allerede.

Probeer Google Sky Map.. Dan kan je gewoon je telefoonscherm naar boven richten en kijken wat er te zien is, of de telefoon je laten leiden naar iets dat je zoekt.

edit; blijkbaar zit Mars nu aan de andere kant van de Aarde...

Sorry, I should have done a quick Google search first...

I found "Smart AudioBook Player" which looks like it will do exactly what I want.

Is this the app that's usually recommended?

Same :(.

I've been trying to remedy that by listening to audiobooks as often as I can (on my commute, when doing housework, etc.). Audible is pretty awesome with their giant library, but if you end up with your own audiobook files you want to listen to (usually mp3 or m4a/m4b files), I highly recommend Smart Audiobook Player. It's great at remembering where you are in a book (even if you're bouncing between several in your "library"), and has quick jump forward/backward 20sec/1min buttons (for when you realized you spaced out), which are both features I found lacking in earlier apps, and the lack of which ultimately discouraged me from listening to long audiobooks before I started using the app.

Sky Map and Stellarium are both great, free (floss) pieces of software to help you get started.

Will you be Downloading books before you go?

As Kindle works without internet once you've downloaded the books in the app.

Moon+ Reader also: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader&hl=en

Try using the Sky Map app! It basically uses your phone's GPS and compass to construct a map of the sky at your area, and you can then point your phone at a star/planet to find out what its name is (the map adjusts to where you point your phone to).

I'll repost this higher up for anyone interested, but there is an app called "Survival Guide" that works entirely offline. It has medical info, knots, habitat building, hunting and cooking, etc included, plus other information related to CBERN (Chemical Biological Explosive Radioactive Nuclear) events and the aftermath.

After looking in the app store for the link, I realize there are bunch of useful offline apps like this, but Survival Guide has the highest rating. Link is here ---> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

Offline Survival Manual. Thought it was some joke app about how to survive without internet. NOPE a pretty fucking good survival guide right there in your phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

Fun to just read through now and again

Imo, the best one is @voice Aloud Reader (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar&ah=qr6JJ9D8j4noLqGcuxMYb75jSBE)

Note that those apps don't have their own voice engines. They use third-party voices (like Google voices, Amazon Polly, etc.), meaning that you have to install your preferred language yourself.

Personally, i find the google voices engine to be the best, is free and comes preloaded on Android

What you are looking for is Smart Audiobook Player

It uses the gyro in your phone, and you can set it for multiple intervals. Then it starts to taper off, if you're asleep great, if you're not, you just bump it, and DING! continues at full volume.

I use it and every morning just go back 1 interval.

/r/telescopes is a great resource for finding out which telescope is best for your needs and budget. Definitely consider buying second hand.

Sky Map is a great Android app for looking up at the sky and locating stars, planets and constellations. After some practice, it's a fun exercise to guess the identity of something you can see, then check it with the app.

ISS detector is another great app which alerts you when the space station is visible to the naked eye in your area. Sometimes it can be the brightest object in the sky.

I know of nothing without breaking the DRM on the books and reading them as MP3s or M4Bs. Then I recommend Smart Audiobook Player

Unfortunatley I don't think me advising you or anyone else on how to break DRM would be welcome in this semi-official subreddit. Suffice it to say if you google around you can find out.

I'd like to add Smart AudioBook Player for Android to this list.

This combines the best of all offline audiobook players IMHO.

I discovered this app when trying to figure out how to adjust the low/high frequencies even more than what my vehicle could handle (epecially with low quality audiobooks from OverDrive), and this app made it more acceptable.

Most of the app feature are free, but some, such as the equalizer, are 'pro' (but cheap). The free version allows you to try the pro features for 30 days, so you can easily judge if it makes a difference.

edit: added link, fixed typos.

Sky Map FTW. I'm pretty sure IOS has some sort of counterpart as well. It's not 100% precise, but it will point you in the general direction on where to look, from there you can infer the object from the neighbouring stars.

Moon+ Reader has a feature where you can long press on a word and get the definition in a pop-up, you just need to install one of the supported dictionary apps.

Heya!

If you don't want to support Amazon please consider alternate (and more open) ways of reading books digitally! Ereaders

• Pocketbook Touch Lux 5
• Tolino Vision 5
• Kobo Aura / Kobo Libra

Apps: * Lithium bookreader (Android) * Marvin 3

I own a Tolino and I just drag 'n drop the books to the reader, or I buy them straight from the digital store. It's linked to a local book chain, so it "buys" it from there! :) I can also rent books from my library on there. (Also if I donwload books externally, no problem!)

Just puting it out there! There are great ereaders out there. As long as they use e-ink they're lovely!

I have nothing for Kindle, but I do have this app on my phone. It doesn't need a connection to work, just the phone needs power.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

Just make sure he has a way to keep his device charged.

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Lithium: EPUB Reader - a simple, ad-free, Material EPUB Reader

The app is built to be simple. Books are automatically detected, loaded and listed. There is no manual importing of books required.

The app is 100% free of third-party advertisements and will forever remain that way. I intend to add a premium option which will be a one-time purchase to unlock all current and future features. There may be some occasional promotion of that within the app.

You can read books, categorize them, search, select font, text size, margin, select a theme, and switch between paging and scrolling.

I really like Moon+ Reader Pro, it's the only reader I've ever used so I cannot compare it to other apps. Bought it on discount for 99c

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp&hl=en

ICYMI, on-sale ang Moon+ Reader Pro ngayon. 115 pesos nalang.

Once I download them, I rename them all to "01.png", " 02.png", etc and zip them up. Then I rename that to a .cbz file and import it into Moon+ Reader, my preferred eBook/comic app.

I'm not sure what app that is, but Photos orders images by age so you could move them from one directory to another, one by one, last page to first page, to get them to show up in the right order. You could also try renaming them to numbers with the same number of digits. In some conventions "10.png" comes before "2.png", but if you renamed it "02.png" that should preserve the order.

I use Smart Audiobook Player. Its a decent player it recognizes my cover art and it has settings that let you set it to turn off if it doesn't detect movement in a certain amount of time in case you fall asleep.

>Question: do people who are not Christians automatically go to hell? it scares me that my family might be "damned" :/

[Matthew 25:31-46]

Jesus teaches about "Sheep" (saved) and "Goats" (condemned). Essentially, one must receive Christ and express Christ through love. I don't want to be alarmist, but Jesus says that not even everyone who calls him "Lord" will enter heaven.

Don't worry about not knowing everything! That humility does you a lot of credit, and everyone has to start somewhere! You're doing now one of the best things that you could be doing: talking to Christians about your beliefs. I hope that we are helping you, and I hope that you feel encouraged to ask whatever questions you have.

I would suggest you talk to the Christians that you know. The best thing to say to them is just the simple truth: you're interested in learning more about the Christian faith. I think flesh-and-blood Christians will be able to help you more than we on the internet can.

Lastly, it would be great if you could find some way to read some of the Bible, which you admit to knowing little about. I would advise you to start by reading the books of Matthew, then Genesis. There is a fantastic free android app with the bible in over 400 languages that you might find convenient, but obviously not if your parents would check your phone, or if you don't have a smartphone. I imagine a paper copy would be hard for you to keep secret, too.

If you get regular time like this to browse the internet safely, the comment reply to this, /u/VerseBot, will link to biblegateway, which has the entire text of the bible in many translations. I'd recommend NLT as it is simple English.

I hope this helps you.

Writes wall of text waxing lyrical about an app

DOESN'T POST A FUCKING LINK TO THE APP

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faultexception.reader

Link to the app

I found this literally in the last comment on this page. FUCKING POST LINKS IF YOU'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND

Here is an app you can download with archives to things preppers find useful and 100% works offline and keeps the information on your device to be used as long as that device has power.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual&hl=en_US

Well, VLC is a video player mostly. I would use Mx Player on Android for that.

For audiobooks I used Smart Audiobook Player, though I haven't used Android in a few years. It was very good to me, though.

If you can, download the Google Sky Map for Android or SkyView if your phone is overpriced. You can use those phone apps to locate stars, planets, and constellations near you, based on your location.

Smart Audio Book Player. Face tot ce vrei si mai multe. Varianta PRO chiar nu e scumpa si adauga o gramada de chestii in plus, cum ar fi viteza mai mare sau mai mica la citire in incremente de 0.1, audio boost sa se auda mai tare si cloud sync

Most books need to be listened to at 20-30% increase in speed. There are very few books have I listened to which required more (none) or less (one or two) than that standard range. I think audiobook narrators have a standard to try to reach an average words per minute so the average person can listen and comprehend what they're saying. I think the standard should be raised 20% since I have to go to almost every book to increase the narration speed to 20, 25, or 30% faster, depending on the narrator.

Anyway, I answered your survey at 1.25 speed since that's the closest average for my listening.

On Android, Smart AudioBook Player is the best third-party app for listening to audiobooks. You can fine-tune playback speed like on Audible (though only in tenths, not twentieths like Audible, and my normal setting there is 1.2x since you can't make it the .05 faster, and 1.3x is sometimes too fast), make bookmarks, set sleep timer. Pretty much everything Audible can do, but it works with audiobooks from any source, including Audible if you download it to your device. I just congregate all my audiobooks and almost exclusively use Smart AudioBook Player.

Just get a sky app and point it that general direction, it'll tell you... so long as your phone has a gyro sensor anyway. Might have to work it manually if it doesn't.

Went through a ton of audio players too, I'll second Listen Audiobook player, but my personal favourite is Smart AudioBook Player

Depends where you are. Most likely yes, Mars is the only bright orange object in the sky right now.

If you want to check, grab a free app like Sky Map and point your phone at the object. Alternatively, use an online planetarium

I use a lot of apps already listed here but one I didn't see mentioned was Libby. I love this app because it's a great audiobook player and eBook reader. You use your library card to rent the content. One of my favorite things is that it supports OpenDyslexic font, which helps me a lot. Sadly you can't read your own imported eBooks, but it's still great at what it does.

Moon+ Reader Pro. Tem tudo, melhor ver na Play Store o que ele tem, mas vou citar algumas:

• Minha Estante

• Integração com ColorDict

• Salva posição e sincroniza via Dropbox

• Algumas operações por gestos

I've always used Moon+ Reader and it's awesome. I like the shelf and widget layouts, dark theme, and use the Text to speech feature a lot. =]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader&hl=en\_US

http://audiobookbay.nl is pretty good, just gotta make an account for magnet links. Then just use the Smart AudioBook Player app to listen to them.

The stories I read are mostly the ones I find recommended in the weekly fanfic threads in this sub. I usually stay away from long stories unless they both catch my interest and are highly praised here. And even then they might stay in my Read Later list for a few years first. Chapter length doesn't bother me. I've read multiple stories with multiple chapters of over 10k words each (like Fallout Equestria and The Immortal Game).

I just checked the length of the fics I've read, and 13 of the 78 I've marked as read was at over 100k words. The 4 longest makes for more than half of the total words.

I never read stories directly on fimfiction, aside from the occasional 1k words story. Instead I download an epub from fimfiction and read it on my phone or tablet with the app Moon+ Reader. It feels like a chore to go through all the settings and get everything right, but it works great once you're done. Most of my reading is done in bed before I go to sleep and on the bus to/from college.

I like loading the mp3's I buy into this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&hl=en

But I'm sure there's a variety of apps that do the same thing. Benefit of using a dedicated app is you don't loose your place when you want to listen to something else. Happy listening, Blueprint to Armageddon is amazing!

One of the first apps I purchased was "smart audio book player", and I still love it years later. It does exactly what you need.

My only complaint is a lack of Chromecast support.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&hl=en

We have an android app and are available in several android browsers -- bottom of that page.

This is, uh, extremely vague, especially with direction, where you are, and time of night unspecified

It would probably be best to get an app like Sky Map or Stellarium and point it at that spot

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

This is a good app you can install on your Android phone. If you have any iPhone there's gotta be something similar. I wouldn't rely 100% on an app out in the woods though. I like to just read through sections when I'm sitting around at work waiting for someone else to finish a task so I can get started

Because you're using Audible's subpar audio player. I download my books with libation and listen with Smart AudioBook Player.

The Google app can read web pages if you open them with it. It's in the three dot menu.

Also @Voice Aloud Reader can select from many different voices. The online ones sound better.

Headway is preety good alternative if you want summary of books.

For listening, you can download audio books on torrent website, audiobookbay, etc. and use music player like VLC. Download the files and then create playlist in music player. So, you won't have to search for specific file again.

For reading, go to 'zlibrary' and create account. Then login and download book in .epub format. Use Lithium for reading on device.

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If you are on an Android device I recommend SmartAudioBook Player. This app is free to use but after 30 days you can pay a one time fee of 2 bucks to keep the advanced features.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&hl=en_US&gl=US

It gets really difficult to find things in Google Books once you have a large library, unfortunately.

I'm currently using Moon+ Reader on a dedicated tablet, but I miss the cloud syncing from Google.

Use Google Sky Map. Makes it easier to find. If you have an iPhone look for a bright object near a slightly dimmer oject with the brighter object to the left

I've found text to speech programs help me a lot. If you have the pdf for the rules you can open it in chrome on desktop and use this extension to read it for you. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp?hl=en

I also use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar&hl=en_US&gl=US

For listening on the go. It's helped me a lot for getting through rules and learning games.

For Android users "survival manual" by the developer Ligi. Is an app that works offline with many useful tips and guides

this is the app

Edit: as OP stated. I am not a medical professional. I am not trained nor qualified to treat, assess, diagnose or advise medical help or treatment/practice. Sources I reference are to be used at your own risk. Please use caution and your best judgment when referring to guides and tips in the app I referenced. These sources are not founded as reliable nor founded to be effective in treatment of COVID-19(repository disease)/ SARS-Cov-2(virus strain) or any other Corona Class virus; as well as any other ailments/illnesses.

I use this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sirma.mobile.bible.android

It has multiple translations on it which is pretty awesome for studying.

Libby app on android and probably iPhone too let's you use your library card for audiobooks and ebooks. The only problem I found is my local library doesn't have that great a range of audiobooks really and there's a long wait for most popular ones.

Just download the app... Then you can just press play and listen to it. Depending on the version. I prefer the voice of the person reading the NIV.

I've been using Lithium for a while. I actually have Moon Reader Pro but ended up switching.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faultexception.reader

Looking at next morning in Sky Map's Android app, that'll be the planets Venus and Jupiter, and the bright star Antares (going from left to right).

Edit: screenshot of the situation in Lincoln, NE, at next dawn, turned sideways to make everything fit. The vertical line represents the horizon.

Agreed this sort of thing is super useful. I use an app called @voice for android that let's me convert any webpage (almost) into a pure text format that I can then read normally or play through any TTS system on my phone. Everything's stuck into a list as well so if you're trying to binge a webnovel you can just add a whole bunch and listen to them continuously. Pdf and epub formats work as well.

Link to app

Daca ai Android pe telefon, instalează-ți "Sky map" (făcut de Google). Îndrepți camera telefonului către cer, iți arata numele la toate planetele și constelațiile.

One of the best uses for a smartphone is Google Skymap. here it is for Android ... and here is an equivalent for iPhone

For sure! If you're an android user, check out Moon+ Reader Pro, and if you're an iPhone user, GoodReader I believe has similar functionality - basically the ability to turn any ebook into an audio book..

Anyways, I digress a little but I'm glad to turn you on to some good learning! The first book on Manson's that I really got tweaked on was Models... The first few chapters that focused on self betterment withiut any outcome dependence was eye opening.. Granted its still supposed to be skewed towards pickup, but it's so ambiguously written that it's amazing at turnung anyone into a self confidence machine - essentially spurring people to become well rounded and diverse for themselves, as it's not only self fulfilling but equally ends up attracting others in a mgnectic fashion... People tend to gravitate towards those who are confident in their own lives vs sponging off others.. I ended up giving up on the boom once it got more cringyy, but it did pave the way towards appreciating and recommending him as an author to others!

I use Solid explorer to download the audiobooks locally and I use Smart audiobook player to play them.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer

This app might not look great, but it's the best audiobook player on any platform I've ever used. It even has a black dark mode.

Total audiobook addict for falling and staying asleep! This is the best app. You can actually set it so that it adds more play time if you aren't drifting off fast enough. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer

App-Empfehlung für Leute, die gerne mal in den Himmel gucken und sich fragen was da so komisch leuchtet: Sky Map.

I think this is the one you're talking about: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

I installed it a few weeks ago, but I highly doubt I'll ever use it. Unless it's to look up "how to charge your phone to read this fucking thing using only twigs and berries." But it's free and I have the space, so why not have it?