For instance, for the clip below, I searched for “before had he” in the Kindle App like so: Later, when I’m ready to turn these clips into highlights, I pull up the book in the Kindle app on my computer, play the clip on my phone, and listen for a handful of words that are unique and easy to type. in the upper right, select Clips & Bookmarks, and click Play Clip.To play a clip, starting from the book’s play screen, I click the The total time to create a clip is about 15 seconds. When I hear another section I like, I do the same thing again. Then I just keep listening to my book and doing the dishes or whatever. So, whenever I hear a section I want to save, I jump back 10 seconds, listen for the END of the part I want to save, and click + Clip. I only had to do this once.Īudible saves the last 30 seconds of audio when you click + Clip. Here’s how I do it.įirst, I set my Audible app’s Playback Settings to Jump Forward/Back 10 seconds instead of the default 30. If your book doesn’t have WhisperSync for Voice enabled, or you don’t have time to stop and make a highlight, you can still save passages from your Audible book and turn them into Kindle highlights later with Audible’s Clips feature.
Then I simply highlight the section I want in the Kindle app and return to listening in Audible. The Kindle app will automatically sync to the location of my Audible book. This makes it easy to make a highlight in your Kindle version while listening to the Audible version.įor instance, when I hear something I’d like to highlight, I pause Audible and open the Kindle app on my phone. Method One - WhisperSync for VoiceĪudible is owned by Amazon, so books with WhisperSync for Voice enabled will sync the locations of the Audible and Kindle versions of your book. Using either Amazon’s WhisperSync for Voice or Audible’s Clips feature to quickly save favorite sections as highlights I then import them to Owl & Scroll. To overcome these limitations with audiobooks, I buy or rent the Kindle book of whatever I’m listening to. But I’ve found that one major downside to listening to audiobooks is that I can’t easily save quotes or anecdotes like the one above to reference later or share with friends using Owl & Scroll. I listen to books in the car, while doing dishes, or even while walking between meetings. “It is surprising how much reading a man can do in time usually wasted.”Īudiobooks on smartphones make it easier than ever to follow Roosevelt’s maxim.
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