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Which books Readio can read
Every Kindle book in your Amazon library, with a few exceptions.
Works oniPhoneAndroidChrome
Books that work
- Every Kindle book you bought.
- Books you borrow through Kindle Unlimited.
- Books in any of the languages in Languages Readio reads.
Readio does not sell books and does not read audiobooks. Your Audible library stays in the Audible app. To hear an audiobook on a Kindle e-reader itself, see listening to audiobooks on a Kindle. It does not remove a book’s protection either: it reads the book where Amazon shows it, in the Kindle web reader.
On the phone, Readio loads up to 1,000 books from your Kindle library, starting with the most recent. In Chrome there is no list: open any book at read.amazon.com and press play. See Read along in Chrome.
Books that don’t
- Comics and picture books. Books that are mostly pictures have nothing to read aloud. In Chrome, Readio tells you: “This book is made of pictures. Readio cannot read it yet.” The play button is off for that book.
- Books Amazon opens only in the Kindle app. Readio reads through Amazon’s Kindle web reader, so it cannot open them.
- Chinese and Japanese books on the phone. They work in Chrome only, as an early version.
Pages with no text
A book with text still has pages without any: a picture, a map, the opening of a chapter. Readio turns past them and reads on.
A long run of them stops it. In Chrome, after 30 pages in a row the player says “No text on the last 30 pages: they are pictures. Turn to a page with text, then press play.” On the phone, the player stops after more than six such pages in a row and asks you to tap play. Turn to a page with text first.
A font Readio cannot read
Readio reads the page in the fonts Kindle sets it in, and a few it does not know yet.
- On the phone, the player names the font, for example “This book’s font cannot be read yet. Open Aa in the reader and choose Bookerly or Amazon Ember.” Do that, then tap play.
- In Chrome, the player says “This book uses a font Readio cannot read yet.” and stops.
At the end of a book
Readio stops on the last page. On the phone the player says “Book finished”. In Chrome it says “You reached the end of the book.”
Questions
Readio reads a Kindle book that is made of text and opens in Amazon’s Kindle web reader. It cannot read comics and picture books, or a book that Amazon opens only in the Kindle app.
No. Their pages are pictures, so there is no text to read. In Chrome, Readio says “This book is made of pictures. Readio cannot read it yet.”
No. Readio reads the Kindle ebooks in your Amazon library in a synthetic voice. Your Audible audiobooks stay in the Audible app.
No. Readio has no way to open a file. It reads the books in your Kindle library, on the phone after you connect your Kindle library and in Chrome on the Kindle page.