With eBooks on the rise, eReaders, specifically Amazons Kindle, are becoming more and more popular.
If you have a Kindle are you aware that you’re able to do more than justreadingon it?
Let’s dive into exploring the unit that entertains more than just our sense of touch.
If youve had your Kindle long enough, youve likely discovered some of these already.
At first, it may take a couple tries to get it down.
Once in a while I still dont successfully get the screenshot.
Theres no message or indication otherwise that youve successfully taken it.
Skipping Through Chapters
Just like turning pages, the same method works for navigating between chapters.
Swipe your finger up and down to go to the previous or next chapter.
To go to the previous chapter swipe bottom to top.
To go to the next chapter swipe top to bottom.
Quick Bookmark
Another great feature on the Kindle is being able to bookmark a page.
However, the traditional method takes several steps.
Youll see a dog-ear styled indication.
Tap the image again and it will be displayed full screen.
ListenTo Your Heart… Er… Kindle
Were you aware that you might listen to your Kindle.
Well, you might play MP3s on it.
But its obviously not a music player.
However, there are two features that do work well in utilizing is audio function.
The quality was good as well as the on-screen options.
Another great thing is Audible offers Whispersync which syncs your purchases right to your Kindle the way Amazon does.
Text-To-Speech
Text-To-Speech is different from an audiobook in that its done within the Kindle.
However, I have found that only certain books permit it.
Especially if youre trying to fall asleep!
Just plug those headphones in and Text-To-Speech away youll be asleep in no time.
All kidding aside though, it is a nice feature to have with the Kindle.
From there you’ve got the option to select Highlight or More to view other options.
These are Wikipedia access and Translation.
This is also the place where it’s possible for you to report an error within the content.
Adding a note is also a nice feature, and pretty self explanatory.
Being able to look things up on Wikipedia is excellent.
However, Wikipedia obviously is always up-to-date and pulls up a more-than-detailed definition of MP3.
The last of these features is translation.
Kindle can translate to 16 languages and Im sure that will continually grow.
To access it, go to the menu while reading a book and tapLandscape Mode.
Another awesome feature is locking your Kindle with a passcode which must be entered to get to use it.
To enable this go toMenu, thenSettings, thenDevice Options.
rig Passcode is the first option.
Here it’s possible for you to turn on/off the passcode and change it.
Lastly, the feature of organizing your books into collections.
Out of all of them, this is probably my favorite one.
This is how Collections works.
It was hard to navigate.
To utilize your Collections the best way, I recommend sorting your books by Collections.
Just like each book, each Collection also has its own options.
Conclusion
The Kindle is certainly a full-featured eBook reader and possibly the best available.
If it had this, I dont think there would be anything missing from it!
