HushBook: Read while listening

23 Aug

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Which book made you turn this on?

I don't read, I listen aggressively

I don't have trust issues, I have just heard too many plot twists

Hush. Someone's about to betray the king.

of all the cliffhangers for the monthly allowance to run out on. is this your first run through the Hannibal books?

Have finished three books today, still haven't replied to my mom.

the voice in your head, but better

Did my laundry during a murder. Fictionally.

Emotionally attached to a narrator I'll never meet.

read zero books this year. Finished 52

Hush, it's getting good

One more chapter and I'll sleep (lie)

one word giving away the whole accent is a very specific tell. did it add to the book once you placed it?

doing the dishes, emotionally in another universe

Technically a 📕 🎧 worm

Narrators are my love language

Certified ear reader 🎧

austen read by someone who knows exactly how ridiculous everyone is. i95 never stood a chance.

audiobook people: what's a book that only worked for you in audio? 🎧

audiobook people: do you ever stop mid-chapter just to finish a sentence you loved? 🎧

audiobook people: what's the funniest thing a narrator has made you do in public? 🎧

audiobook people: what's the oddest place you've caught yourself still listening, not wanting to pause?

either/or for audiobooks: a narrator who does a different voice for every character, or one calm voice and your brain does the casting? asking for a very opinionated friend.

weekend read: circe. already rooting for the witch over the gods. olympus runs on grudges and bad management. what are you reading?

convince me: which book is better as an audiobook than on the page? 🎧📖 #audiobooks

audiobook speed check: what is your max before the narrator starts sounding like a squirrel? 🐿️🎧 #audiobooks

audiobook people: which narrator would you pay extra to read your grocery list? 🛒🎧 #audiobooks

whats the last audiobook that made you sit in the car after you arrived? 🚗🎧 #audiobooks

convince me: which audiobook is worth a 20 hour commitment? 🎧 #audiobooks

tbr pile honesty hour: how many books are in yours right now? no lying, the audiobook queue counts too 📚

audiobook speed check: what's your max before the narrator sounds like a chipmunk? 1x purists welcome 🎧

top 5 audiobooks. go. the one that ate your whole weekend counts double 🎧📚

11 Sept

You don't have a bad memory. You have no system. "I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in." - Robert Louis Stevenson Follow @hushbook.app for more. Save this for your next read. Photos: nenadstojkovicart, nenad53, image catalog, ani!, shixart1985, pj_vanf (CC)

10 Sept

books don't ghost you. "there is no friend as loyal as a book"- ernest hemingway follow @hushbook.bsky.social. save this for later. photo: homegets.com, cc-by

10 Sept

george r.r. martin said it best. photo: nenadstojkovicart, cc-by

8 Sept

asked my manager for feedback on my presentation and she said 'you have a really calming voice'. i have decided that's the whole performance review

8 Sept

called my dad to tell him i finally fixed the leak under my sink and he said 'good. your mother has been calling you soft since march'. the leak started yesterday

8 Sept

my roommate watched me water my plants and asked why i talk to them while i do it. i asked what she does while watering hers. she said she just waters them. been an hour and i still don't believe her

7 Sept

What book that made you go:

7 Sept

POV: your last three brain cells starting an audiobook at 10pm

7 Sept

when you didn't bring your earbuds but you're in a situation where you could be listening

6 Sept

you seem to be scrolling a lot for someone who's 14 hours into a 31-hour audiobook

6 Sept

me finding out audiobooks with subtitles actually exist

It's been 1 month since we launched HushBook and the outcome has been tremendous so far. Lot's of people have started resuming their reading journey and have greatly liked the audiobook with synced text feature, Our mission was to help people come out from reading slump. Here's how we do it 🔽

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We are localized in 15 languages (Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Urdu, Swedish, Nederlands, Ukranian, Dutch, German, Italian, Finnish) our STT model transcribes audiobooks in 99 languages. We do not let users wait out for complete transcription, they can play as soon as-

hushbook.appFree Audiobook App with Synced Texts | HushBookWord-level read-along for any audiobook — free on iPhone & Android. Synced text, on-device transcription, no account required.

first few chunks are transcribed. We also stress tested with 8+ audiobook formats and provide over 20,000+ audiobooks for free to download and read/listen. This project is 6 months development progress that we built to make this reader friendly 💛 If you read this far, do check out hushbook.app

With accessibility first approach: We serve people with ADHD, Dyslexia & low reading comprehension get a platform to improve the reading habits -- Each profile gets its own set of systems and design that helps them read more. We support OpenDyslexic fonts that help dyslexic reader read comfortably

23 Aug

Your audiobooks can now be transcribed and read easily with HushBook. Supports languages like Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese + 94 more. Free to download and no ads, no tracking. Check out here: Hushbook.app