audiobook
Literature you hear
An audiobook is a recording of someone reading a book aloud.
Once distributed on cassette tapes and CDs, audiobooks now stream or download digitally.
They range from single-narrator readings to full productions with voice actors and sound effects: I listened to the audiobook on my commute.
Regular work travel
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- earbudsTiny insertable audio devices
- BluetoothShort-range wireless protocol
- carWheeled motor vehicle
travel · multitasking · hands-free · walking · workout · chores · bedtime · airplane
One who tells events
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- read-aloudSpoken performance of text
recitation · intonation · cadence · inflection · diction · pacing · accent · abridged
Remote-to-local data transfer
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- MP3Lossy audio compression standard
- fileStored collection of data
- digitalOf discrete data
iTunes · Spotify · CD · chapters · runtime · hours · bitrate · DRM
Imagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- romanceLove and its excitement
fantasy · sci-fi · biography · memoir · self-help · historical · bestseller · novel
commute
Regular work travel
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- earbudsTiny insertable audio devices
- BluetoothShort-range wireless protocol
car · travel · multitasking · hands-free · walking · workout · chores · bedtime · airplane · queue
narrator
One who tells events
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
read-aloud · recitation · intonation · cadence · inflection · diction · pacing · accent · abridged · unabridged
download
Remote-to-local data transfer
digital · iTunes · Spotify · CD · chapters · runtime · hours · bitrate · DRM · cloud
fiction
Imagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
romance · fantasy · sci-fi · biography · memoir · self-help · historical · bestseller · novel · series
blind
Lacking the sense of sight
- dyslexiaDifficulty processing written language
- screen-readerConverts display to audio
- assistiveProviding help or aid
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, paperback, hardcover
- Audiobooksnarrator, chapter, narration, playback speed, voice actors
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- book culturereading, reader, bookworm, bibliophile, bookshelf
- book formatshardcover, paperback, softcover, hardback, ebook
- ebooksebooks, PDF, Kindle, Nook, Kobo