github pounat/absorb v1.12.1-302

pre-release4 hours ago

v1.12.1-302

Beta 3

Narrated EPUBs

  • New - Narrated EPUB3s on Audiobookshelf stream without downloading first, the same as on BookOrbit. Download one to listen offline
  • New - Covers show a book and headphones badge on read aloud EPUB3 files
  • Improved - Read along jumps straight to the sentence being read when you're far behind, and opening the book lands on it
  • Fix - Narrated books with commas or special characters in their audio file names download and play

Reader

  • New - Translate button when you select text. It sends the text to a translation app on your phone, Apple's translator on iPhone, or Google Translate or DeepL on the web (pick one in the Tt menu, Translate with)
  • Fix - Pages no longer wobble in paged mode with the top bar pinned or in landscape

Stats

  • New - BookOrbit stats: listening, reading or both, recent sessions, Year in Review, time of day, books finished by month, where you listen and read, and your habits
  • New - When BookOrbit's time zone doesn't match your phone's, Stats offers to switch it so your days line up
  • New - The stats card in a book's details now looks like BookOrbit's Your reading card, on both servers. On BookOrbit its arrow opens the book's Reading Log, with every session, progress over time and records

BookOrbit

  • New - Notifications and achievements, from two new rows under your account in Settings. New notifications pop up while Absorb is open, and your notification settings save to BookOrbit
  • New - Highlights sync with BookOrbit both ways
  • New - Manage users and libraries on your server, share password links as a QR code, and set or change your password in Absorb
  • New - Add, edit and delete listening sessions in a book's history
  • Fix - Marking a book finished sticks, earlier finish dates save, and Remove from Continue works

Playback

  • Fix - A car or headset pressing play with nothing loaded no longer restarts a book you finished somewhere else
  • Fix - Switching to an account whose server can't be reached no longer hangs

Downloads

  • Fix - Books with lots of files no longer overwhelm the server and knock Absorb offline while downloading
  • Improved - With both the audiobook and its ebook downloaded, you pick which to remove

Other

  • New - Betas now keep logs on from the start, so they're ready to send if something goes wrong. They stay on your device, and if you turn them off (Settings, Issues & Support) later betas leave them off
  • New - New episode and release-day notifications on iPhone
  • New - File info: format, codec, bitrate and size of a book's files, from the details sheet
  • Improved - Collection and Smart Scope rows on Home show just their name, and Smart Scope rows get their own icon
  • New - The What's new popup can be turned off (Settings, Issues & Support)

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