Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 8/19/12 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/#comment-16600 Brian Herzog Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:14:21 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3592#comment-16600 @A: I noticed that too, but Audible didn’t offer this as an audiobook either – too bad.

@anon & @philip: I didn’t even think of an audio translator – she had an older Kindle, so the Google Translator is perfect. Next time I see her, I’ll suggest it – thanks.

]]> By: philip willems http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/#comment-16594 philip willems Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:00:07 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3592#comment-16594 and “I heart you” is something like this: 我的心，你

]]> By: philip willems http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/#comment-16593 philip willems Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:58:22 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3592#comment-16593 I placed “I love you” in google translate. Translated it to Chinese traditional got wo ai ni and clicked on the speach button. It sounded convincingly Chinese to me.

]]> By: anon http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/#comment-16529 anon Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:40:01 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3592#comment-16529 Don’t know if she had a Fire, but there are several free apps available for learning foreign languages that include an audio component for the Kindle Fire.

]]> By: A http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/08/25/reference-question-of-the-week-81912/#comment-16527 A Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:31:36 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3592#comment-16527 Kindle will play audiobooks. Amazon partners with Audible. In your home menu, it will have the word “audiobook” out to the side of the book title and you just click on it to play like you would on a computer. It sounds better with headphones but it will work without. Ipod also works for audiobooks but it is sometimes harder to load them whereas Kindle will load them just like an ebook.

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