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Audiobook Progress by Time Remaining
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mwritesdragonsMar 22, 2023
Many audiobook platforms show your progress through an audiobook not by how much time you've listened but by how much time is left in the audiobook. StoryGraph asks for how many hours and minutes you have listened so far. This difference makes it difficult to quickly update audiobook progress in StoryGraph without having to do a bunch of math.
Could we have the option to track progress through an audiobook by time remaining?
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also having a lot of frustration logging Spotify - having to pull up a time calculator every time I want to quickly log listening just isn't sustainable for me. Kobo also only has time remaining or less accurate % options, and I end up just not logging.
Time remaining definitely seems to be the defacto standard default cross platform for audiobooks, with storygraph kinda the odd one out, so I think it would be super helpful to add this feature!
solaratmidnight I made my own shortcode via iPhone to help calculate this for Spotify!
kritika32 Spotify have recently added the time elapsed option as well though!
I’m having this problem with spotify audiobooks!!
bafine I had the same issue. Had to find a time difference calculator to use in the meantime!
I do see a world where we have this, especially because some people might prefer keeping their app in a "time remaining" setting. And, yes, percentages aren't as accurate!
Which audiobook platform do you use? So far we've found that platforms either have a way to configure a time elapsed option or they also show the percentage through!
Nadia omg I had NO IDEA that this was customizable on Audible!!!! 🤯🤯🤯 I've kept a tab open on my phone to a time calculator for each book I'm listening to ever since this feature came out haha!!! Libro.fm does show the percentage but I'm too persnickety, I want the exact time instead of it being subject to rounding haha. Still, life changer for Audible!!
jaina8851 Hehe! Yay! I knew Audible was the likely one that people weren't sure of. I had someone let me know on Twitter and now I tell everybody! :-D