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Completely get that. I always had the same issue with podcasts, which is why I built Snipd together with some friends. If you have the mp3 of the audiobook you can create your own private rss feed with services like SimpleCast and add that to our player. For private feeds we don't yet have our AI features activated, but you can still highlight your favorite moments, add your notes and sync them to Readwise.

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Is Snipd able to do audio transcription for private feeds? Private “podcasts” are my main way I listen to audio books. I tried Snipd last year and it seemed to struggle with private feeds at the time. I was sad, since it’s exactly what I’m looking for (especially if it ever gets Apple Watch support).

We do not yet have AI features for private feeds. But we do have it on the roadmap. Depending on when you tested it last year, you were probably not even able to add your private feeds. In the meantime, you can add your private feeds and listen to them, just like any other podcast app. You can also create highlights, but without the transcript or any other AI features. I've added your vote to this feature request to increase its priority.

Thanks for creating Snipd! I like the Obsidian integration and the triple-tap on AirPods Pro feature to capture a snippet. I'll definitely check it out.

While I would imagine this is challenging - what about Audible support? I might just solve this problem with money for the time being (buying Kindle + Audible for the books that I really do care about). But I still want the ability to "highlight" a book while listening to it via Audible and my hack (Siri + Reminders on Watch) doesn't really let me easily do this. Any thoughts here?

We do have this in the back of our minds as a possible way to branch out in the future. But for now, we want to first focus all our energy on creating the best experience for podcasts. I'll add your vote to this feature request ;) I think it would go nicely together, but as you also already mentioned, there are a couple of challenges like how to integrate into an app like Audible.

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