GutenbergListen vs Academyx

GutenbergListen's raison d'être is to provide simple access to the Project Gutenberg website of 70,000 plus books to blind user or to anyone using a screen reader to by providing a succinct browsing experience (declutered, to use the vernacular) to speed navigation. Everyone is, of course, welcome to use it. It is provided without out charge under the agpl-3.0 license. Selected eBooks and audio books are downloaded to the user's phone or tablet and remain until deleted by the user. Downloaded books can be accessed on or offline. eBooks are spoken in a user select-able voice that can be managed by speed, pitch and other basic controls including a sleep timer. Audio books are played at a user select-able speed and the basic controls also include a sleep timer. No personal data is collected, no account creation is required, no location or device information is collected, your location is not tracked and there are no analytics used.

A reading application for reading EPUB and PDF files made available by Libraries using Academyx ELIB system. ELIB eReader is a generic application that is used to read eBooks which are borrowed by Academyx ELIB websites of the lending libraries. Academyx ELIB eReader supports libraries in many categories right from school, to municipal, and country library.