From the Colossal article about this melding of audio and print:

The system uses patented computer vision and other modes through a smartphone or smart glasses to track your place in the book and play the corresponding audio. Whether music, ambient sound, or narration, the soundtrack moves with you at your own pace.

While I think there’s lots to explore in the intersection of books and sound, this feels like a bit of a Juicero situation. I’m not sure there’s anything here that couldn’t be accomplished just by a playlist set to ‘repeat track’, with the reader pressing ‘next’ when they turn the page.

More info here if you’re interested: https://www.radioposter.com/blogs/paper-fi-blog/paper-fi

I got very excited by the notion of prolonging the life of my old Macbook Pro by installing Chrome OS. It didn’t work, as it couldn’t connect to the wifi. As a Chromebook without wifi is like a flower without water, it wouldn’t allow me to go any further. Honestly, if it had, I might have explored that as a connection-free device can be useful for crashing out rough drafts.

But if you’ve got an old laptop that’s got pretty slow, then perhaps it will work for you. It’s possible to try it just by creating a USB key and booting from that, meaning you don’t have to wipe your hard drive to give it a go (thankfully).

Upgrade* your PCs and Macs to ChromeOS Flex

*Questionable, but whatever.

How to Install ChromeOS Flex on an Old Mac