Voice Dream - Read Aloud

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Description of App

Apple Design Award Winner! Voice Dream - Screen Reader lets you listen to PDFs, textbooks, Web pages, emails, and books using advanced AI Text To Speech!

Featured by Apple as Best New App and App of the Day in 81 countries. Voice Dream - Screen Reader is also part of App Store Permanent Collections in Education.

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“Both experts recommend Voice Dream Reader as the best app in the text-to-speech space.” - Wired

“This app is one of the best educational finds of my entire career.” - Forbes

“As a user myself and as a mother of a child with dyslexia, I am blown away by the features of Voice Dream.” - Quartz

“Voice Dream Reader is hailed by many as the best mobile text-to-speech (TTS) app.” - Examiner

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Text-to-Speech
- 36 built-in iOS voices in 27 languages are also available for free.
- 200+ additional premium voices in 30 languages from Acapela, NeoSpeech and Ivona available through in-app purchases.
- Correct pronunciation with your own pronunciation dictionary.
- All voices work offline and play in the background even with the screen locked.

Supported Document Formats
- PDF, Plain text, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, RTF, and Google Docs.
- Textbooks
- Web articles.
- Bookshare Books.
- EPUB eBooks. (DRM-free books only. Kindle, iBooks and most commercial eBook platforms are not supported.)
- DAISY text-based books and audiobook.
- Audiobooks in MP3, MP4 or zipped MP3 format.
- Rich text and image support for all documents.

Built-in Scanner
- Scan paper documents with the camera for text-to-speech.
- State-of-the-art A.I. is fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions.
- Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private.
- Only languages using Latin alphabets are currently supported.

Reading Styles
- Tee-up a list of articles and play while you drive, walk or run.
- Spoken word is highlighted to improve comprehension and retention.
- Auto-scrolling and full screen, distraction-free mode to help reader focus.
- Finger reading. For beginners to read by at running a finger under each word.
- Pac-Man. Harvard and MIT developed speed-reading method for everyone to read at 2x speed with no loss of comprehension.
- High contrast and large font size for low vision readers.
- Optimized for VoiceOver, Braille and switch control.

Tools
- Recognize text for scanned PDF documents.
- Bookmarking, text highlighting and annotation. Highlights and notes can be exported.
- Full-text search.
- Built-in dictionary.
- Automatically skip text in PDF header and footer.

Content Sources
- Native support for Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Pocket, Instapaper and Evernote.
- Native access to Bookshare.
- Safari extension to save Web pages and Web addresses.
- Support for Box and OneDrive via iOS Document Picker.

Library Synchronization
- Your entire library, including folders, reading locations, bookmarks and annotations are synchronized across all your devices using iCloud Drive

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Version

4.23.4

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

Yes

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

15.6

Accessibility Comments

This is a very accessible app, and the developers seem truly committed to improving it. Organizing content is somewhat difficult and may require sighted assistance, but downloading and reading content works very well. As of the latest release, 2.7.2, the developer has fixed the issues noted below with regards to the inaccessibility of the text box. It is now possible to read by words, characters and lines through the text with voiceOver.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

The samples for peter (happy) and peter (sad) which previously did not play are now working properly.

Developer's Twitter Username

@voicedreamapp

Recommendations

39 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Michael Hansen 1 month 1 week ago

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Comments

By Karok on Monday, May 5, 2014 - 16:15

Wish voice dream read kindle, then can lock screen as read. Would only use to read books.

By KE7ZUM on Monday, May 5, 2014 - 16:15

In reply to by Karok

That would be nice, but amazon protects their stuff via DRM, and the kindle app is now accessible so I'm not really worried. I am lovin this app. just got it on thursday the 8th.

By Marius on Monday, May 5, 2014 - 16:15

The voices stop speaking after i close the screem. This happened after i updated the app. What should I do?
Can I make the app to not reed the footnotes? How?

Thank you.

By KE7ZUM on Monday, May 5, 2014 - 16:15

In reply to by Marius

According to the documentation that I read thus far the voice will keep going on the background. Have you checked the settings for a screen lock option? If there is one make sure it is set to play while locked or something like that. Take care.

By Marius on Monday, May 5, 2014 - 16:15

Probably my ipad needed a compleet reboot , because only than worked.

I didn't find any feature regarding the turn on/off screen lock.

By AnonyMouse on Saturday, July 5, 2014 - 16:15

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

What's New in Version 3.1.1

-Specify number of lines visible (1, 3 or 5).
-Specify keeping speech cursor always centered, or on the page.
-Improved performance of iOS built-in voices.
-Corrected pausing at end of line for Ivona voices.
-Improve Pocket download reliability.
-Many minor bug fixes and enhancements.

By synthesizer101 on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 16:15

I am running the latest version, and I decided to put the app through some stress tests. I started with a 575mb daisy book (specifically the front page manual from daisy.org's examples section). This failed to load. The same was true of a 2gb zip file containing mp3s. In either case, the loading screen simply disappeared. I assume typical use would not include this, so the failure of the app doesn't strike me as much of a problem. However, in looking at the file sharing documents, there are still some junk files from these failed imports. Is there a way of flushing the temporary folders short of jailbreaking the phone, rewriting the directories in question, and unjailbreaking? I guess I could also reinstall the app. This isn't urgent, but I was curious.
Thanks for all the great work; I love the app!

By KE7ZUM on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 16:15

Can you use kruptis to remove any junk and temp files? I did not spell the app right but I can when I wake up get a link.

Take care.¬

By Voracious P. Brain on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

To the developer:
(since there's no contact link on the product Web site) If OneDrive integration can be added alongside DropBox and GoogleDrive, I'll buy this app in a heartbeat, because it is a solution I've been looking for for literally ten years (the Symbian days!). However, my professional library is tied up with Office, and that's tied up with OneDrive pretty tightly these days. I have the same Word functionality on my Book Port Plus, for example, but I never turned out to use it for the same reason: lack of graceful access to my files. So, I hope it's in the works and doesn't require expensive licensing.

By AnonyMouse on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

This version now bring support to the iOS 8 with many other fixes.

What's New in Version 3.2.0

-Support for iOS 8.
-Updated appearance for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
-Korean localization.
-Fixed: Deleted documents no longer take up extra storage.
-Fixed: Built-in iOS voices speech rate now correctly set.
-Fixed: Audiobook resuming at the correct position after audio interruption.
-Fixed: Bookmark icon always visible in PDF original layout.
-Changed all icons to white-on-black (blue on black is difficult for low vision users).

Note: Voice Dream Reader will not longer be updated for iOS 5. Because of the new devices with different resolutions being introduced, it is simply too
difficult to continue to support iOS 5. If you must remain on iOS 5, Voice Dream Reader version 3.1.1 will continue to be available in the App Store.

By Isaac Hebert (not verified) on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

Hi there I know some one who is using voice dream reader and there having a problem wheir when ever they launch voice dream reader.
They want there purchased voice as the default voice.
When they go in to voice settings to select the purchased voice the button is dimbd
How do you fix this problem?

By Toonhead on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

Hi, I noticed this as well, as well as when you try to buy new voices. Each button to purchase the voice is labeled as "unavailable". Is there a possible fix?

By sockhopsinger on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

I, too, have had this problem. I still try and click on the buttons for the voices and it seems to work okay.

By John Gurd on Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 16:15

In reply to by sockhopsinger

An update to Voice Dream has just been released. It fixes a bug in IOS8 where it was no longer possible to have different voices for different documents. It seems to be working flawlessly and is just such a great reading app.

By mehgcap on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I'm sorry you had a hard time with the app, but I think I can clear up a lot of your confusion.

  1. To fast forward or rewind, find the Play button, and do a one-finger flick down or up, respectively.
  2. To control the increment by which the fast forward/rewind moves, flick right once from the Play button. You'l find a picker to choose 15 to 60 seconds, chapter, sentence, and so on.
  3. Bookshare's reading list is not supported, as you found out, but I don't think Bookshare offers that support in their API. Voice Dream can only implement the features that Bookshare allows, and if you look at Bookshare's API documentation for searching books there's nothing about a user's reading list. VDR can't, therefore, do this, Bookshare has to allow it first.

If you have any other problems with the app, post here and we can try to help. It's a really great app once you get used to it, though the help documentation is in need of a major update. Oh, as to books, remember that you can also import from Dropbox; you could therefore download books on a computer, toss them in your Dropbox folder, and then use VDR to import them that way.

By sockhopsinger on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

First of all, if you double tap on the percent bar, you can then enter the percent of your file that you wish to go to. Second, if you want to read a book in Voice Dream from Bookshare, you will, indeed, have to download it from Bookshare first, but only once. Also, it should not take long to download and be ready for use in Voice Dream. As for rewinding and such, I don't know about that. The way I do it in a Daisy file (once again using Bookshare), is to make sure that the book portion of the screen is highlighted, then, if I want to go back a sentence or two, drag my finger up the screen to find the line I want to read again. Otherwise, I either enter a percentage, which you can find from the home screen that lists all of your files, or I will use the three finger scrolling gestures which works great. Play around with Voice Dream a little more. Like you said, Read2Go hasn't been updated in a long time, is double the price, and only has a couple of Acapella voices to choose from, and, as I recall, it chews through battery pretty fast. Voice Dream certainly has a few issues, but in general, once you get used to it, I think you will find it very user friendly and quick to use. Good luck.

By Weary Mouse on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

In reply to by mehgcap

One thing to know is that depending on what you just did before trying to change either the incriment or any other feature that requires a swipe up or down, you may need to first turn your roter to "adjust value". For example, you can swipe right after "next item" and hear "text". Tap on that and you can use regular VoiceOver gestures to navigate the page, check spelling of a word, and get to a place to start selecting text to copy or do something else with. But if you do that, and use the roter to read by word, for example, then go back to continuous reading, the roter is left on word, and if you want to use any of the other controls, you have to move the roter back to "adjust value."
Also, Bookshare books vary in how much mark-up they have. So, if you change the incriment to page or chapter, sometimes you just jump to the end of the book, because that book doesn't have pages or chapters marked. I guess these are older books. Anyway, if you tap on bookmarks when you first start a book, if there is a long list of chapters, you are safe moving by chapter. If a book doesn't have easy navigation by page or chapter, the incriment settings include 30 and 60 second intervals as options.
As the previous commenter noted, the access to the bookshare site is not in the hands of the app developer, but rather up to bookshare. And the search is more limited than on the full bookshare web site. One thing I do to save time looking things up is to add icons on my home screen to parts of the bookshare site I use more often. So, I did a search on the bookshare site for mysteries and thrillers sorted by copyright date, then save that page to my home screen. You still have to go back to Voice Dream to search again for that book, but it does save some time. If you aren't familiar with that feature - in safari, tap on share, at the bottom of the page, then choose save to home screen, and you are in a screen where you can edit what the icon is labelled if you wish, then tap return.So, I have a bunch of these icons in one folder which I find easier than organizing and navigating Safari bookmarks.
Also, if you are going to have to enter an author's name that's hard to remember how to spell, or a long title, you can read that line with VoiceOver, then do a four finger triple tap and it copies the line to a clipboard which you can paste into the VoiceDream search field. Unfortunately it also captures extra verbage like "heading level 2" or "link" but I find it easier to delete than type when I don't have my external keyboard.

By Mike Freeman on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

First, as others have indicated, the application is called "Voice Dream Reader" -- three words, not "VoiceStream Reader" -- two words.

Second, I find the Search button very useful. Put in a phrase and you'll get a list of locations where that phrase occurs in the book. Just tap on the one you want and you're there.

Let Voice Dream Reader come to you on its own terms; it operates a bit differently from what you may be used to. But it's about the only app I use to read Bookshare books anymore.

By mehgcap on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

The book is always in view, once it is opened. The top of the screen has some buttons and indicators, then most of the screen is part of the book, then the rest of the controls (these for payback and positioning) are on the bottom. Touch the center of the screen to focus on the book's contents, or three-finger gestures won't do much of anything. I tend to like to navigate by fifteen-second increments instead of bothering with scrolling, but that's just my personal preference.

This app is far and away the best book reading app I've used, including Read2Go and some on other platforms. The ways you navigate are different at first, but they are ingenious and really speed things up once yo get to know them. My only complaint is that, as you found, the help documentation can be confusing; it might be god if the app included two help files, one for sighted users and one detailing the ways VoiceOver users can interact with the app.

By Weary Mouse on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I think the app takes a little time to get used to, especially to really get the best way to use all the features. I'm someone who always skips the documentation, learns by trial and error, and then maybe checks the documentation if I can't figure something out. For people who do actually read documentation, I think it isn't that great and is a bit confusing because the app is so very different using VoiceOver versus without it. Perhaps that's something for the developers - if you are reading this - what about just having separate documentation for with or without VO?
In the iPhone world, there seems to be a premium on apps that are so simple that there is no learning curve. I think that's a loss - so I encourage you to hang in with this app, that it's really worth it.
I've been particularly impressed with Voice Dream Reader because when I first discovered it, it didn't really support VoiceOver - it was, I guess, designed to be an app for sighted people with learning disabilities or who otherwise did things visually but needed to read with text-to-speech. I remember thinking it's value lay in that I might be able to use it to read Bookshare books in Spanish, or if I wanted to work on my pitiful French, as the Read2Go app does not support other languages. So, I put it aside, and then read about on AppleVis, gave it another try, and the app had been thoroughly re-designed from a VoiceOver perspective. And they kept adding new VoiceOver features. I really like being able to change the reading speed while I'm reading. And I remember at one point wanting to be able to read with the iOS voices, and other blind people were saying "why would you want to do that?" and I thought, oh, well, most people prefer the more human voices so it's not going to be worth it for them to support the iOS voices, but then they added that support. And it's better than any other app I've used if you want to select text, in order to copy it for your notes or some other purpose. because you're not confined to the somewhat cumbersome VO system. Ididn't get it at firsst, how well it works, even though the hints built into the control really do tell you what to do. I guess I didn't really believe it would work, so it is only recently I've used it, and it's quite nice.
Anyway, the controls you are saying don't work, should work and they work for other people, and they work very consistently. It's a very stable app. so maybe we are not understanding the problem?
I'm not clear why the size of the controls should matter, if you can't see them. Perhaps, if you are exploring the screen by running a finger over it, you migh miss some controls - try swiping right and left to find them all. Then, when you know where they are in relation to each other, they will be easier to find at their exact location. Also, if you can't see the text, why would you bother with full screen mode or worry about hilighted text. Those are really features for visual readers.

By sockhopsinger on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

If you tap in the middle ofthe screen while reading is stopped, you should hear Voiceover reading the line of text you touched. Remember, though, the reading portion of the screen is only about the middle ... hmm ... 60% of the screen, but it is plenty of room to be able to tap on a line of text, then recognize the text that you just heard, and take appropriate action from there. Good luck, and as you saw, the developer is very active on these forums and works hard to answer questions and help us with any issues.

By mehgcap on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

Hello,
As I said, I agree that the documentation needs to be updated and clarified. However, to suggest that this app is not made with VoiceOver users in mind is to do a huge disservice to the app developer. He has addressed countless VoiceOver bugs in updates, and has added VO-specific features not seen in any other media player on iOS. If you enable hints, which is suggested for every new app you try, you are told what the different controls do. I understand the frustration of not getting an app to work the way you were told it would, but saying the app is not made with VoiceOver in mind is simply not accurate.

By DPinWI on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I bought Read to Go when it first came out, and was frustrated by some issues I was having. I decided to switch, and without reading help files or seeking assistance, I was immediately able to use this app efficiently. It works great for all my Bookshare needs. Thanks to the developer for a very VO friendly app that just works.

By Jen on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I'm a VoiceOver user, with no vision, and I found Voice Dream to be the most useful reading app on my phone. Navigation and selection of text takes a bit of getting used to, but once you have it, this becomes one of the most feature-rich apps out there. I love all the others; Bard, Kindle, Read to Go, etc., but Voice Dream seems to be my "go to" app for everything.

By Toonhead on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

My comments below are probably going to sound a bit rude, but I mean absolutely no disrespect whatsoever. I do agree that the help file isn't as intuitive as it should be. But to suggest that a help file specificly for VO users should be created in addition to the one that comes with the app is rather silly. You don't see any other app developer doing this, and I hope the trend doesn't start, because seriously, if you have VoiceOver hints turned on there is a wealth of specific VoiceOver help to be had. For example when you're on the play pause button, and you have hints enabled, VoiceOver will say, play button, adjustable. swipe up to rewind and swipe down to fast forward. swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value. If you experiment just a little bit, you will figure out that the play pause button also acts as a rewind and fast forward button, and thenavigation unit i.e. how much time progresses when rewinding and fast forwarding can be adjusted by swiping once to the right from the play/pause button. VoiceOver says navigation unit, 15 seconds, adjustable. swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value. you have a choice of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, chapter, and bookmark. and I found all this out by simply listening to what VoiceOver told me, I didn't even need to read the documentation. Also, if you're going to mention an app, at least have the decency to get it's name correct. It is not "voice, stream, reader. It is Voice. dream. reader. There is no app that I'm aware of called Voice Stream reader. Voice Dream reader however, is a supurb app and if you take a few seconds and listen to the hints VoiceOver gives you, I think you'll find that you can learn it very quickly. If you haven't already done so, please go into your VoiceOver rotor settings and enable VoiceOver hints. and if you have them turned on, please listen to the hints. The developer took the time to put them in, and I'm very greatful for all his hard work. The app wasn't even designed for visual impaired people to begin with if I have the story right, but he's taken the time and energy to actually learn what VoiceOver is, and fine-tune the app so it gives the VoiceOver user specific hints about what to do when using the app. So I think he deserves a vote of thanks.

By Weary Mouse on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I get being protective of Voice Dream Reader and it's developers. I feel the same way - gratitude to people who really make something work for us. But I don't think they are going to stop supporting VoiceOver because an occasional person picks up the app and can't use it.
In case that's what all the reaction is about. The reality is that a lot of people can't easily learn to use an iPhone with VoiceOver at all, never mind different apps with different approaches to using the gestures. I'm a trainer who gets asked often for iPhone/iPad instruction instruction because a blind person, often a very intellegent one, couldn't figure out what to do with the device. And one of the smartest blind people I know keeps telling me he can't figure out what I love about Voice Dream Reader because he doesn't figure it out himself. Some day I'll get to sit down with it and him and he'll get it in five minutes, but what's obvious to one person is very individual.
Why do I suggest good documentation? Because for some that's how they learn, not through trial and error. That's true for some sighted people and that's also true for some blind people. This particular app has a whole gesture system that doesn't work with VoiceOver and an alternate gesture system for VO users, because it's an app that is meant to be customized for individual reading needs and there is a big difference in the reading needs of a learning disabled sighted person who is very visually oriented, despite having difficulty with purely visual reading, and those of a totally blind person whose reading needs are totally auditory. It's great that the developers get this. And it's also why there's a need for separate documentation. Because the two interfaces really diverge.
Are some here really saying that just because they can learn to use something *any* blind person can and if they can't ... what? They aren't trying hard enough? They don't deserve the product? The truth is that people who struggle more to learn to use technology are less likely to be commenting on this site in the first place, so if they make it here, we should be applauding. And using their struggles to help inform us, so we can do a better job of getting this technology into the hands of the everyday blind person and not just the exceptional ones. If that's a goal. It certainly seems to be a goal of the administration of this site. I think we'd learn a lot by listening to what people struggle with and figuring out how to address it. I don't think we accomplish anything by telling people they are silly or ought to be able to do something they clearly haven't figured out yet.

By Bryan Jones on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:15

I consider Voice Dream Reader to be one of the finest accessible reading apps available and use it every day without sight to read PDF, RTF and DOC files on my iPhone. I appreciate the intuitive and comprehensive document reading and navigation controls, the seamless integration with google drive & dropbox, and the continual updates and improvements provided by the developer.

I also frequently recommend the app to folks who have low vision, dyslexia and other print disabilities because the Developer has done a fantastic job making the app accessible to Folks with various reading abilities.

I agree that one person's "obvious" is another's nightmare. And I agree that *every* software package should have a comprehensible manual -- something that, sadly, has gone completely out of style in both the Windows and Mac worlds, largely due to people saying they can't understand manuals. I believe one should read the manual for a package (if one exists) before even executing the package.

However, I do not think it amiss for people to urge a bit of experimentation on people expressing frustrations because, like it or not, there *aren't* many good manuals anymore. Heck; I bet half the programmers under forty don't even know what RTFM stands for. :-)

so the key here is moderation. Realize that almost all of us have something useful to say and both the documentation-lovers like me and those who say to experiment and listen to the hints have a valid point.

If we are honest, most of us do a bit of both learning styles.

By KE7ZUM on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

Actually when I first started using voice ream there was specific help on voice over use. I just cant remember where it is since I deleted the what's new stuff. And I did read the help from cover to cover whilst washing dishes, about 6 months ago.

By John Farina on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

Hello,
I am attempting to help a friend who has a student using voice dream reader with a Braille display. Using one myself, I was unable to get the display to show the text within a document I had in voice dream. this was a pdf document and the student was attempting to use it with a bookshare document.

Are there current issues with the present version of this app and voiceover with Braille displays under the latest version of IOS, or are we doing something wrong in settings?

By Toonhead on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

Ok, I'm just gonna say this once and then i'll shut up. If you're gonna talk about an app, at least get the name right. The proper name for this app is voice. dream. reader. not stream, but dream, as in d. r. e. a. m. Please, Gene, stop calling it voice stream reader. There is no app with that name.

By sockhopsinger on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

The previous poster did not call it Voice Stream. They called it by its appropriate name. Well, maybe they went back in and edited it, but I did not read Voice Stream anywhere. I agree with you 100% though. If you are going to post about an app, at least call it by its right name.

By sockhopsinger on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

Oops, just ignore my previous post. Saw you were talking about someone else. Haha. Guess I should read things all the way through.

By Toonhead on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 16:15

I'm in total agreement with Mike on this one for the exact reasons he mentioned. We were only trying to help, we didn't want you to look silly. That really is all it is, I promise. I'm sorry if you took it otherwise, I'm certain no offense was intended, at least on my end it wasn't. I try really hard to help folks, I think many people would tell you that I like helping folks, but when someone gives you a suggestion or a correction it's not always meant to be rude.

By turner42 on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

If I could only have one app, it ould be VoiceDream Raer. I do 90% of my reading in VoiceDream.

By KE7ZUM on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

Agreed. The audio files rock. I also use it for playing audio files like a mozart piece I'm learning. lol!

Hi, Voice Dream Reader is pretty much for what it says its for, playing audio of text. It does have a highlighting feature / scrolling feature for low vision or for users with other print disabilities as I understand it. But it is not intended for actual full text display of a document. If you just want to read with Braille, then another app will serve your purposes better, e.g., the Bookshare app, or iOS's PDF viewer, and so forth. WHile it'd be nice ot be able to switch back and forth between reading with voice and braille while keeping track of one's place right in Voice Dream reader this is not a current feature.

By Serena on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

hi there. i love this app, as i got it on the cheap the other day, i've loaded several audio books and PDF files into it. how ever, there is one huge, drawback. it's backed up in it's entire, massive size, to iCloud along with backups. now i don't know how many of you have paid for iCloud space, but I sure haven't. and to get an email saying that my iCloud is now full, when previously, it had 4.2 gb free, is a bit of a shock. now, that's the problem. here is my idea to solve it. in several file storage apps i have, they have a toggle, usually in the off position by default, that lets you choose whether or not the files stored within that app, are backed up along with it. this is handy, as it lets me keep the app itself in the backups, but it's contained data, which i can always put back on within minutes, is not backed up to iCloud. i'd like to see this option put into this app. as in the mean time, i have to go in and manually turn off the backup of this entire app.

By Usman on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

Hi,
Yes, this is a major drawback as I also have just the basic 5 gb free plan. This needs to change.

By Shaktikumar on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

Please explain whether extra voices bought with voice dream reader can be used with voiceover also or with only voice dream reader app?

By sockhopsinger on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

Extra voices bought through Voice Dream Reader are only available for Voice Dream Reader.

By DPinWI on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

I have books I purchased from iTunes on my iPhone 6. I want to read them with Voice Dream.

I can see them in iBooks.

In Voice Dream, I go to Add, and select iTunes.
The list of books for iTunes is blank. I hit Load, thinking it will then populate the list, but no such luck.

Can I read these books, and if so, how do I get them into Voice Dream?

By Mike Freeman on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

I rather doubt you can read these books using voice Dream Reader as most are protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM).

I baught the 20 gig upgrade for $1.99 a month which is worth it. Now all of my voice dream books are backed up to the cloud. so if I need to restore I can this way. I have 14 gigs up there already, most of it VD stuff.

Blessings and happy Thursday.

By vulcansummer on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

First off, let me say how much I love this app. Thank you to the developer for making this app accessible to us, and so very nice to use.

I have a few questions, however. I'm using dropbox to load books into the app. Besides using iTunes, or any cloud service, can I download files directly from my computer to the app? Or must I use a cloud service?

Also, I have a ton of stuff I want to put on the app, and it's all arranged in folders. The way I'm doing it now is quite time consuming. I go into each folder with the books in it that I want to put on Voice Dream, then load each book manually. Is it possible to download entire folders on to the app without having to add each file manually? And if so, how would I go about doing it?

Thank you for any help, and a big thank you to the developer for creating and maintaining such a wonderful app!

By Mike Freeman on Monday, January 5, 2015 - 16:15

Voice Dream Reader is shown under the apps you can load files on via iTunes.

By Usman on Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 16:15

I would love to add folders and folders of books, but as another poster stated, doing this will consume your entire iCloud storage and I really don't feel like upgrading to a paid account just to be able to load books into voice dream reader.

By KE7ZUM on Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 16:15

Why not just do it thorugh itunes. Zip the books, then create folders on voice dream. You can o of corse turn voice dream off in icloud prefs thereby making it easier to not have it take up space on icloud.

Hth.

By Rafal on Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 16:15

Hi guys,
Hope you can help me. I have a paid version of voice dream reader linked with my dropbox account. When I copy zip folders with daisy audiobooks and from the meni I sellect add icon and dropbox, nothing is found. When I unzip folders and put them on to my dropbox account each file is displayed separately. Have you got an Idea what to do to add an audiobook with numerous files so that then they are played as one book? I’d be grateful for instructions.