Yes, Voice Dream Reader allows you to download voices from a Capela and Ivona,
each one anywhere from $2 to $5. Oh, Neospeech is available as well; the Paul
and Kate voices you can get on NFB Newsline.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info<http://WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info>
On 3/28/2016 8:24 PM, The New Vision Store wrote:
And I might guess that if you download a book from BS that you could use the
better voices VDR offers to read it?
That’s an avenue.
Glad to hear your first day was great. Super glad to hear this Dave.
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Bill,
First, my first day at work was rockin'.
I love Voice Dream Reader. It does not, as far as I know, play books from BARD.
However, I use it to download and read books from Bookshare. It's easy to use
and interfaces with Bookshare very nicely.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info<http://WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info>
On 3/28/2016 1:41 PM, The New Vision Store wrote:
David,
First to say that I hope your first day was great.
Then, to ask, your thoughts on this app when you have time please.
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Introducing Voice Dream Reader 4.0
Date:
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Hi,
After one year of development, I'm excited and proud to announce that a massive
update, Voice Dream Reader 4.0 for iOS, will be released this week.
New features include a beautiful new UI, library synchronization, image and
rich text support, new reading modes, 3D Touch and multitasking, and much more.
The complete feature list is at the end of this email.
And best of all, the release will come as a completely free update. We love our
customers, and this is my way of saying "Thanks". Thank you for spreading the
word about Voice Dream Reader.
I want to highlight a few features in the release that I'm particularly excited
about.
* Pac-man reading mode. The latest research at MIT and
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shows that everyone can double their reading speed with no loss of
comprehension. The new technique combines audio, visual, and attention
propulsion that's counter-intuitive. The words disappear from the page before
they're spoken by text-to-speech, forcing the reader to read ahead visually
with audio arriving a fraction of a second later. With some practice, the
results can be staggering.
* Finger reading. Some readers, particularly emerging readers, struggle to
follow even the slowest speed, which is also distorted. With finger reading,
the reader traces the words on the screen with a finger to hear each word, much
like how a parent reads for a child.
* Scanning. On an iPhone 6s or 6s plus, you can press firmly on the fast
forward button while the app is reading -- also called Force Touch -- to double
the reading speed. Release it slightly to return to normal speed.
These are just a few of the many discoveries that await you in the new release.
Permit me to take a moment to wax nostalgia on this project I began more than 4
years ago when I wrote the first line of code for Voice Dream Reader. A few
days ago, I received this email:
Subject: Graduation Day
Hi Winston,
March 29, 2016 will be my last day at Brandeis University and on May 22, 2016
(commencement date), I will graduate with my Masters of Science in Health and
Medical Informatics from the Graduate Professional Studies (GPS) at Brandeis.
In addition, I was nominated and accepted as the Student Marshall for the 2016
GPS which is an honor for me, my family, my fellow students and Voice Dream
Reader. It is your application which has made my educational experience
exhilarating.
I want to reach out to you and thank you so much for the dedication you and
your family have given to the process of creating Voice Dream Reader. Your
application has freed me from the shackles of the printed word which had once
held me hostage. Today, I'm consuming the printed word and enjoying the gifts
of the authors’ knowledge the world brings to me through books from Bookshare.
Thank you again. God bless you and feel free to reach out to me at any time.
Sincerely
Davis W. Graham
Over the last 4 years, more than 200,000 people around the world, like Davis,
discovered that the gift of literacy is within easy reach of everyone. When I'm
working into the wee hours of the night tracking down an elusive bug, I'm
deeply thankful for emails like these.
So, more than your spreading the word about Voice Dream Reader, thank you for
making my life's work fulfilling.
Best,
Winston.
Founder, Voice Dream
What’s New in 4.0.0
A Beautiful New UI
• Grid view and cover images in the library.
• Improved library organization: filters, flags, and sort order.
• Visual appearance of the entire app uses the current color theme.
• Experimental rich text and image support for all documents.
Library Synchronization
• Your entire library, including folders, reading locations, bookmarks and
annotations are synchronized across all your devices using iCloud Drive.
New Reading Modes
• 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.
• Sentence mode. Speech pauses at every sentence. Useful for beginning readers.
• Repeat mode.
• Option to rewind to beginning of the last sentence when you pause.
New Voices
• Alex, free high quality voice in iOS 9.
• New premium child voices from Acapela in US, UK, and Australian English, US
Spanish, and German.
• Acapela's new flagship German voice: Claudia.
• Emotive variations of Jeroen, Antoine, Margaux, Dimitris and Will.
Other New Features
• Set PDF margins to exclude text in header and footer.
• Up to 4X speed for recorded audio.
• Support for 3D Touch, split-screen multitasking and Spotlight search.
• Safari extension to save Web pages and Web addresses.
• Evernote file attachments.
• Background download for files and voices.
• More accurate language detection.
• Option to hide header and footer in full-screen mode.
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