Introducing Voice Dream Reader 4.0Yes and you can download bookshare books from
within the app no importing necessary and there are tons of voices from which
to choose though not as many as there used to be due to licensing changes but
still plenty.
Robin
From: The New Vision Store
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 8:24 PM
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Fwd: Introducing Voice Dream Reader 4.0
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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[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 7:47 PM
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Fwd: Introducing Voice Dream Reader 4.0
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
siteWWW.DavidGoldfield.InfoOn 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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Subject:
Introducing Voice Dream Reader 4.0
Date:
Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:04:30 +0000
From:
Winston Chen mailto:winston.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To:
Winston Chen mailto:winston.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx
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.
a.. Pac-man reading mode. The latest research
at MIT and Harvard 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.
b.. 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.
c.. 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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