Voice Dream - Read Aloud

Voice Dream - Read Aloud

By Voice Dream LLC

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2012-02-09
  • Current Version: 4.33.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 228.27 MB
  • Developer: Voice Dream LLC
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 14.0
Score: 4.55314
4.55314
From 8,833 Ratings

Description

Apple Design Award Winner! Voice Dream - Read Aloud 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 - Read Aloud is also part of App Store Permanent Collections in Education. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. - 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 A subscription is required to access the app. A free trial is offered to new users. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

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Reviews

  • I Never Right Reviews

    5
    By TheBlackDiamond11
    I’ll keep it short. I’ve had iPhones before iPhones. Back when it was an iPodTouch. Out of the millions of apps I’ve ever used, this one has changed my life. I’m too busy and sporadic to sit down and read. Without this app I would’ve never got my college degree. I would’ve never learned of so many opportunities. I would never taught myself how to happy. This app made it easy to listen to research papers and textbooks. And made it as fun as a podcast. Can you IMAGINE???? I tell everyone of how amazing this app is, at this point going on 5 years. Imagine a notes app that highlights and reads anything. Like a teacher. All these productivity apps and videos and articles costing fortunes at no return…. Trust me, if you listen to podcasts or people for fun, get this app. It will teach you to listen to the world. The best feature of this app is how it gives you new perspectives. And the right perspective can just change your life.

  • Excellent App

    5
    By It makes you think a lot
    This app is phenomenal

  • They DIDN'T listen to their users; Everyone should drop this app

    1
    By Tunnelrunner
    So now they want to make us pay for a subscription service to do something as simple as EDITING. Something we've been able to do for years. I've used this app since the beginning but I'm ditching it and will look for alternatives. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

  • New developer/owner doesn’t give a $***

    3
    By Mikmeister
    Updated review: 04/27/24: getting answers from the developer regarding the new login feature is like pulling teeth. There is a long delay between emails sent and answers received, and the answers given after numerous queries are unfriendly and vague one liners, without any greeting. No real clarification. I again asked him recently to clarify that feature and he has since simple decided to ignore my emails. Someone mentioned that the Edit button is now gone and is a subscription specific feature when it was part of the original feature-set. Is this true? That would be be another reportable violation of Apple’s TOS. If this is the kind of Customer Support from the new developer that we can expect then it’s gonna be a rocky ride folks. Competitors better step up with these TTS apps because Wilson dropped the ball selling this gem. Updated review, 04/14/24: I did NOT download the latest update because it mentioned a login. WHY? Why do I need a login now for an app I’ve had on my iPhone for over 10 years!? Why is this new developer forcing features that are totally unnecessary?? Readers, please provide me with an insight if you’ve already updated. Updated review, 04/07/24: Just downloaded the latest update with the developer acknowledging the overwhelming negative reaction to forced subscription for legacy users, WHICH THEY NOW REVERSED. Thank you for doing the right thing for your existing users!! Voice Dream is awesome once again! 🤩👍🏻👏🏻🥳 *************** Recent review: Long time legacy user here. Got it when it was first released about ten years ago and paid a bunch for different voices. Suddenly forcing legacy users to pay a subscription is BAIT AND SWITCH and the developer should be ashamed. Report the app for violating Apple’s TOS 3.1.2(a) which states the developer: "If you are changing your existing app to a subscription-based business model, you should not take away the primary functionality existing users have already paid for. For example, let customers who have already purchased a "full game unlock" continue to access the full game after you introduce a subscription model for new customers."

  • Lamentable

    1
    By Lastshadow2013
    Compré esta aplicación con un pago en 2016 no me gusta para nada el nuevo sistema de suscripción, pagué por varias voces y encima ahora tengo que pagar una mensualidad o anualidad esto es una estafa estamos en 2024 podrían dejarla para aquellos que la emos acompañado por varios años

  • They listen to their users

    5
    By ColdHaven
    Many of us paid for lifetime use of the app. A few months back the devs informed us that Voice Dream was becoming a subscription service and we would have to pay even though we paid for a lifetime use. This made me despair because I bought this app so I could listen back to what I’ve written to hear for mistakes in grammar which might get glossed over when read traditionally. It also made me feel bad for the community of users that depend upon this app due to blindness. I reached out and apparently thousands did too. The devs reversed their decision for those who had already purchased the app. That was amazing. I felt like it was Christmas. So many devs seem to care more about money than those who have supported them in the past. They did state that there may be services in the future for subscription but that we won’t have to pay a subscription for what we already paid. I believe that to be fair. They asked for us to support them by leaving a review, and so I did, because loyalty from devs on this platform are rare indeed.

  • 👍🏻

    5
    By <3
    Excellent app to study all day whether im at the gym or even sleeping. This app has help me understand and learn more rapidly.

  • Legacy Customer

    5
    By Wollen_Kitten
    I have had this app since 2019 and use it almost every day. I was originally upset about the developers switching to a subscription-based model as I had previously paid for the app, as well as additional voices. It really is a two-edged sword. Some of the companies out there are doing amazing things with AI voices that sound so much more genuine, with the included ability to pull Kindle books directly from your Kindle account to listen to. And I totally understand. Changes like that take money...money to pay developers to keep the app running how it is and fix bugs, and money to make improvements, like including accessibility options with commonly used apps and less-robotic voices. Let me tell you, even at the $5/month fee, Voice Dream is a heck of a lot cheaper than a lot of the services out there. While I can’t commit to the subscription fee at this time (I’m grandfathered in on the legacy plan), I would be happy to pay a one-time fee to get certain improvements as they come out or make donations when I’m able. I hope the developers will consider having these options for their legacy customers going forward. I know I’m not the only one who would be lost with an app like this.

  • One of the best apps out there

    4
    By Ash-sizzle
    This app has been a lifesaver for me. I’ve had it for a few years now. I bought the app or paid the subscription fee (or whatever lol) and now I’m a legacy user. Cool beans! Very happy about that. The all is overall very thoughtfully made and easy to use, I think. I use it for long documents for work and school and sometimes personal reading that I am unable to sit down and just read with my eyeballs, thanks to intense ADHD. The voice options are excellent and some of them sound very natural. The controls are fairly easy to use. It’s super quick to add and organize documents. I like being able to link my Google Drive. Lots of great features! The recent update (about 2 days ago) seemed to goof something up. I had to delete and re-download the app finally today because it kept crashing upon being opened. When I reinstalled it, I was already logged in, yet all of my stuff was gone and the app had completely reset. This was disappointing because I was partway through several PDFs. Some for school and work, and some for fun. I don’t even remember where in my phone files I have some of these to re-add them back into the app or all of the ones I’d been reading. lol (The latter is totally a ‘me’ issue, but a bummer nonetheless.) My other note is a request to developers to please consider adding a setting to change the audio output options. If it’s there, I have not been able to find it. I sometimes do delivery driving and prefer to use my AirPods to listen continually while getting in and out of the car a lot. However, when I plug my car cable in so that my maps connect to my car dash computer screen, the Dream Reader audio automatically transfers to the car’s overhead audio. Other big apps, such as Spotify, Audible, etc., allow you to keep listening via headphones even with maps going when the phone is plugged in. This would be a huge help. Thank you for making a wonderful app that is so beneficial to people like me who struggle with basic things like reading, and alleviating some of the stress and shame that comes with that. 💜

  • Useful tool

    5
    By Khadrelt
    A very useful tool for converting text to speech. The best way I’ve found for reading long texts.

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