Hi, I thought this might be of interest to IOS & DAISY book readers. Keep in mind that the app works well with BookShare.
CJ Begin forwarded message: > From: Winston Chen <wins...@voicedream.com> > Subject: Update from Voice Dream > Date: May 7, 2014 at 1:59:43 AM MST > To: <cj_dan...@cox.net> > Reply-To: Winston Chen <wins...@voicedream.com> > > Hi, > > Voice Dream Reader 3.0 was released recently after many months in the making. > We went from 2.X to 3.X, because the new version represents a big change in > the app's evolution. > > The biggest change is support for graphics, starting with PDF. This required > a rewrite of the guts. Before 3.0, Voice Dream Reader threw away all original > files after extracting text from them. Now, you can read PDF files in the > original layout with voice and text synchronization. Try swiping right from > the left edge of the screen: you can switch between text-only view and > original layout view effortlessly. > > Secondly, the highly regarded Ivona voices are available. Now, with Acapela, > NeoSpeech, Ivona, and iOS's built-in Nuance voices, Voice Dream Reader offers > more voices -- and at lower prices -- than any other text-to-speech product > in the market. > > Finally, we now support almost every major variant of DAISY around the world: > DAISY 3.0 and 2.02 in full-text or full-audio mode. Expensive dedicated DAISY > reading devices can be hauled to museums. > > Our work continues. Right now, we're busy working on supporting graphics for > eBooks, so that EPUB and DAISY books with images can be displayed in Voice > Dream. The built-in Web Browser will be rewritten so that you can listen to > web pages in it directly. > > Since Voice Dream Reader came out 2 years ago, we have never charged for > upgrades. We want to continue adding substantial new features and release > them to everyone for free. You can help us continue this journey, and benefit > everyone around the world who reads differently. > > How? > > Spread the word. This is the single most important thing you can do to help > us. Tell your friends and colleagues about Voice Dream Reader. The app will > be half-priced from Wednesday May 7 to Sunday May 11. So take advantage of > this opportunity! > > Many people in the past asked if they can donate to Voice Dream to fund > development. I wasn't comfortable with that. Now, on the verge of hiring a > developer to help build new features faster, I had a change of heart. I > created a Paypal page to accept donations: > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3SV2PVR5JZJVQ > > Please, do it only if you can afford it. And donate based on the value you're > getting from the app, whether it is 1 dollar or 10 dollars a month. The > donated funds will be set aside and used only for developing features and > enhancements that will be released for free. > > Thanks for your support and feedback over these past 2 years. Reading is for > everyone, no matter how you read. We have a long way to go before we get > there. You're a part of that journey. > > Thank you. > > Winston Chen > Founder, Voice Dream > wins...@voicedream.com > www.voicedream.com > > ============================================== > Unsubscribe cj_dan...@cox.net from this list: > http://voicedream.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=aa9e87703f66ce1d03f1ee787&id=6472695c6e&e=bd0bd5b8d0&c=66737fe5f1 > > Forward this email to a friend: > http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=aa9e87703f66ce1d03f1ee787&id=66737fe5f1&e=bd0bd5b8d0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
