Thanks for this, I hadn't heard the story and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Cheers
Alex
On 15/03/2014 22:21, Richard Turner wrote:
If you have not heard the story behind Voice Dream Reader, I'll post a direct
link to an NPR story from last year. He wrote it for himself to teach himself
how to program for iOS. It wasn't until after it started selling and he
learned how useful it would be to folks who couldn't read print, that he began
the improvements for VoiceOver users. And that was only a small piece of the
year he and his family took off.
Check out the story at:
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/20/183910777/seeing-the-northern-light-a-temporary-arctic-retirement
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Robert Fenton
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New
Yes it does. Thank you very much. For some silly reason, I wasn't thinking that
this application would be used by fully cited people. That is my error. Thanks
for the clarification.
Bob Fenton
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 15, 2014, at 2:07 PM, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I see what confused you. It will display image files for those who can see
them, like image PDF files. But, it does not do OCR on them.
Some PDF files have both images and text, in that case, he can extract the text
and display just it for those of us who have to depend on a screen reader; but
for those with sight, they can see the images and the text just like they were
reading it in Adobe on a computer.
I hope that makes sense.
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Robert Fenton
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New
Richard:
Like you, I always read the what's new portion first. However, this one misled
me a little bit because I thought when I first interpreted that the software
would read image files from PDF, then it would read and be able to decipher
scanned images. It appears the software still can't do that. At least, I try
two samples yesterday without any success. Am I misreading this? Thanks for
your help.
Bob Fenton
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:23 AM, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I always read the description of an app and the what's new section in the app
description. I guess I shouldn't assume others do the same.
Here is the what's new section from the app store:
What's New in Version 3.0.0
Posted Mar 14, 2014
Version 3.0.0 marks an important milestone in the evolution of Voice Dream
Reader.
We now support images, starting with PDF files.
Before now, Voice Dream Reader extracts text and discards the original file.
After
this update, it can display PDF files in the original layout and lets you do
nearly
everything, like annotation, that you could do in the text view. Plus, you can
switch
between the text view and the original layout view effortlessly: just swipe
horizontally
from the left or right edge of the screen.
Also, 4 Ivona English voices, Salli, Joey, Amy and Brian, are available as
in-app
purchases. They're truly stunning, and other Ivona voices are coming soon.
Finally,
Voice Dream Reader now supports all variants of DAISY books.
Thanks for your support. Please continue to spread the word about Voice Dream
Reader,
and we’ll continue to make this app even better.
New Features:
- Ivona voices
- PDF reading in original layout
- Support for all variants of DAISY
- Improved performance loading DAISY and EPUB books
- Web browser can reliably download DAISY, EPUB, and PDF files
- Improved URL handling and browsing history for built-in browser
- Option to show text highlighting directly on the text
- Light and dark color themes are customizable
- Customizable margin width, line height and character spacing or kerning
- Support for Open In… for MP3, M4A and MP4 files
- VoiceOver users can use 3-finger swipes to move or expand text selection by
sentence
- Improved Braille Display support
- Many minor improvements and bug fixes
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Russ Kiehne
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update
I just did the update and found no what's new after the install. How do I
access it?
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 4:16 PM
To: ViPone list
Subject: Voice Dream Reader 3 update
Voice Dream Reader version 3 is out!
For the person wanting to use a DAISY book she created, this might be the
answer.
Winston has added also 4 Ivona voices, with more to come.
People should read the what's new information thoroughly to see all the
changes.
One of my favorites is the ability to select tex; by sentences.
There are lots of stuff for low-vision users as well.
The link in the app store is:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader/id496177674?mt=8
HTH,
Richard
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be
nothing." - Aristotle
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