Voice Dream - Read Aloud

Make sure and read the warnings before you download. You will have to re-download any voices you have after installing this update.

What's New in Version 3.5.0

WARNING: 1). This release updates all voices. Previously downloaded voices will no longer work and will be deleted. You will need to go to "Manage My Voices" and download all your voices again. 2). PDF reading is also updated. If text highlighting for a PDF document is off, please re-import the file.

You'll see minor improvements in most of the voices. Also, because of the update, we're able to offer many new voices:

- US English: Ashley from NeoSpeech, and Karen and Rod from Acapela
- UK English: Hugh from NeoSpeech
- Scottish English: Rhona from Acapela
- Australian English: Lisa from Acapela
- Latin America Spanish: Violeta and Francisco from NeoSpeech and Rodrigo from Acapela
- French: Manon and Robot from Acapela
- Canadian French: Chloe from NeoSpeech
- Polish: Monika from Acapela
- Korean: Minji from Acapela

I am having trouble with Voice Dream.

I was using it last night with no trouble when all of a sudden it stopped working. It would load a file, but then wouldn't play. I have tried this on a number of files, some will play and some won't. I can advance the percentage, but even when doing that, the file still won't play.

I tried deleting the files that wouldn't play from Voice Dream, then reloading them from dropbox where they are stored originally, but even though voice dream told me the files had been loaded successfully, they now won't show up in any of my folders, or even on the main home screen of the ap where you can see all the files you have on Voice Dream.

I tried removing the ap from the ap switcher, and also resetting the iPhone, but nothing seems to fix the problem. Does anyone know what I might try?

I would reinstall Voice Dream, but I can't seem to get my iPhone to sync to my computer. Maybe I'm doing something wrong in trying to sync it.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Appreciate the information about the PDF bug. Is there a Voice Dream list that the developer pushes information?

As a work around for this issue, just convert your PDF's into other doc or txt formats. Also let's hope that the iOS voices bug is eventually worked out.

IF I read the notes correctly, the PDF problem is fixed with this latest version of VDR.

What's New in Version 3.5.2

- Workaround for iOS voice issues introduced in iOS 8.2
- Minor improvements and bug fixes

Hi All,

I have just updated Voice Dream Reader, and I was about to download the new voice, but it is showing up as unavailable.
Am I jumping the gun? Is the new voice not released yet?

Kind regards,

Niall

What's New in Version 3.7.0

- Amazing new voice: Sharon. This US English voice from Acapela is jaw-dropping in its realism. It's a massive download at almost 400 MB, so please make
sure you have enough space on your device before purchasing.
- A US English Voice Pack is now available as a separate app. It comes with Sharon and James. After installing and downloading the voice files, the voices
would become available for both the Reader and Writer. We created it for schools that used Volume Purchase to buy Voice Dream Reader and wish for more
voices. It's also for everyone to get 2 great voices at 25% discount.
- Minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

I'm using an iPhone 5 with ios 7. When I try to search for a book in bookshare, I get no results. I am able to log in successfully. then when I type in my search terms, I see no results, just the categories. If there is a search button I need to execute after typing in my search terms, I'm not seeing it. What am I doing wrong?

After you login with Bookshare, you go back to the home screen. On the bottom left of the home screen is a button that says add. Double tap. Go down and find Bookshare. Double tap. From that screen, you should find a search button fairly near the top right edge, I believe. Find it and double tap. Enter your search terms and hit search which is on the bottom right corner. That should work.

I don't know why you're not getting the search button. Only other thing I can think of is after you finish entering your terms, slide your finger along the keyboard, find the space bar, and then slide to the right and down. Maybe the keyboard is losing focus after you type on it.

The Voices you use in Voice Dream reader are separate in-app purchases and can only be used in Voice Dream Reader itself. So you can't download a voice in Voice Dream reader and make it your default voice for VoiceOver. Cool idea, but not possible.

Try turning Voiceover on and off. If that doesn't work, restart the phone. If that doesn't work either, reinstall the app.

I've had this app for over a year now, and I absolutely love it. I use it every day. There is just one thing I wish I could do with it. I wish it had the open in feature that some other ios apps have, or a way to copy files to other apps. I might be missing something, and maybe just don't know how to find it, so does anybody know if voicedream has that functionality. I'm trying to get an mp3 uploaded to dropbox, and I did find a save to dropbox button in the share section, but it doesn't work as I expected. When I save the file to dropbox and go to find it, it shows up as a .txt file. If voicedream doesn't offer this feature, that's definitely something I would recommend to the developer. Otherwise, I think this is a great app.

Maybe I'll email the developer and ask if this is something that could be possible in a future version.

Hi. to get an mp3 or group of mp3 files into Voice Dream reader, do the following...
1. Find the mp3 or folder of mp3 files you want in Voice Dream.
2. Zip them up using your favorite zip utility, mine is 7zip.
3. Now upload your zip file to dropbox, and wait for it to show up.

4. If you don't have the dropbox app on your phone, install it and log in via the dropbox app.
5. Find the zipped mp3 or folder of mp3s you uploaded previously, and double-tap on it. The files will then be extracted. Eventually, you may see what looks like an error message, saying this type of file can't be viewed. Ignore that, and then double tap on the share button that should be on that screen. In a few seconds, you'll see a few options, one of them will say open in... so double-tap on that. One of your choices on that screen *should* say open in voice dream. Double-tap that, and your zipped archive *should* then open in Voice Dream. That's how I do it and it works well.

Thanks for the tip toonhead. I was actually just starting to look for a zip utility, and glad to have a reccommendation. I have no trouble getting stuff into voicedream reader, but I can't seem to find a way to get mp3s out of it. I'm trying to upload them to dropbox, but it doesn't look like that's possible. I think it would be awesome if VDR had an open in feature, similar to dropbox, and I'm going to email the developer and ask if this could be possible in the future.

Voice Dream Reader version 4.0 is now available:

What's New in Version 4.0.0 This is a massive update which improves just about every aspect of the app. We rewrote everything down to the very core to support these new features, which is why it's taken more than a year. Thanks for your patience.

All new features are free. We love our customers.

Your current library will be updated. We recommend that you backup your library using iTunes on a PC or Mac before installing this update. Detailed instructions can be found on our website under support.

Please write a 5-star review in the App Store. And buy an extra voice for fun. We'll be grateful.

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.

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 which pauses at every sentence. Useful for beginning readers.
- Repeat document.
- 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 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.

Pro Features (requires in-app purchase for existing users)
- Your entire library, including folders, reading locations, bookmarks and annotations are synchronized across all your devices using iCloud Drive.

Does anyone know where to find the File Sharing options for Voice Dream Reader in iTunes for Windows 12.2? From what I read on the support page, this is where you go to back up the VDR library. I can find the app, but when I tab around, all I see is one of those read-only boxes with nothing in it, and the usual iTunes buttons for bringing up menus, volume, etc.

Hello,
I am testing the ability to read bookshare books with images. Could someone download the biology book by Open stacks college, and see if it will read the images? Even though I have preferred images checked, VoiceDream reader is not picking it up when reading with the audio player.

I don't think the app can describe images.

Version 4.0 can read images from bookstore books. It says so in the what's new file, and the developer pointed it out as well.

However, I don't think that it can describe images for you. It says image support because when you would open something in VDR, it would extract all the text. Now, it still reads the text, but it leaves the images in the files.

Hello. I can't restore voices that i've purchased before. I press on restore button and nothing happens.What can i do with it? Thanx

Since updating to version 4.0, zipped MP3 files no longer work properly in voicedream. After loading one of these files into my library, it says not available, and then has a 0% button next to it. Is anybody else experiencing this? If so, do you know of a workaround that can make voicedream read these files?

I noticed that there are all ios voices and they are often in wrong languages. I can't find ivona voice that i purchased and i always have to press all button to see russian voices. How can i view the list of voices only in 1 language? For example only russian or english voices

Hi. I can't restore my purchased voices. In the list of voices voiceover can say voices with wrong languages. I can't find ivona voice there. And i also can't find other voices except of built in ios. What should i do to restore voices? Thanx

The enhanced voices are broken with ios. They cannot do anything to fix that. Also they know about the icloud mess and want to fix that as well, I hope lol! I love the app.

zipped mp3's work. i am to getting the same thing described above but if i give it a bit it seems to sort things out. its almost like its loading the zip still. any more help on deciding if this is a bug or not would help.

I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this bug?
I often use the text box in VDR to read content, either with a braille display or with Voiceover's speech. However, I've noticed when finishing one page of text and moving to the next page, the first line or so of text is skipped.

I was able to fix this bug on my iPhone by uninstalling and and re-installing the app, but cannot fix the problem on my iPad no matter how many times I uninstall and re-install.
Any thoughts are welcome

I've seen it too, even with the latest version (4.0.4 as of the time of this writing). The bug was supposedly fixed in 4.0.3, but I keep experiencing it.

What's New in Version 4.0.5

- Updated for iOS 10.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

Great news! iOS 10 comes with many free, high quality TTS voices, including Siri voices. Go to iOS Settings, General, Accessibility, Speech, and Voices. Select the language you want to use, and you'll see all the available voices. The enhanced versions of the voices are higher in audio quality, but note that they use a lot more storage. After download is complete, go back to Voice Dream Reader. Go to the voice selection screen and tap on the Refresh button at the bottom. Newly downloaded iOS voices will be available for use.

Can Voice Dream Reader be used when browsing the web with Safari?

Oops, I read the description again and noticed that web articles can be read using VDR.

hi all, my wife and i note that in voicedream whether on ipad or iphone for us in ios 10, there is an error when playback. sometimes, when we have listened to a title and double tapped with 2 fingers to pause and then do the same to resume, we hear no sound, and when we supposedly navigate back by 30 seconds and hit the play button, we are taken to that spot, or sometimes, even further back in the book. do other people have issues with audio not playing even when it is supposed to be? i thought, that when we downloaded content from dropbox, or somewhere erse, that it would be perminantly on the device and not streaming it?

Hello. I have several Neospeech voices. Yesterday, out of nowhere, the voices suddenly stopped working; or rather, the voices began telling me that this product was not registered and that I needed to contact "Voice Text" regarding purchasing the voices. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks.

Thanks for the post. I think it is great information about the Neospeech voices. I've got five of the voices, and it's very annoying to have them not useable.