Hello applevis,
Some questions about speech central. I have already read the documentation and didn't really find the solution to my problem so that's why I'm asking here for the benefit of other potential users as well.
First, I have eloquence set to a rate of 3 in the app. It works great except that it randomly seems to become faster or slow down, both in continuous reading and especially when I navigate within a book. I've tried to adjust the second parameter of speech rate (high speed) to random values too and it doesn't seem to affect the problem in any way, currently it's at the minimum 0.5 although I have no idea about what it actually does.
My last question. I am sure it's been asked before but I can't find how to make it work for me, so sorry in advance. I have paid the app in the app store. I can add only one file at a time, which works each time. Even when I select import folder the open button in the file browser invoked is dimmed except in icloud drive. Do I have to download the folder locally first in that cloud storage app (google drive)?
I am on the latest beta of ios but my older iphone has the same problem and it's on the latest stable as of writing, 18.2.1 if I believe.
PS: to the creator, if you see my latest message on the voice dream app thread you'll understand why I switched to your app, and aside what is probably just a bug from you and/or apple the app is insane and I don't regret having paid for the app one single moment. Continue your awesome job, please, and many many thanks!
By TheBlindGuy07, 15 January, 2025
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iOS and iPadOS
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I've turned the emulate book…
I've turned the emulate book narration off but it turns itself on after 3 seconds ( and reboot of the app) without solving the problem.
RE:
For the multi-file import you can either use some other app like Files select multiple files there and share (which was previously also an official tip displayed to users but it was later removed due to the new official solution), or go to More > Import Multiple Files. Folder import is there if you want to import all content of the folder (you select folder there and not the file). It is useful if you want to re-import your Voice Dream library as you can select its folder and the files will be moved.
For the speed I assume that you need to set speed reading optimization threshold to the maximal level (4x) to completely disable it as it may add some variation. Emulate book narration may add some variation too, unfortunately I can't see that it gets reverted back once you disable it. My first assumption would be that something regarding the preference storage went wrong on your device, but if other things like speed are remembered, I don't have any clue at the moment on what might go wrong regarding that. Also on the high speed those differences caused by emulate book won't be too noticeable, especially regarding the speed.
I am glad that you liked the app, thanks for the nice words.
RE:
Also of note for the weird issues troubleshooting section is always a good idea, and most notably restart the device, that is easy to do and resolves more than half of such problems.