Hi Esther, Interestingly, I just heard a story on this app on NPR (National Public Radio) this morning. The guy who created this app did so while taking an early one-year chunk of his retirement to spend it on an island in the Arctic with his wife and two children. Glenn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> To: "Mac OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:02 AM Subject: Voice Dream Reader on sale for $4.99 today (May 20, 2013) Hi All, Voice Dream Reader - Text to Speech went on sale today for $4.99 for a limited time, down from the regular list price of $9.99. This is an excellent iOS app for reading a variety of document formats (Office, Pages, etc.), eBooks without DRM (including Bookshare books), PDFs, etc. with high-quality Acapela voices. The basic app comes with the Heather voice, and you can purchase additional voices, including those for other languages, for $1.99 - $2.99 each through in-app purchase. Your settings for voice reading rate, language, position and bookmarks in each document or book are remembered. The app is frequently updated, and the developer is very responsive to new feature requests and supporting VoiceOver. There's also a free, lite version if the app that you can try out first. Here's the App Store URL link to Voice Dream Reader: • Voice Dream Reader - Text to Speech (on sale for $4.99, usually $9.99) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader-text-to/id496177674?mt=8 This is the URL for the free, lite version for trial purposes: • Voice Dream Reader Lite - Text to Speech (free) by Voice Dream LLC https://itunes.apple.com/app/voice-dream-reader-lite-text/id563971853?mt=8 I'll also paste in the links for the AppleVis entries: • The App description entry URL is: http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/education/voice-dream-reader-text-speech • The AppleVis podcast entry is: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/walk-through-voice-dream-text-speech HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
