Richard, Thanks for the question.
Just to note that there are also few other apps that are Bookshare partners. I am aware of Capti Voice, but there should be some more I think. Again every app has its pros and cons and I always encourage people to try all of them and find the one that suits them the best. Especially in this community as my work in this domain is completely non-profit and I don’t have any direct benefits if someone decides to use my app (and the only indirect benefit is that I may get some more reviews on the App Store). Speaking of that I am happy if someone decides to try my app Speech Central https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speech-central-voice-reader/id1127349155 On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 8:37:22 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > Volume-boosting capabilities would be awesome as well. Some audiobooks and > other MP3 material (especially series and films), don't have loud enough > volume. > > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > > El 23 jun 2023, a la(s) 11:14 a.m., [email protected] escribió: > > > > Richard, you said: > > I would be fine if I had to start paying $59.99 per year. > > I think it is by far the best reading app on the market today. > > > > I agree with you, but if the were to be the case, I would also like to see > further improvements in the app, such as the ability to play M4B books, > and transferring books to the app via Web browser using a wifi connection. > These are characteristics that other similar apps already have. > > > > Best, > > Leo Bado > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *Richard > Turner > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 11:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing > > > > I just wonder if that price was for the Mac version or the iOS version. > If for the iOS version, that is too high in my opinion. > > > > I've let the owners know that. > > I personally feel that $59.99 per year would be reasonable. > > I have used the app since at least version 2 and have been a beta tester > for Winston Chen for at least 10 years and even though I purchased the app > at the one time purchase deal, I would be fine if I had to start paying > $59.99 per year. > > I think it is by far the best reading app on the market today. > > > > I am not impressed with Bookshare's new BookShare Reader app. Nor am I > very impressed with the DAISY Easy Reader app. > > > > Later, > > Richard, USA. > > “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with > it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe > > > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ivan > Icin > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 9:49 AM > *To:* VIPhone <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing > > > > At this point I am not sure to what you refer to, but if you refer to > reviews they are on the iOS version of the app and they are very recent, > like just few days ago. > > > > So at least some people were asked to pay 100$/year recently in the iOS > app. > > On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 6:24:31 PM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote: > > Well, you are correct, of course. At least, mostly. > > > > However, the subscription started while Winston Chen owned Voice Dream > Reader for the Mac computers only. > > > > Winston was going to add the subscription to the iOS version, but he sold > the company before he did that. > > So, the Applause group implemented the subscription model for all versions. > > > > So, if someone was asked to pay $100 last year, that would likely have > been the Mac version. > > > > At least, that is what I understand and I could of course be wrong. > > HTH, > > > > > > > > Richard, USA. > > “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with > it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe > > > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ivan > Icin > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 8:56 AM > *To:* VIPhone <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing > > > > Looking at the web site it seems that I can read there what you sad that > is in the App Store too. So probably a week or two ago when I checked it > was different. It probably means that they have finally settled to that 80$ > price point (it could be that they are still experimenting with non-US > markets or that those markets will take more time to update the listings > due to lower sales volume). You can read in the reviews that there are > people in the US that were asked to pay 99$/year, so certainly that price > was there very recently. > > > > Anyway I did say that their most common price point was 80$ or 90$ (I > wasn't sure which one as that was from my mind), so what you said isn't > diametrically opposed to what I said. > > On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 5:41:42 PM UTC+2 Ivan Icin wrote: > > I think that I had that information from the website for the US App Store. > > In my country the pricing is in EUR, so I don’t think that I have looked > there, currently there are 6 annual subscriptions with prices 45-130 EUR. > > On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 4:55:31 PM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote: > > I just checked in the app store and only found one price in the US: Annual > Subscription$79.99. > > Also listed are the various voices you can purchase at $4.99 each. > > > > What country are you in? > > > > > > > > > > Richard, USA. > > “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with > it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe > > > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ivan > Icin > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 1:42 AM > *To:* VIPhone <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing > > > > You have information on pricing in the App Store. Currently they are > experimenting with something like 5 price points. In general in such cases > developers randomly assign those to users to see what price points brings > the most money to them. As the App Store arranges those by the one that is > currently most frequently used, I think that their most likely price is > currently 80 or 90$/year. There is one higher price point than that and > several lower > > > > So at the moment the app doesn’t have a uniform price. But it seems that > you are much more likely to be charged close to 100$/year than 50$/year, > which is the overall range that they use. > > On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 1:26:12 AM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote: > > Where did you get that price from? > > That is much higher than had been announced. > > > > > > > > Richard, USA. > > “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little > consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > > > > > On Jun 22, 2023, at 4:18 PM, Ivan Icin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I had too many typos, so here is corrected version with few more words: > > Voice Dream is now a free app, so from the aspect of Apple that acquired > license is now worth 0$. Also take that free with a bit of grain as it now > actually costs around 100$/year to be used, just it is free to download. If > you already own the license in general you don’t need to pay the new price, > but the system isn’t bulletproof as Apple doesn’t support such a transition > and it it technically possible that some users might need to pay, though > that should be a very tiny ratio. > > > > Other that that when it was a paid app Family Sharing was meant only for > in-app purchases, and this is Apple’s policy for all paid apps. > > On Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:45:39 PM UTC+2 Tim wrote: > > That is a good question...:) > I had the same issue. > Tim > > On 6/22/23, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. Someone I know is having issues with Voice Dream Reader and > family > > sharing. This person bought VDR time ago when it was acquired through > > one-time payment. However, now he wants to share VDR but a message pops > up > > saying that it is not possible. 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