I believe the dev tweeted yesterday that Daisy 2.0 audiobooks books will be supported in a future update.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 7:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: new update to Voice Dream Reader 2.9.0 I was finally able to get an audio book into VDR. Here's what I did. The book was in a zip file so I extracted it into my Dropbox folder. The folder structure of the zip was maintained so I wound up with a folder under my DB folder containing the mp3 files. I then tapped on add from the VDR home screen and chose Dropbox from the resulting dialog. I was then presented with the contents of my DB folder so I flicked down to the folder containing the mp3 files and opened it up. The mp3 files were now showing so I simply double tapped on each file which VDR happily downloaded. The 2 files that comprised the audio book now show up on the home screen. At this point, you can start playing the file via normal methods. I decided to go a step further however, and put both of the mp3 files into a play list. This is something you will have to play with and figure out because I found it somewhat confusing but I finally did wind up getting them into a playlist but at this time can't give a step by step of exactly how, just know that its doable. I think the playlist creation needs to be a bit more intuitive but maybe it's just me. I would like to be able to rename the playlist and haven't yet discovered how but it's probably there under the edit button. I do agree it would be great if one could simply import the whole zip file from DB and have VDR deal with it automatically, discarding any files that sometimes are in these zips and creating a play list of the mp3 files with a prompt to name the play list. That would be totally awesome. So far, VDR is keeping its place in the audio book perfectly. the swipe up and down on the play button works great, and you can even change the speed of the playback by swiping up and down while the voice settings is focused. I don't usually speed up any spoken audio but in my short test, it worked great with no degradation of audio at all. Pitch remained constant and I heard no added artifacts in the audio. Best Regards, Rick alfaro On 10/25/2013 10:20 AM, Brett wrote: > Hi, > I plan to have a look at this tomorrow, but I am hoping that it relies on the book being zipped as it does with Daisy files. > > Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone > >> On 26 Oct 2013, at 12:24 am, Rick Alfaro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I haven't tried any of the new text selection stuff nor the playing of mp3 books because I've not found a source for instructions on these new features. The help file that is part of the app says it is for v2.6. I haven't tried the devs web site yet however. If anyone knows how to get mp3 audio books into VDR I'd like to know. I'm sure it has to do with using Dropbox which is fine but not sure how it handles books with multiple mp3 files. I'm guessing one creates some sort of play list but not sure. >> >> I haven't had any trouble so far but as I said, haven't tried the text selection stuff that someone reported here. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Rick alfaro >> >>> On 10/25/2013 8:50 AM, Russ Kiehne wrote: >>> Have you tried it as of yet? >>> Did you have any problems? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Alfaro >>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:25 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: new update to Voice Dream Reader 2.9.0 >>> >>> Raul, >>> >>> Have you figured out yet how mp3 audio books are added? >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Rick alfaro >>> >>>> On 10/24/2013 12:26 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>>> Hi, no idea. It can't play any sort of DRM protected books. So, it >>>> depends on which kinds of daisy books. You might want to drop a line to >>>> the developer and ask. He's very good about responding. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>> Oh I'm not arguing, I'm simply explaining why I'm right. - Sheldon Cooper >>>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>>> >>>>> On 10/24/2013 9:20 AM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>> Do you think this app will ever be able to play audio Daisy books? I >>>>> would love to be able to access and copy books across from drop box >>>>> and play them right inside this app. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> On 24 Oct 2013, at 15:15, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I haven't tried it just yet, but this latest update promises to be a >>>>>> very nice one for sure. The below are the changes in the latest >>>>>> version which I just saw in the App Store. At the end of the message >>>>>> is a link to the app for those who may not know what Voice Dream >>>>>> Reader is so you can find out for yourself. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ? >>>>>> What's New in Version 2.9.0 >>>>>> Posted Oct 23, 2013 >>>>>> This major release significantly improves usability for VoiceOver >>>>>> users: >>>>>> - Incredibly easy-to-use text selection mechanism. Copy to clipboard, >>>>>> lookup words >>>>>> in the dictionary, highlight, and add your own notes. >>>>>> - Extensive use of new and innovative "swipe-enabled" buttons for >>>>>> VoiceOver users. >>>>>> Swipe the Voice Settings button to change the speed rate. Rewind and >>>>>> Fast Forward >>>>>> are built into the Play-Pause button as up and down swipes. >>>>>> - The text slider that moves the speech cursor by 5% has been >>>>>> modified so that swiping >>>>>> up moves toward the beginning of the text. The directions have been >>>>>> reversed from >>>>>> previous releases so that it now behaves the same way as the other >>>>>> swipe-enabled >>>>>> controls. For iOS 7, you can double tap the slider to enter a percent >>>>>> value. >>>>>> Plus delicious goodies for everyone: >>>>>> - Experimental support for MP3 audio books. Yes, it remembers where >>>>>> you leave off >>>>>> just like text. And you make add bookmarks. >>>>>> - Pronunciation dictionary import and export. View the entire >>>>>> pronunciation dictionary >>>>>> in an editable text window, allowing editing, copying, and pasting, >>>>>> plus exporting >>>>>> to another app like Dropbox and share it with others via email. >>>>>> - Launching Voice Dream Reader from Mobile Safari. Create a bookmark >>>>>> with the following >>>>>> URL. Next time you select this bookmark, it'll open the current web >>>>>> page in Voice >>>>>> Dream Reader: >>>>>> javascript:window.location="com.voicedream.reader://open?url="+window.locati on >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - Change speech rate on the fly with two-finger up or down swipes. >>>>>> (Not for VoiceOver >>>>>> users). >>>>>> - Fixed several problems with using iOS 7 built-in voices. >>>>>> - A lot of the minor improvements and bug fixes. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The link is >>>>>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader-text-to/id496177674?mt=8 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Raul A. 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