How big were the files you used? On 10/25/13, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Voice Dream Reader is working fine now. > Neither Winston nor I have any idea what happened when I updated to the > latest version. > I sent him my database and it worked fine on his device. > He sent it back with the other two files the app creates, I loaded them into > my app and it is working great. > My apologies for causing anyone to delay upgrading. > If anyone else runs into trouble after the upgrade, contact Winston and > follow his instructions. > Enjoy, > > > Richard > (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) > >> On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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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