I am not sure what you want to know? The files were fairly large as I had a lot of books from bookshare on hand, but I didn't pay much attention to the size of the database and Winston said nothing about sizes.
Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) > On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:49 PM, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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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