Leave a Review vBookz PDF Voice Reader
This is a very nice app
This app fits the bill
For what I need. Yeah, I see 1 complain that it's not free... That you only get limited freebie.
Well I tried it on a doc I wanted to hear. After page 1 it stopped and prompted me to pay. About 5 bucks. Without a moment of hesitation I did the in app upgrade. I am very cheap and normally would not like spending 5 on an app. This app is well worth it. In fact, I hope the guys that designed it make a ton of money on this app because it does exactly what I need.
I wish I could change the voice or train it a buy but all in all its fine as it is.
Are there other apps in the market that do this? I'm sure there are. This is the first one I saw in a search and it the only one I need.
If I had a chance to reconsider my purchase I would still do what I did.
I love to listen to lessons, patents, and stuff that I write while driving. To proof "my" stuff it's nice to hear here weird voice because it changes my perspective.Show lessA Sour Monkey
Almost there
Works great for PDFs that are a single column of text vertically oriented to the page. Smooth continuous reading you can pause and continue. It does not work for text with any other orientation - this is so sad because it works so well when it does work. Please fix this! Also, would be great to be able to insert notes and highlights. This is the best reader I have found when it does work for a text I need- keep adding features to stay ahead of the pack.Show lessAutumnsJoy
It has various challenges but is better than any others
This application has various challenges, however it's much better than many of those out there. One of my biggest problem is that I find is that does not point out where you are while reading, the second issue is that it's hard to control the page or navigated the page is easy to lose the location where you were reading. If this issue is work to resolve this would be one of the best application for reading out of phones out there 🤔Show lessAnnie:$
Could be amazing, but navigation is horrible.
You pay per language, it gives one free page. The app can be amazing, but it suffers a huge deficit in navigation. It starts at the beginning of the page, and does not allow you to place a curser over where you want it to begin. You can't tap the screen to see how much you have left to go because it flips to another page and starts there, then when you try to go back it starts from the beginning. It doesn't recognize chapters or section numbers and references - reads numbers and you can't skip over. Very very frustrating, especially when you are trying to study with it. I would pay three times this amount to have something with better navigation. I wish the designers would get on this and build it up to its potential. I'm sure it's great for leisure reads in the car or whatnot...Show lessYwitte81
Great App! Bad Navigation
I would really really really love to give this app five stars. I use it all the time and it has totally transformed the way I consume text books and other things that I can't find in audiobook format. I've use this app for years.
Yet there is one gaping problem. The navigation is very challenging. If you try to change where the cursor is reading, you can easily flip to the next page by accident. If you try to scroll through the pages using the slider at the bottom of the page, you can easily jump five or 10 pages ahead of where you are, totally losing your spot. Often, the slightest touch will mean you will lose your place with no way to find out where you were.
I also find that the app does not have a great memory when it comes to interruptions. If you get a phone call while listening it will often start you over again at the last place you shut down the app. If you're listening quite a lot, this could mean when you start the app again you find yourself a dozen pages back.
It would also be really helpful if there is a way to underline, highlight, or in someway Mark pages for important information. I read long text books with this app and ultimately there's no way to Mark important sections and return to them later.
Amazing app, and if marketed well, this could be a game changer. However, as it is now it's challenging.Show lessCritical Reader
PDF audio reader
Doing what I wanted. Could be better but for the price I am happyMatt&Rachel
Great app
Love this app, voice takes a little getting used to, and it occasionally does odd things, mispronounces, "comma", "dash", rereads titles and page numbers at the top of the page. Some of it might be my using it as an audio book... But for 5$ nothing I've found in the App Store comes close. I use this app to read just about everything, great for getting through large amounts of information. Does less well at poetry, dramatic readings, and anything technical with a lot of diagrams. Even with the problems you get more then you pay for with this app.Show lessW1s4rd
Amazing Great App!!!
Total from the heart truthful review. I am a very slow reader and this app helps me so much. I use it to read me documents, text book chapters for my classes, and books. I am able to get through material fast and retain the information!
There is one down side is that the app is free but if you want it to read it to you, you have to buy the voice.
BUT IT IS WELL WORTH IT!!!
I have had this app for about to years now and it is great! It has help me so much in college! I can clean or do what ever while it reads to me and it has help me with my grades because I am able to retain the information. You can read along so you hear it and see it so it will be ingrained in your mind better even if it is horribly dry information. I have had two classes that I have hated because I just did not care, it was hard, and just boring; this app helped me get an A and a B+.
Trust me when I say it is worth it! The app has been around for a bit and they have worked out the bugs.Show lesslttlnglsx4
Convenience
I really like that I can listen to a report while getting dressed or driving to a meeting. When trying to put something to memory I can turn up the speed and play it several times. It's like my brain on crack. I love it. Only thing.. The speaker is not as clear as the speaker Apple uses for the speak option. Still very good but if it was the same voice I would be better. They must not have the rights to use it. The voice can sound a little electronic at times. Also moving the mouse or red box can be annoying. Over all glad I have it would have paid $10 for it. $20 if they fix the voice.Show lessBlk girl
My review
I'm a 1L in cleveland OH and this app is extremely helpful in my studies. it does have its limits. I don't know if it's that voice recognition technology isn't where it needs to be in reading back to you PDF files, or if it's just the way it right but there's frequent times that it reads words incorrectly. I do appreciate that you can change the word counter word speed per minute if you will. And overall I would recommend this app for most general purposes. The price however is a little steep as five dollars per language considering that I do speak to other languages.Show lessThe real ereader
