Leave a Review Voice Dream
This is excellent - here’s why
I have to give this five stars because it’s the most complete TTS and almost an alternative audiobook app. The integrated controls, the configuration, support for Dropbox etc make this the most feature complete solution. If you don’t want to pay the Premium then Speech Central has most of these features for a lower price. Speech Central is also very active and approachable on Reddit and Twitter. The extra Ivona voice did set me back £5 extra but I knew it would and it’s money well spent. Although the voice of Speechify is still the most natural there are too many downsides. Start with Speech Central and make sure you check with them if you think features are missing. If you want what I consider currently the best then choose this one. HTH.Show lessriojah
Essential apps
Being visually impaired the Voice Dream apps on IOS have been a godsend. Now the Mac version has made the experience even easier to manage. The support is very good - I sent a request for help yesterday and had a reply in 3 hours.
I would highly recommend both the IOS and Mac apps if you have problems reading like me. A big thank you to the developer for these absolutely essential apps.Show lessDJM7TM
Needed help
Very willing to give assistencedwarfidad
Eye problems
I bought this app to save myself having to read written material. It works brilliantly for news items, web pages etc, but does not work well with ebooks. It repeatedly reads the same page, and won’t read continuously. I’ve tried several configurations, but I think the format may not be suitable for the app to cope with. Still, thanks for all your hard work in developing it.Show lessBronzewing
Indispensable!
This is my most used app and the reason I ended up owning an iPhone, iPad and Mac. The new Mac OS version is a welcome addition. I get eyestrain using screens all day for work. I have tried various remedies but this app has enabled me to do most of my recreational reading in comfort. To be able to close my eyes and be soothed by a good novel at the end of long day in front of my workstation. I am so very grateful that it is exits and now has a Mac version. I can store my library on my phone and position gets synced seamlessly between Mac and iPhone. The customer service has been faultless over the years I have used it. I get the sense the developer is passionate about crafting a faultless and elegant tool. I haven’t found anything else that even comes close to providing such fantastic functionality with an extremely well designed interface. It just makes my brain happy.Show lessShadeshope
Well worth the purchase!
I cannot express to you how much value this app has given me over the past year and a half. I initially got it during the pandemic as a tool to encourage me to read research papers more often and only 6 months later I find my library filled with all types of books and material. I spend at least an hour a day reading or listening to a book now and I’ve never been more grateful for such a good service. Other apps have tried to hook me to a subscription or give me ads while not delivering nearly the same quality of text recognition and reader extensibility. Very grateful to the team working on this.
One thing I’d certainly love to see for this app in the future is some sort of extension into reading websites. I’ve purchased the pack of scanner, writer and reader(all of which perform great) but I think one really useful area this has yet to be applied to is reading articles on websites or blogs. Again really happy with this app and hope to see great things for the devs in the future!Show lessthis ain't bad
Error Adding Files Glitch
Would be nice if the developers can fix the error loading files glitch I’ve been experiencing for the past 2 weeks. I’ve reached out but so far no response. I’ve tried various files to test if it was only an epub issue but I keep getting the red exclamation symbol indicating the file can’t be added no matter which format it’s in.
I’ve deleted the app and downloaded it again multiple times. Before turning the cloud sync back on after reinstalling, I’ve tried adding documents and it works up o into the dreaded error message appears again when trying to load a file. Other than this hiccup, I’d give the app a solid 4 stars. I’ll update my review if the issue is ever addressed.
On a more positive note: I absolutely love being able to hear any and everything read aloud to me. People are complaining about the robotic voices but honestly out of all of them, I’d say the UK voice of Amy was worth all $5 I spent on her. She’s the best voice I’ve listened to so far and have clocked maybe thousands of hours hearing her read to me. I can’t complain there.
The voices aren’t perfect in their reading of certain words and can be a bit annoying when reading certain words (especially ‘mmh or shhh’) but for the most part, the pronunciation dictionary has been a heaven sent tool and I utilize it often for my sanity.Show lessTaneshia Nicole
Have used since launch and still the best voice reader available
I just wanted to say thanks again for continued great work on the app. I’ve been using Voice Dream since you launched it nearly 10 or so years back. I recently purchased an iPad Pro and the UI is great and the cross-app support has really improved from earlier years.
I’ve tried newer apps like Elo audio and speechify, and while their voices are more natural, they fail to meet the same level of support like Voice Dream. One of the biggest things I really like about Voice Dream is that imported PDFs retain graphics and tables which has always been an annoyance when importing technical papers into readers.
A couple suggestions/requests would be to add support for:
zooming in/out when in landscape-mode on the iPad and adding multi-page viewing options to aid in finding the right page, since indexing isn’t a thing upon import.
To my knowledge, the only app that supports zooming in/out in iPad OS is the Apple iBooks app.
And adding an auto-indexing feature that captures (guesses) what the chapters and sections are by indexing page content headlines. Such as this is JavaScript:
<h1>Chapter 1</h1> - Index this
<p>Body of paragraph</p> - Don’t index this
That would really make navigating otherwise unorganized text much easier and useful.
Thanks again and keep up the great work.Show lessFelix Cortez
Honestly the best app ever
If I had to pick my favourite app. This would be it. It’s the reason I did not buy a google pixel.Mbized
Thank you for caring about your customers’ feedback
I’ve been using your app for years to help me go to school. I’m low vision, so partially blind, partially sighted. Yours is the only app that really accommodates that balance with more human voices. Your feature to skip in-text citations when listening is wonderful. I always wished that your highlighting feature had more options because before sometimes my textbooks looked like a sea of green highlights. The rest of my degree is going to be indescribably easier because of the update you just made. I can now easily tell the difference between vocab words versus ideas etc.. and find things easier. Being able to control the color of the highlights may seem small, but it’s a HUGE help for people who struggle with skimming. Thank you so much!Show lessWordsNColor88
