Voice Dream - Read Aloud 4+
Text to Speech Reader
Voice Dream LLC
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
2021 Apple Design Award Winner! Voice Dream Reader lets you listen to PDFs, Web pages, and books using text-to-speech. Featured by Apple as Best New App and App of the Day in 81 countries and part of App Store Permanent Collections in Education.
“Both experts recommend Voice Dream Reader as the best app in the text-to-speech space.” - Wired
“This app is one of the best educational finds of my entire career.” - Forbes
“As a user myself and as a mother of a child with dyslexia, I am blown away by the features of Voice Dream.” - Quartz
“Voice Dream Reader is hailed by many as the best mobile text-to-speech (TTS) app.” - Examiner
Text-to-Speech
- One premium Acapela voice of your choice free with the purchase of the app.
- 36 built-in iOS voices in 27 languages are also available for free.
- 200+ additional premium voices in 30 languages from Acapela, NeoSpeech and Ivona available through in-app purchases.
- Correct pronunciation with your own pronunciation dictionary.
- All voices work offline and play in the background even with the screen locked.
Supported Document Formats
- PDF, Plain text, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, RTF, and Google Docs.
- Web articles.
- Bookshare Books.
- EPUB eBooks. (DRM-free books only. Kindle, iBooks and most commercial eBook platforms are not supported.)
- DAISY text-based books and audiobook.
- Audiobooks in MP3, MP4 or zipped MP3 format.
- Rich text and image support for all documents.
Built-in Scanner
- Scan paper documents with the camera for text-to-speech.
- State-of-the-art A.I. is fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions.
- Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private.
- Only languages using Latin alphabets are currently supported.
Reading Styles
- Tee-up a list of articles and play while you drive, walk or run.
- Spoken word is highlighted to improve comprehension and retention.
- Auto-scrolling and full screen, distraction-free mode to help reader focus.
- Finger reading. For beginners to read by at running a finger under each word.
- Pac-Man. Harvard and MIT developed speed-reading method for everyone to read at 2x speed with no loss of comprehension.
- High contrast and large font size for low vision readers.
- Optimized for VoiceOver, Braille and switch control.
Tools
- Recognize text for scanned PDF documents.
- Bookmarking, text highlighting and annotation. Highlights and notes can be exported.
- Full-text search.
- Built-in dictionary.
- Automatically skip text in PDF header and footer.
Content Sources
- Native support for Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Pocket, Instapaper and Evernote.
- Native access to Bookshare.
- Safari extension to save Web pages and Web addresses.
- Support for Box and OneDrive via iOS Document Picker.
Library Synchronization
- Your entire library, including folders, reading locations, bookmarks and annotations are synchronized across all your devices using iCloud Drive
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
A subscription is required to use Voice Dream Reader.
What’s New
Version 4.33.1
- Add sections to zipped audio files
- Improve text editor
- Improve app responsiveness during file sync
- Rewind files when end is reached
- Fix bug where cursor would randomly jump in document
- Fix occasional crash when playing a document
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
Kids aren’t the only ones who like being read to. Whether you’re listening to a story on your commute or you’d like to hear your big work presentation read back to you, Voice Dream Reader can helpfully turn text into speech.
Great help for studying!
I'm using the app for reading all the digital content of handouts for my studies. I found the app extremely helpful! I can study while driving, running or doing home chores, which saves me a lot of time. The app lets you to pause with your phones, headset remote control works for rewinding the content and additionally you can set the time or paragraph interval for rewinded content! There is a huge selection of voices (paid, but worth to check for serious app users) and I could find one Polish Ivona voice (Maja), which seems to be pleasant and not too synthetic. There is an option for synchronisation through iCloud, so if you use the app on more than one device, you can start at the point you stopped on an other device - quite useful if you plan also to read the content traditionally for example in the app on iPad. You have plenty of settings - you can set up automatic start of the next pdf after finishing current one. I'm quite impress by the app!
Great for work and studying.
Amazing tool to study especially. Works perfect even for polish language. I personally use it in combination with Voice Dream Scanner when creating files from books and articles. Will future versions be able to recognize abbreviations or use personal dictionary to allow direct reading of full words instead of short forms?
App Privacy
The developer, Voice Dream LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
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Voice Dream LLC has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
- 078705064
- Address
- 70 Coolidge Road Arlington Massachusetts 02476 United States
- Phone Number
- +1 9175125167
- support@voicedream.com
- Size
- 239.4 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 7.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Voice Dream
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Annual Subscription 399,99 zł
- Ania (Acapela Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Jacek (Ivona Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Jan (Ivona Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Maja (Ivona Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Agnieszka (Ivona Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Premium 399,99 zł
- Annual Subscription 299,99 zł
- Ewa (Ivona Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
- Monika (Acapela Polish Voice) 29,99 zł
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.
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Siri
Get things done within this app using just your voice.