Bookshare Reader

Name: Bookshare Reader
Rating: 3.3 (57 reviews)
Author: Benetech

Read and listen to books

Free · Designed for iPad

57 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Benetech
Language

EN
English
Size

48.1
MB

Listen to books and read your way! Get the official Bookshare Reader app. Access millions of ebooks from Bookshare, the world's largest library of ebooks for people with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, and physical disabilities. Listen to books in high quality audio and customize your reading experience in ways that work for you. Read bestsellers, new releases, textbooks and educational books, children’s books, young adult, mysteries, biographies, and more. Read your way with these customizable features: • Listen to books in high quality audio • Adjust reading speed, font size, and colors • Follow along with highlighted text • Navigate by page and chapter • Stop reading and pick up from your last spot • Download books and read offline To use Bookshare Reader, you must have a Bookshare membership. Learn more by visiting the Bookshare website.

Ratings & Reviews

3.3

out of 5

57 Ratings

Promising but needs work
05/10/2023

VBPhyl
The Bookshare Reader app is a good start but it needs work, especially in navigation. If I stop reading for a few minutes, and then go back, I often get a blank white page. This happens after I have downloaded the book to my iPad Pro. Also, often, when I click on the chapter/content list, only the first 4-5 chapters will be listed. I have to actually close the app and open it back up to get the full Table of Contents. The app is much more convenient than having to read books on the web, but it still needs improvement.

Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. We will be looking into the issues you've raised.
Promising but needs work
05/10/2023

VBPhyl

The Bookshare Reader app is a good start but it needs work, especially in navigation. If I stop reading for a few minutes, and then go back, I often get a blank white page. This happens after I have downloaded the book to my iPad Pro. Also, often, when I click on the chapter/content list, only the first 4-5 chapters will be listed. I have to actually close the app and open it back up to get the full Table of Contents. The app is much more convenient than having to read books on the web, but it still needs improvement.
Developer Response 05/11/2023
Thank you for the feedback. We will be looking into the issues you've raised.
Making my downloaded books tab the new default when opening the app
02/14/2024

jaredlg36670
Hello again, my friends hope that everyone’s doing back to suggest any major in improvement or the next big update even though this one’s small and felt like it was not as the title suggest I would like for my downloaded book when opening the app, the recent books because it shows the books, I read and deleted To make space but I know that you guys are continuously working to make the app better so no rush. This is just a suggestion on my part and thank you for everything as usual. Hope to hear from you soon.

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently working on the ability for text-to-speech to work in the background. Please check back for a future update including this feature.
Making my downloaded books tab the new default when opening the app
02/14/2024

jaredlg36670

Hello again, my friends hope that everyone’s doing back to suggest any major in improvement or the next big update even though this one’s small and felt like it was not as the title suggest I would like for my downloaded book when opening the app, the recent books because it shows the books, I read and deleted To make space but I know that you guys are continuously working to make the app better so no rush. This is just a suggestion on my part and thank you for everything as usual. Hope to hear from you soon.
Developer Response 01/16/2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently working on the ability for text-to-speech to work in the background. Please check back for a future update including this feature.
Getting better
03/31/2024

Endesorcy
Voice Dream Reader is planning on removing lifetime licensing for users who have previously purchased the product on 5/1. It’s even more important that this app continues to be improved for the influx of users that aren’t willing to pay a yearly subscription on top of their Bookshare subscription, just to read a book. My two big asks/requests: Please add the ability to listen to human narrated audiobooks and ability to “Read Now” on periodicals. Thanks Bookshare Reader dev team!Also: Ability to listen to books in the background. VoiceOver gestures to change pages would also be nice.

Developer Response
Thank you for your detailed feedback, we really appreciate it ! We are currently working on the ability for text-to-speech to work in the background so that users can listen to books in the background. We have taken note of your other feedback, thank you. Please check back for a future update including the background text-to-speech feature!
Getting better
03/31/2024

Endesorcy

Voice Dream Reader is planning on removing lifetime licensing for users who have previously purchased the product on 5/1. It’s even more important that this app continues to be improved for the influx of users that aren’t willing to pay a yearly subscription on top of their Bookshare subscription, just to read a book. My two big asks/requests: Please add the ability to listen to human narrated audiobooks and ability to “Read Now” on periodicals. Thanks Bookshare Reader dev team!Also: Ability to listen to books in the background. VoiceOver gestures to change pages would also be nice.
Developer Response 04/25/2024
Thank you for your detailed feedback, we really appreciate it ! We are currently working on the ability for text-to-speech to work in the background so that users can listen to books in the background. We have taken note of your other feedback, thank you. Please check back for a future update including the background text-to-speech feature!
Really enjoy books share
11/20/2023

Elliot Ewer
As somebody that has a reading disability, I really like books share I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it. I like how easy that app is to use. I like the fact that when you login on multiple devices with your account, you can instantly access your Books and pick up from where you left off, I also like the fact that you don’t have to download every book that you want to read. It’s a really great app. I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it.
Really enjoy books share
11/20/2023

Elliot Ewer

As somebody that has a reading disability, I really like books share I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it. I like how easy that app is to use. I like the fact that when you login on multiple devices with your account, you can instantly access your Books and pick up from where you left off, I also like the fact that you don’t have to download every book that you want to read. It’s a really great app. I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it.

Reading Lists! Individual Member (IM) Browsing & Managing - Can access the Reading Lists tab - Can create a new private reading list with a title and optional description - Can sort reading lists by name, date updated, or owner Adding & Removing Books - Can add a book to one or more reading lists from the book details screen - Can remove books from a reading list using Select mode Editing - Can edit the title or description of a private reading list using the pencil icon - Can toggle between card and list view when browsing titles in a reading list Subscribing - Can subscribe to a public or shared reading list via the menu - Can unsubscribe from a public or shared reading list via the menu Searching - Can search for reading lists by keyword using the search icon - Can filter search results by public or private access - Can sort search results by name or date updated Student (OM) Browsing - Can access the Reading Lists tab - Can view assigned reading lists - Cannot create, edit, or delete reading lists Searching - Can search assigned reading lists by keyword - Cannot search public/private lists or filter by access type Restrictions - Cannot add or remove books from reading lists - Cannot subscribe/unsubscribe to reading lists Sponsor (coming soon!) - Feature is unavailable to sponsors until a more complete suite of tools like member management is implemented

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