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.
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.
Making my downloaded books tab the new default when opening the app
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.
Getting better
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!
Really enjoy books share
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.
- New Book Details Flow: Tapping a book now opens the More Information page where you can see details, download, or read. Use the Read Now button on the More Information page to open the book reader.
- Voice Selection Improvements: Search for voices by name, language, or quality. Mark your favorite voices with the star button for quick access. Preview any voice before selecting it with the inline play button. Voices are grouped by language and show quality badges (e.g. Premium).
- Redesigned Settings Panel: Settings are now organized into categories (Audio, Text, Page, Color) that you can tap into to find what you need. Star any individual setting to add it to your Favorites screen for quick access. Your favorite settings appear by tapping Favorites in the settings panel.
- Download Progress: Books now appear in the Downloads tab while they are downloading so you can track progress.
- Large Font Support: The app now better supports larger system font sizes throughout, so text remains readable when you increase your device's font size.
Version 1.37.0
The developer, Benetech, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
Identifiers
Diagnostics
Other Data
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Beneficent Technology, Inc.
Size
53 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
