VoiceDream Reader (iOS)
Voice Dream Reader is an accessible reading app for iOS. It supports a variety of formats, including EPUB, and has features that meet a wide variety of student needs. Voice Dream has in-app text highlighting and speech output, dictionaries and note-taking tools, and works well with the VoiceOver screen reader for students with visual impairments.
Voice Dream Reader is a paid app available on the Apple App Store.
Sensory Access Features
Visual Interaction
- View files with preferred font, colour, and spacing
- Adjust highlight colour, style, and scrolling
- Completely hide user interface buttons and controls while reading
- Focus Reading mode shows only one or several lines of text while reading
- Select from pre-set page themes
Auditory Interaction
- Have text read aloud in a variety of built-in voices
- Set preferred voice and speed on a global or file-specific level
- Pause for a specified time period (seconds) between sentences
- Changed speech rate during active reading
- Adjust word pronunciation (correct mispronunciations)
- Have a selected word pronounced (even if not using other auditory features)
- Compatible with VoiceOver screen reader
Tactile Interaction
- Read text in braille when used with VoiceOver and a refreshable braille display
- Built-in touch gestures to adjust visual and auditory features
- Play/pause and fast-forward/rewind from buttons on a Bluetooth headset
Learning Features
Text Highlighting and Note-Taking
- Add text highlights, notes, and bookmarks
- Export highlighted text to save in a separate file
Reference Tools
- Add a variety of dictionaries, including non-English dictionaries
- Define or search the web for a selected word or phrase
Organizational Tools
- Ability to organize files by reading lists, read/unread, flagged, and folders