The VoiceDream Reader will speak almost all texts including digital books from Bookshare, Gutenburg, PDFs, and more.

Instructions

Managing Voices

1. From the Home page, click on the gear icon ()
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2. Click on “Manage My Voices.”
3. Select your preferred voice.
4. Click on the Information icon () to learn more about a voice.
   
   
   
5. Configure the voice to meet your needs; use the blank box at the bottom of the popup to enter sample text.
   1. Speed - How fast they speak.
   2. Pitch - How high or low the voice sounds.
   3. Volume - Default volume, you can also use the standard iPad volume controls to change the loudness.
6. Click the “Set Preferred” link to set the voice as your default.
   
   
   
   
   

To Listen

1. From the “Home” screen, click on the book to open the “Reader” page.

2. Use the following gestures to navigate the page.

• 1-finger tap - Full Screen/Screen with controls
• 1-finger double-tap - Move cursor
• 2-finger double-tap - Pause/Play
• Hold the  button () to change navigation units (time, sentence, paragraph, heading, highlight, bookmark)
• Click Headings icon () to see Chapters, Bookmarks & Highlights
• Click Audio Settings icon () to change voice speed and the pause between sentences.
• Click the Visual Settings icon ( )to change the text.
• 1 - finger swipe from left of screen - View documents in text only (for example, PDF docs)

• Regular View of PDF
  
  
  
  
• Text View of PDF

Add a new book from Bookshare

📹  Voice Dream and Bookshare Video

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZBq107quk&feature=youtu.be)