by Mstormer

So I use voice dream reader nearly daily for reading associated with my PhD program, but there are at least two significant irritations. 1. The highlighting system is atrocious. Sometimes you have to attempt to highlight more than once because it will not select all the way to the end of a sentence. Surely it would not take much to add some intelligence to this so that it knows to look for periods and spaces when selecting as separators? Kindle and Logos do this so much better. 2. No automatic sync with Dropbox or Google drive. You can add files from these services, but they will not sync back unless you export them one by one back into the cloud with your highlights. These two items alone continually waste hours of my time given the volume of reading I do. If it were not offset by being able to read at 700wpm, I’d probably look elsewhere. Nevertheless, given how there is little else out there to solve this problem, I appreciate VoiceDream immensely. I’d just love to see a couple of the above improvements happen sooner than later.

Update: a third problem is becoming prominent where it will not always read a page from top to bottom, but skips all over a page wherever fonts change, or even to a later page. Upon testing and inspection, it is not merely an ocr issue as other readers do not have this issue. In such cases, VoiceDream is becoming increasingly unusable.

by Vulgar Demos

My fault, I suppose, for not doing due diligence but I don’t really think VoiceDream’s features reflects its price. It is simply an interface for built-in text-to-speech system feature on iOS (with the option of purchasing additional voices which are better but, of course, never as good in practice as the promotional audio samples suggest). Without VoiceDream, you can already tell Siri to read you anything, and you can even change the frequency/pitch using free apps (like Apple’s own Workflow app), so VoiceDream doesn’t really add much. Voice Dream Reader doesn’t really do what I was hoping it would do, like be smart about not reading footers (which can be very long). If I can quickly delete footers with a simple regex workflow (I’m not a programmer) before it speaks text, then surely VoiceDream’s developers can, too? Their pdf margin editor is very difficult to work—surprising given that VoiceDream geared to improve digital accessibility. I like the tap gestures, but other than that, this I app doesn’t really add much value to system features, certainly not the kind of value suggested by the price.

by Kk_ss_jj

I think it’s pretty disingenuous to say “36 built-in iOS voices in 27 languages are also available for free” when you can’t use them without paying $80/year. I’m also getting increasingly fed up with apps that do everything possible to hide their true cost. After creating an account, you are presented with a full-screen pop-up to start a subscription. There is no way to leave this screen unless you close VoiceDream . You can’t even look at VoiceDream unless you agree to the subscription. The trial is one of the shortest I’ve seen on VoiceDream Store at just 3 days. They also advertise the subscription as “$6.66/month” despite only billing annually, again trying to obfuscate the true cost of VoiceDream . So if you’re expecting to have a $6.66 charge each month, I hope you’re prepared to actually spend $80 all at once. And then even if you do pay for the subscription, they charge an additional $5 for some of the voices.

I played the demo for a lot of the voices and was NOT impressed. That all sounded very robotic and unnatural.

There are features that I think would be really cool, like queuing up a list of documents/pages/books so that it automatically moves to the next in the list as you finish each document, but nothing I saw justified the high cost of VoiceDream . Especially when the best voices I came across were the newer “Enhanced” Siri voices that come with iOS.

by Cyber553

The standard out of the box voice (Heather) is the most human-like I’ve ever heard. Also, the “pronunciation dictionary” feature is amazing - allows you to change how the voices pronounce certain words if you don’t like the default pronunciation. This is great for the few instances where there’s a word or acronym or name that occurs frequently in a text (reoccurring newsletter or book) that I want Voice Dream to say it differently from the default. I hope VoiceDream is taking this data that we users meticulously enter and is using it to guide future adjustments and improvements to the reading engine that the developers build.

While VoiceDream is nearly flawless in my eyes now, one annoying bug has keeps in recently: when switching into VoiceDream to a reading that has been paused, it frequently jumps to a random point in the text on the screen. If I hit play, it resumes playing at the point where I left off and a quick 2-finger tap will take me back so the right part of the text shows on the screen, but it’s annoying to have to do this when I am regularly switching between Voice Dream and another app I use to take notes on the books I read (Microsoft Word, in case that helps catch the bug!). I hope the team can hunt this one down as they have caught all the others in the past. Keep it up! :)

by BuffaloShrimp

I love everything about VoiceDream except the quality of speech. I’ve tried both, Acapela-Will and NeoSpeech Hugh. These two premium voices are tantalizingly close to natural. Nevertheless, both Hugh and Will regularly blur certain phoneme combinations. And these robotic sounding errors make it difficult for this learning disabled brain to focus on the content of reading material. And I have tried tweaking both, speed and pronunciation controls to no avail. I normally use Alexa to listen to books that I convert to searchable PDFs. Alexa is far more natural sounding than either, Hugh and Will. But Alexa is difficult to manage. ‘She’ won’t read just anything. And there is no male alternative to female Alexa that will read PDFs aloud just yet. It follows, Voice Dream and Alexa would make the perfect team, if this were some how possible. It is my hope that voice patches in the Voice Dream catalog will one day sound as natural as Alexa (and Seri).

by GamerCane

First of all, let me start off by saying that this is the second ebook tts narration app I've tried (apps specifically designed to convert ebooks into text-to-speech) though I've used TTS most of my life in one form or another.
The first app I used was the free version of Capti. That app is somewhat less user friendly than VoiceDream, but its price (free) is more budget friendly.
As a note, though it offers a lesser selection of voices, many of them are also somewhat cheaper. What's the deal there, guys? Why is their free app offering the same voices for cheaper?
I rather like the accessibility controls placed in VoiceDream. They work, and they're intuitive. That's pretty high praise from me.
Most people's accessibility stuff are afterthoughts and look like it.
This review may seem slapdash and for that I apologize. I genuinely enjoy VoiceDream and find reading on it rather pleasant. Now that I have it, I'll be using it frequently.
One final note (because I could not contact support from VoiceDream 's page in VoiceDream store): VoiceDream 's voice management doesn't seem to recognize the enhanced Siri voices having been downloaded. I have all the enhanced English ones from each language, and Reader just isn't seeing them. It sees the iOS basic included ones but no enhanced ones for Siri. And the new Irish English voices aren't included in there at all.
Best of luck, and thanks for VoiceDream .

by Irwinbluesky

Voice Dream is a wonderful app and when it first came out and only cost $20 I wrote the company and said, VoiceDream is too good and I am willing to pay more for it. Now the price has been raised to five dollars a month and I am very happy to help support this company. Not many people appreciate how much work goes into creating an app like this and I want these people to succeed and VoiceDream to continue. It is a fantastic reader and not only can I purchase different voices but I can also use my favorite voice that I use on my iPhone. It is so easy for me to download PDFs. Sometimes there are a few paragraphs on a website or from an email or something in social media, and all I have to do is select it, copy and either put it directly into Voice Dream or first put it into another app, one where I compose short notes, and from there I can put it directly into Voice Dream. I am glad I can really contribute to this wonderful app. Looking forward to your further developments.

by Falcón De La Habana Cuba

An unacceptable change! Voice Dream Reader, listen to your users Review: As a loyal Voice Dream Reader user, I am outraged by the sudden switch to a subscription model. I purchased VoiceDream trusting that I would have full access to its features without additional restrictions. But now, I face the prospect of paying a perpetual subscription for something I already owned. Legal aspects: This change could be in conflict with consumer protection laws. As a buyer, I have rights, and I cannot accept that the conditions are altered after the purchase. Where is the transparency? Where is the responsibility towards users? We demand answers: Voice Dream Reader, listen to your users. We're not just numbers on an income spreadsheet. We are people who trusted your product. If you want to change the business model, at least offer us a fair transition or refund option. In short, this change is unacceptable and could have legal consequences. I hope the developers reconsider their decision and respect their customers.

by Wollen_Kitten

I have had VoiceDream since 2019 and use it almost every day. I was originally upset about the developers switching to a subscription-based model as I had previously paid for VoiceDream , as well as additional voices. It really is a two-edged sword. Some of the companies out there are doing amazing things with AI voices that sound so much more genuine, with the included ability to pull Kindle books directly from your Kindle account to listen to. And I totally understand. Changes like that take money...money to pay developers to keep VoiceDream running how it is and fix bugs, and money to make improvements, like including accessibility options with commonly used apps and less-robotic voices. Let me tell you, even at the $5/month fee, Voice Dream is a heck of a lot cheaper than a lot of the services out there. While I can’t commit to the subscription fee at this time (I’m grandfathered in on the legacy plan), I would be happy to pay a one-time fee to get certain improvements as they come out or make donations when I’m able. I hope the developers will consider having these options for their legacy customers going forward. I know I’m not the only one who would be lost with an app like this.

by GWickPress

VoiceDream has been life-changing! I have wanted to study mycology and botany, but my ability to read (which was pretty poor to start with) has severely declined due to lots of stressors, ADHD, and PTSD. I could manage a few paragraphs a day of my plant biochemistry book on my own, but finished a whole chapter the day I started using Dream Reader. I love that I can set it to play every file, so that I have a queue of thngs playing while I do other stuff. I am glad to finally have proof that I can understabd complex subject matter, as long as it’s presented in an accessible way.

I appreciate how fast I can set the speaking rate, and the customizeability of the scrolling text. I use the option of only showing the word that is currently being spoken, but plan to try the other options to hopefully improve my reading ability.

Prior to finding VoiceDream I tried Speechify and Natural Speech, but those both much more expensive, and the price is for an annual prescription. The only thing missing for me with Voice Dream is the ability to export the text as MP3 files, but for the price I am happy to go without that.

by TSMuhler

I will type up my notes and save them as a pdf file. Then transfer the file into voice dream. This application does really well with medical terminology, which I was surprised with; however, this application struggles with numbers and abbreviations. I have adapted to not using abbreviations in my notes or I will use the replace function in Microsoft Word to find and replace any abbreviations. For numbers, you are better off spelling them out. This will make any pdf into an audiobook essentially. Just rememberer, just because you hear it doesn’t mean you learned it. you will still need to actively listen to gain something from this. I will have many pages of notes compiled to make a study guide for a test, and it would take me hours to read myself, where I can use voice dream to expedite my studies, allowing me to get more done in a short time. I really enjoy the tracker so that you can actively watch the dialogue be read.

I bought the package, and this is the only app that I use from it. I really wish that there was better tools such as highlighting and the ability to freely write on the document with the Apple Pencil. I say this because I have imported textbooks over to this application, and this would be helpful to me!

by LiLynnKyn

I absolutely love VoiceDream! It is far and away the best reader on the market. I work full-time, commute many hours, take care of my kids in a household, and started a second masters degree program last year. Voice Dream Reader makes graduate school possible for me. I am reading my homework while driving, walking, washing the dishes, cooking dinner, folding my laundry, brushing my teeth.... I can adjust the pronunciation for specific words or acronyms, I can adjust the reading speed And choose from voices, I can tap a small button and mark the paragraph, or highlight certain portions of text. I couldn’t do my program without VoiceDream.

So many features, and the developers are impressive at their support and their constant improvements. I’ve had a couple issues, and sent an email. Not only have I received a personal response each time, from an real person who cares about the problem, but every time the problem actually got fixed or the question satisfactorily answered. Every time.

I am very, very grateful for voice dream reader!

by Gesbatt317

I bought VoiceDream a long time ago. I am 68 years old and have a bad eye. In my younger days l love to read books. Now that I am older I still love books but not on a paperback version but audio books. I use Audible audio books. But recently l am into English converted Chinese novels. I bought the digital version. I bought/downloaded Voice Dream a long time ago. So naturally l downloaded my new digital books in Dream Voice. And l started listening. The next day all my downloaded digital ebooks all disappeared. This happened not once but a lot of times. I patiently downloaded it again. But the next 2 days while listening, my digital books disappeared yet again while l was listening. I hope you guys fix this. This is very annoying and it’s very stressful. Have pity on the seniors who have disabilities.
I will download it again and if this cannot be fix I am going to write to apple your negligence on this matter maybe Apple Can help with this. Thank you.

by HappyMotherOfTwo

This is a really amazing app, and I am very happy about the recent decision to allow legacy users to continue to use it. The interface is easy to use, the font size and voices and speed choices are great, I can’t say enough positive things about what VoiceDream has meant to us. It was a shock to realize it could go away, as Voice Dream Reader has become so important in our family, and although occasionally something has gone wrong briefly, it’s always quickly gone back to working smoothly. I am sad about the move to subscription, and at such a high price. I know it would be complex, but hope that the developers if they ever go to subscription only, will keep legacy people in mind and find a way to allow items to be exported. I am sad that the subscription price is likely to be an obstacle to young children ever benefiting from VoiceDream, as it takes awhile to learn to use assistive technology and it’s hard to imagine parents wanting to spend so much on something their child will not be ready to use for some time, maybe months, after trying out. Still, I hope that VoiceDream can be enjoyed and appreciated by as many as possible, and although most will likely not be young children anymore, VoiceDream is worth trying for anyone who needs or wants to listen to text.

by LEGOLouie

I don’t know what rock I’ve been living under but thankfully I finally found VoiceDream! It is a complete and total game changer! True Crime junkie here and reading through thousands of pages of court documents is not something I have the attention span to do. Even aside from that, every book I ‘read’ is an audiobook because I literally never have time to sit still. I have been using VoiceDream for the past hour and I’m still discovering new features but I think I have the basics down now! Works flawlessly and seamlessly. The voices sound so natural. I see that their support team is very active with responses to negative reviews… which are mostly user error but they are very gracious in their responses! And MOST importantly, willing to help! I am absolutely thrilled and I am looking forward to staying up all night ‘reading’ this 1267 page document! ♥️
ETA: I have seen reviews about the pronunciation feature not working… I’ve already used it four times and have had zero issues!

by Life With Sarcasm

Update: I’m glad they rolled back their sleazy decision to force legacy users into their subscription model with very little notice. I can afford the subscription and was still questioning if I could support a company that would do that despite this being an app that I use daily and have done for years. I think VoiceDream is worth the money, but it was an ethically unsound decision and I’m glad they’ve instead decided to only offer new features to subscription subscribers. I look forward to seeing new features and then deciding whether or not an upgrade is worth it to me.

Original Review: I’ve always loved VoiceDream because it is WAY more affordable (and versatile) than an audible subscription and the voice selection is great (check out UK Amy), but it just got even better with the most recent update. The ability to intelligently skip margin notes until the end of a pdf page is just what VoiceDream needed to go from amazing to practically perfect. Thanks!!!

by Byrdy3566

I work in research, and with many professors. I have to read A LOT of other people’s papers. Like many people I work with, I get “reading fatigue,” where I might go insane if I have to sit and try to slog through five more pages and try to also take notes and then also incorporate what I read into my own writing. Enter VoiceDream, which I first bought so I could have a book read to me as I fall asleep. While it works great for that initial purpose, given the built-in timer and adjustable voice speeds, I quickly found that VoiceDream also immediately boosts me past the point of “reading fatigue” while working. Adding auditory input helps me to maintain my focus, and makes note-taking more seamless since I don’t have to stop “reading” to jot a note down. The ability to add a bookmark with a single tap make it that much easier to return to papers and scan them for the relevant parts. I tried all the free text to speech apps, and the built-in text-to-speech capabilities and found them all severely lacking. Voice Dream Reader is head and shoulders above them. It does what it says it will, does it well, and is easy to use.

by Prateek Dujari

Although other developers who make similar text and audio reading apps that are fully accessible with voiceover and targeted four blind and low vision users, there is “no other” app like Voice Dream for at least three reasons: not just reading all kinds of text document formats but also MP3 files, I read all my audio described MP3 files on Voice Dream. Second VoiceDream allows me to make multiple folders so I have my old time radio MP3 in one folder, my audio describe movies in the other, different text document formats in other folders.t and third, I can connect iCloud dropbox and also Google Drive to Voice Dream reader, and when I download all my MP3 files or text documents on my computer that I copied over to Google Drive, I can easily import all of these files into my selected folder in Voice Dream, directly from Voice Dream. So thank you for a fantastic app and I am going to absolutely support the maintenance and sustenance of VoiceDream. There is no other replacement like this at the moment that does all these things and is fully accessible.

by Rcbeall17

As someone who has ADHD and struggles to read, I have always been able to listen and comprehend very well. I've always preferred audiobooks to reading books. Unfortunately, this has been a major challenge for me regarding case studies and other academic materials, and newspaper articles.

Voice Dream Reader has been completely life-changing. VoiceDream is beautiful and well-designed, and I love that I can play through my entire reading list anytime I have my headphones in or drive. VoiceDream is very well-polished, and it is straightforward to add content by sharing.

The Mac App is also incredible. Voice Dream Reader is one of the most excellent apps I've ever discovered, and it is worth every penny; even the Mac subscription is worth the monthly cost. I highly recommend this application to anyone that wants to listen to content. Also, the available voices on iOS are incredible. Just go through all of them until you find your favorite one. There is no need to buy any voices, in my opinion, since the iOS voices are superior.

by Desposi

Its not whether you can read well or not.
It’s whether you have the energy to stare at a page for long time. I’ve noticed for me that listening is easier than reading when I’m not in the mood and is a way to reduce the activation energy of a task that I wish to get done.
It’s also useful for catching up on articles saved for later to read in pocket. (I started using pocket for this amazing feature) also had it read me a 50 page orientation guide for work and over al just love how it makes things easier. I read great, but we don’t all have the energy or patience 24 hrs a day to read everything.

Plus it allows me to get through more material faster and has sold me on the whole power of text to speech!

Because I saw in another review mention that you can have Siri read you things by setting up accessibility settings and then doing a swipe down on any screen. Yes this is a nice feature I also use, and used prior to finding VoiceDream. To me they have different use cases as the flow and how they are used and how well they work in a variety of different situations compared to each other is quite different.

This is useful for actual work and learning and processing things.

Siri accessibility feature is helpful to also have turned on but is only good if you are already physically reading the article or page and item at hand.

This is helpful to share anything too and then go to it when wishing to and have it read away.

by Josiah Glock

My initial review was per sumptuous and precocious as well as an educated. I judgment was not from a neutral standpoint. I treated this review at that time like the room they treated me. I was in Butte with and negative demeanor.
I ask myself a few questions; how could I make this application better? What was hard about this application? What could be more intuitive within the menuing? What is great about this application? I have low vision that is very bad meaning I need backlit monitors to see anything and I see hardly at all because I detached retina. So the only specialize question I could ask how could this application work better for my issue, and what has been done an application that is universal for all of us either with reading dyslexia or site problems or blindness. m

I found an auto control that all puts the highlighting tool down on the plate pause menu when you have a speaking tool activated. Are use both speaking and vision because I’m not completely sure yet. I believe that there should be quick and easy choices at the top the hierarchy for blindness/low vision. I give it five stars though! Great job!

by This Ain't Bad

I cannot express to you how much value VoiceDream has given me over the past year and a half. I initially got it during the pandemic as a tool to encourage me to read research papers more often and only 6 months later I find my library filled with all types of books and material. I spend at least an hour a day reading or listening to a book now and I’ve never been more grateful for such a good service. Other apps have tried to hook me to a subscription or give me ads while not delivering nearly the same quality of text recognition and reader extensibility. Very grateful to the team working on this.
One thing I’d certainly love to see for VoiceDream in the future is some sort of extension into reading websites. I’ve purchased the pack of scanner, writer and reader(all of which perform great) but I think one really useful area this has yet to be applied to is reading articles on websites or blogs. Again really happy with VoiceDream and hope to see great things for the devs in the future!

by A.h.wright

I have always struggled keeping up with my reading in grad school. All of my time was devoted to just keeping up with assignments, not writing or exploring my own related interests. A prominent reason was getting bogged down in the details of texts. Listening through a first time has helped me focus on the big picture of arguments and identify arguments most important for my interests. Even though I have to go back to these sections in print, I still end up saving time and understanding materials better. Also, I appreciate the one time purchase model more than subscriptions (although I know this doesn’t support the ongoing development of VoiceDream . Why doesn’t VoiceDream Store support payed updates? I think it would be reasonable to pay a small fee for certain kinds updates and new features to give the developers an ongoing revenue stream). Any way, VoiceDream has enabled me to keep up.

One feature I would like is a desktop or web based version. I have found workarounds, but a dedicated app is desirable (perhaps an upgrade I would pay for wink wink?)

by RonM7

Voice Dream it's truly the most accessible consistent, and reliable document solution. It provides universal accessibility for everyone, versatile document access from local and web locations, as well as allowing for image acquisition of electronic text through optical character recognition, or the conversion of hardcopy print or images into electronic text. I would certainly recommend voice dream reader to anyone, because I have a confidence that the developer continues to bring an enhancements that in cooperate the latest features allowing users to access and manage content from variety of local and online databases. It has truly provided Application to educational, daily living and employment settings for me and many others, I'm sure. Thank you.

by MikeWithTooManyDevices

Voice Dream has been one of my most valuable and most used apps over the last year. If I am anywhere where I cannot sit and read, I use Voice Dream to read articles that I have downloaded or automatically synced through Pocket or imported from Dropbox. I use the different voices for different types of content. I use one for work documents, one for tech documents and one for news articles. It has gotten better with each update - I love VoiceDream!

Update 2020:
I love love love Voice Dream Reader. Seeing the recent highlight in VoiceDream Store reminded me that I need to comment again. This is such a wonderful timesaver for me and just a great tool for convenience. I work most days on my laptop and am constantly reading, learning and keeping up with new technology and products that my company develops. But I can't sit in front of a screen all day so I load up documents that I want to listen to or get a refresher on and can go for a walk while I listen. For some, listening to tech documents in audio form sounds boring but it helps me stay on top of my game professionally. But it also lets me go through my reading list from web pages I have dropped into Pocket or Instapaper. This is an app that every professional, student and anyone who likes or needs information in audio form should have.

Thank you for creating VoiceDream!

by Felix Cortez

I just wanted to say thanks again for continued great work on VoiceDream . I’ve been using Voice Dream since you launched it nearly 10 or so years back. I recently purchased an iPad Pro and the UI is great and the cross-app support has really improved from earlier years.

I’ve tried newer apps like Elo audio and speechify, and while their voices are more natural, they fail to meet the same level of support like Voice Dream. One of the biggest things I really like about Voice Dream is that imported PDFs retain graphics and tables which has always been an annoyance when importing technical papers into readers.

A couple suggestions/requests would be to add support for:

zooming in/out when in landscape-mode on the iPad and adding multi-page viewing options to aid in finding the right page, since indexing isn’t a thing upon import.

To my knowledge, the only app that supports zooming in/out in iPad OS is the Apple iBooks app.

And adding an auto-indexing feature that captures (guesses) what the chapters and sections are by indexing page content headlines. Such as this is JavaScript:

Chapter 1

Body of paragraph

by Anonymous User E

Well in this case I think you get more. It reads for you, yes. But it not only reads it reads much better than any other similar free app. And I know because I tried all the free ones first and they sounded so incredibly robotic that the sentences were melting into each other and I couldn't grasp what I was reading at all. They also had bad intonations on words which also caused confusion.

No this isn't a "cheap app" by measure of general app prices but when you measure the value that you get over the life of VoiceDream allowing you to read while washing dishes, driving or eating a meal, it is well worth every cent. VoiceDream has saved me hours and time is money! Not only can I multitask but I'm also reading much faster when it's the only thing I'm doing because it's scrolling for you and the added time of each thumb swipe is gone. You're now reading hands free. Also, in addition to the included voices, there's an option for premium voices and the option of simply putting it on mute and letting it scroll for you if you prefer your own voice for reading.

If you want something that's upfront "cheap" or free they're out there in other apps. This, to me, is cheap when you do the longterm math. Btw I've had this for years and happened to just review now since I was already in VoiceDream store to share the link with a friend.

Good luck and happy shopping

by Robbchadwick

Voice Dream Reader (and its associated apps) are excellent. I have only praise and no criticism for them. I have one problem — and it involves the Apple Watch version of VoiceDream . The whole idea is to listen to material one doesn’t have time to read. That generally means one is doing something else — and, according to my experience, the controls front the Apple Watch don’t work well. They never have — and it has gotten worse lately.

I appreciate that the Watch only downloads the articles in the playlist due to the fact that the Watch has limited RAM. That’s fine. It’s easy enough to move what I want to listen to at any given time to the playlist. However, the controls just don’t work — and lately, VoiceDream on the watch crashes almost every time I use it. I’ve restarted the watch and phone — but it just doesn’t help.

Once this is fixed, I’ll gladly add the extra star for this basically great app.

by Caramiadiva

I can’t begin to tell you how many times VoiceDream has saved me. First, when I was in grad school with all of the stuff I had to read and would have forgotten about last minute. I plugged it in it would read it to me and I would be able to go into discussions knowledgeable because it had been read to me while doing other things, fast forward a year and a half later I have a new job with many things that need to be read. Once again, voice dream to the rescue I have been able to read so many things about my job that is made it possible for me to accelerate in my career voice dream is a dream come true and it is my hero because it has rescued me so many times, I love VoiceDream and will continue to use it going forward for all of my personal as well as my business endeavors. It’s a great app. Please continue to maintain it.

by WaxHatter

I didn’t expect much out of VoiceDream when I hesitantly bought it a few years ago. Now, to say I’m dependent on it would be an understatement. I fear going to work without preparing content to listen to. I work in construction. Long days of mindless labor transformed into exhilarating intellectual experiences. Everything I listen to doesn’t have audio book versions. I mainly listen to Chinese light novels. All of those will never see official English releases let alone audio book releases.

Now to sad news. This is where I hesitate to give a 5 or 1 star review. 5 stars for exceptional app. 1 star for shifting to a subscription based service even for those who have already spend money to fully purchase VoiceDream . Some even spend hundreds of dollars too buy every last voice. Essentially the devs have chosen to steal VoiceDream from people like me. I bought it, period. Imagine buying a video game or movie or literally anything, then when you go to use the thing you bought it says “we are changing to a subscription service.”
It is just scummy. This should be illegal. It is actual theft. But what can I do?
Well for starters, I’m never subscribing. I’ll just have to find spending else.

You know it’s funny really. This company is beloved by its users. If they simply advertised a donation spot countless people would have been willing to throw money at them.
As the Chinese would say, they picked up a rock only to drop it on their foot.