Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-29 Thread Ivan Icin
Mary, I fully understand your standing regarding not using Speech Central if it doesn't have a convenient Bookshare solution. That is more than legitimate. However as far as I know you pay for Bookshare, or if not US tax payers pay instead some non trivial money each year. Also you don't pay

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-28 Thread Ivan Icin
e safety from being > understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. > > Khalil Gibran. > > > > *From:* vip...@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of > *Joshua > Hendrickson > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:37 AM > *To:* vip...@googlegro

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread The Evil Chocolate Cookie
, 2024, at 5:15 PM, Corey Cook wrote:Honestly its $59 for the year. Pay it or don’t.   Corey Cook From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of The Evil Chocolate CookieSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:14 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I disagree. Everyone

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread The Evil Chocolate Cookie
Cook From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary OttenSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 4:58 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream None of you who are saying Winston could’ve done this and that have any proof at all. Winston got out because he knew he

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
w.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis LongSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:37 AMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream More over this company doesn’t keep their word.  They said when they took over.  That grandfathered  users wou

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Cris Ali
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Corey Cook Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I have a friend that is a grandfathered user and she got an email this morning i

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kerry Macdonald Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 2:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream That’s true, however, Winston was very much engaged with the blind community and talked to us about what worked

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Kerry Macdonald
escription (1932-2009) My web site: https://www.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis LongSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:37 AMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream More over this company doesn’t keep their word.  They said when they

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Corey Cook
either >> like it and pay or don't. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of >> Dennis Long >> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:12 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice d

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread leobado1982
Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream What I think is that originally the new owners thought that they would have enough new subscribers to keep

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2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
der. That needs to be pointed out >> to them. Again more than 50% of the cost of a screen reader. That reads my >> computer screen to me and allows me to use my computer. If the company >> thinks people will pay more than 50% of a screen reader subscription they >>

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
(1932-2009) My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream More over this company doesn’t

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Chris Chaffin
> > They're going to switch to a subscription model for everyone and we either > like it and pay or don't. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis > Long > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:12 AM > To: viphone@googlegroup

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread Corey Cook
The same people complaining about this, will most likely get dinner using Uber eats tonight. Corey Cook From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of k...@axistech.net Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I have a friend that is a grandfathered user and she got an email this morning informing her as of May 1 she would have to pay. On Mar 26, 2024, at 12:17 PM, llump...@austin.rr.com <mailto:llump...@austin.rr.com> wrote:  It’s not

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Arnold Schmidt
and we either like it and pay or don't. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I agree $20 I might go that. Even that is a might. I

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread Robert Doc Wright
I agree. It helps me a lot in my teaching. - Original Message - From: k...@axistech.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:18 AM Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... Hello Richard, This message

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
5 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I agree if it were $10 or $20 a year I might think about it. but $60 again more than 50% the cost of my screen reader I think not. I told them so. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.co

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2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
everyone pay for voice dream I’d expect this subscription could pay for things like new audio formats like ogg could be played. Also maybe newer voices like those from Microsofft. Take a chance and see what happens. I wish people weren’t so picky. I will support voice dream reader and I really hope

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Corey Cook
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Feliciano GodoySent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:11 AMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream Hi all,It's unfortunate that this is a new subscription model for New users but I understand developers need to get paid for their work  for such app

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2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
How much money do you save by using books share? How many books would you be purchasing if not for books share and reading with ease through Voice Dream reader? My problem isn’t the subscription as such. For instance, I can’t imagine paying for a weather app or a Parcel app, like somebody else’s.

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2024-03-26 Thread llumpkin
It’s not clear to me where we older users are grandfathered into not paying or not. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Feliciano Godoy Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream Hi all, It's

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread llumpkin
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream Hi Group, I would be willing to pay up to twenty dollars yearly, but this is ridiculous. I could afford it, but it is still way too high

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
t; On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 2:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream Not at these rates make it reasonable this is ridiculous. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:vip

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
No yearly as far as I can tell. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of leobado1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream so, are both choices available? monthly subscription and yearly subscription

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream Although I love Voice Dream, I think this is an outrage and simply greed on the developers part. Yes, I know developers need to eat, but I think they are just jumping on this subscription bandwagon that everyone ha

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream Hi Group, I would be willing to pay up to twenty dollars yearly, but this is ridiculous. I could afford it, but it is still way too high for an app

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Hi all, It's unfortunate that this is a new subscription model for New users but I understand developers need to get paid for their work for such app. Considering Voice Dream inclusiveness with Accessibility, it's worth supporting in my opinion if you use the app daily. They get continuous

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread karl
: karl.axist...@gmail.com Twitter http://twitter.com/axistech From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... Rl, I have nothing

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread regina alvarado
Agree. Twenty or thirty dollars even I would pay, but 60 a year is steep. Understand they need to make money, however. I don’t know the percentage of blind people who are not working or on SS, but bet a lot so they must make a decision. Reggie Alvarado On Mar 26, 2024, at 11:56 AM, Ron

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
: Making everyone pay for voice dream I buy books share because I can download a lot of books in a year. This is just a standalone reading tool. It’s wonderful app but it’s just an app. I just think that $59 a year for an app that you just listen to books on is way too much. I will use some other

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I  would be willing to pay up to twenty dollars yearly, but this is ridiculous. I could afford it, but it is still way too high for an app on an Apple device. As mentioned before, the average price of most apps usable with IOS devices is between five and ten dollars US.  Allowing

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
oups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... Rl, I have nothing to do with the company. I am just a long time supporter and previously a beta tester for Winston back in the early days. Richard, USA "It's no great honor to be blin

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2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
er Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... This decision to make Reader for macOS a subscription was not an easy one: I agonized over it for the p

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
On Behalf Of k...@axistech.net Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... Hello Richard, This message is very much appreciated and completely understandable. Unfortunately in the free or lo

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread regina alvarado
@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... This decision to make Reader for macOS a subscription was not an easy one: I agonized over it for the past two years, because I know a lot of people do not like subscriptions. And some of you who

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Flor Lynch
googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Gerardo Corripio *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2024 9:39 PM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream You guys are forgetting about the "Dolphin Easy Reader" app; which has a Bookshare interface. It's free, thus I plan to

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ...

2024-03-26 Thread karl
http://twitter.com/axistech From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream, a blog post from Winston Chen ... This decision to make Reader for macOS

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2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
uesday, March 26, 2024 7:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I buy books share because I can download a lot of books in a year. This is just a standalone reading tool. It’s wonderful app but it’s just an app. I just think that $59 a year for an a

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread regina alvarado
I buy books share because I can download a lot of books in a year. This is just a standalone reading tool. It’s wonderful app but it’s just an app. I just think that $59 a year for an app that you just listen to books on is way too much. I will use some other way to read I do plan on contacting

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Jody ianuzzi
Hi Carrie,I agree with you completely and I'll send a message as well. I have no intention of paying their fee and I will simply find another book reader.JODYTo Boldly Go   thunderwalker...@gmail.com "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way."  NO BARRIERS  Erik WeihenmayerOn Mar

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Kerry Macdonald
Although I love Voice Dream, I think this is an outrage and simply greed on the developers part. Yes, I know developers need to eat, but I think they are just jumping on this subscription bandwagon that everyone has been doing these days which I feel is a very greedy way to do business. Those of

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread leobado1982
Of sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream That’s $5 a month. I’m sure people waste $5 a month on crap they don’t need. Heck a streaming service is more expensive. Bookshare is now $79

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Richard Turner
hope it gets boycotted.  Again its more then half a Jaws subscription.  That is a screen reader.  They are way out of line with their pricing. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua HendricksonSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 3:37 AMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread sarai.bucciarelli
ent: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream Developers have to eat too. They should get paid. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
us enslave something in us.Khalil Gibran. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis LongSent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:38 AMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream Oh I reached out to them.  They are ridiculous. I remember this company saying something

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread leobado1982
: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream Oh I reached out to them. They are ridiculous. I remember this company saying something if you had already purchased it. I’m off to find what that was. I will again encourage everyone

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread leobado1982
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I’d expect this subscription could pay for things like new audio formats like ogg could be played. Also maybe newer voices like those from

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
: Making everyone pay for voice dream I’d expect this subscription could pay for things like new audio formats like ogg could be played. Also maybe newer voices like those from Microsofft. Take a chance and see what happens. I wish people weren’t so picky. I will support voice dream reader and I

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
They aren't considering that a large number of blind people can't afford $60 a year. They aren't also considering that a large number of blind people aren't able to find jobs in the USA.More over if it were more reasonably priced maybe and it’s a big maybe. It would be a big maybe because

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
Of regina alvarado Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 7:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream The email said it starts on May 1. When I went to the link, it showed me that it was $59 a year. It had all kinds of things they had done and why they would

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
Not at these rates make it reasonable this is ridiculous. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream Developers have to eat too. They should get

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
. This is more then 50 percent of what a Jaws subscription is in the USA I don’t think so. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I mentioned DAISY Easy Reader

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I’d expect this subscription could pay for things like new audio formats like ogg could be played. Also maybe newer voices like those from Microsofft. Take a chance and see what happens. I wish people weren’t so picky. I will support voice dream reader and I really hope others will do so as well.

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Arnold Schmidt
There are two other alternatives worth mentioning, if what one mostly uses Voice Dream  for is to read Bookshare books. If one already has a Victor Reader Stream, it can be used and books can be downloaded to it directly. Also, if one already has Jaws on a computer, Jaws has FS reader within it.

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2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
Gera  i agreee with you completely.  Dennis LongSent from my iPhone 15  Pro MaxOn Mar 26, 2024, at 12:44 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote:Here in Mexico, $60 is almost a thousand Mexican pesos! Yeah I know... you can divide 1000 per month, which would be around 150 or so, but if you've already bought

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
day, March 25, 2024 9:39 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream You guys are forgetting about the "Dolphin Easy Reader" app; which has a Bookshare interface. It's free, thus I plan to use it even more if Voice Dream ends up being subscriptiononly. G

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2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
i won't pay for it. i did already. if i had not already paid for it that would be one thing. Dennis LongSent from my iPhone 15  Pro MaxOn Mar 26, 2024, at 12:11 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote:I can’t believe all this negative talk about not wanting to pay $60 per year for voice dream reader. For

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Dennis Long
rest of your life." -- Dr. Margaret Rockwell Phanstiehl Founder of Audio Description (1932-2009) My web site: https://www.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Gerardo CorripioSent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:39 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for v

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2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, The Book Share program itself now has its own app. It is free and while a bit limited, it does read book share books quite well and the recent addition of a bookmark feature makes it usable in that limited context. On 3/26/2024 12:38 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: You guys are

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Cristóbal Muñoz *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2024 7:05 PM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream So I opened up the app again and got the banner at the bottom of the screen. Not sure if I’ll sign onto the $60, but honestly, I

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
:*viphone@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Richard Turner *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2024 5:41 PM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I have not updated today. But, if anyone wants to go back and look at what Winston Chen had said when he sold Voice

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2024-03-25 Thread Grant Hardy
using an app that works mostly flawlessly and certainly is, in my opinion, worth the $60 per year. Cheers, Marco *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Joshua Hendrickson *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2024 9:11 PM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Making everyone pay for voice

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2024-03-25 Thread Marco Curralejo
There’s a reason why they’re free. I’ll leave it at that.  � From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream � I mentioned DAISY Easy Reader and Speech Central

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2024-03-25 Thread Richard Turner
2009) My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream You guys are forgetting about th

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2024-03-25 Thread William James
@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I can’t believe all this negative talk about not wanting to pay $60 per year for voice dream reader. For me, it is one of the best apps out there for reading both ebooks and audio content. I’ll tell you all some of the recent changes

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Marco Curralejo
, � Marco � From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream � I can’t believe all this negative talk about not wanting to pay $60 per year for voice dream reader

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2024-03-25 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I can’t believe all this negative talk about not wanting to pay $60 per year for voice dream reader. For me, it is one of the best apps out there for reading both ebooks and audio content. I’ll tell you all some of the recent changes the new owners have done for us all. They have recently allowed

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2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks for the clarification. I never get audiobooks from books share, so book player I don’t care. Kind of sucks. I still think I should be able to download stuff as long as I don’t try to upgrade. You can always do that with everything else. If I have an apple device for instance, and it’s not

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread William James
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cristóbal MuñozSent: Monday, March 25, 2024 7:05 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream So I opened up the app again and got the banner at the bottom of the screen. Not sure if I’ll sign onto the $60, but honestly, I more than got my

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread sarai.bucciarelli
Developers have to eat too. They should get paid. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 7:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream So I opened up the app again and got the banner at the bottom

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread leobado1982
, for those who understand us enslave something in us. Khalil Gibran. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of regina alvarado Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 5:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream The email said it starts on May 1. When I went

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2024-03-25 Thread 'john riehl' via VIPhone
Developers gotta eat too. If I get billed I’ll pay $59 a year gladly. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 7:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I tend to agree with you, Richard. What

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2024-03-25 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I tend to agree with you, Richard. What is book player if you know? I had never heard of bookplayer app. There is no way I’m going to speech Central. It’s just too clunky. If he did what he’s been asked to do and implemented an easy way to download

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
: Making everyone pay for voice dream I have not updated today.But, if anyone wants to go back and look at what Winston Chen had said when he sold Voice Dream LLC., he made it clear that he would have had to begin charging a subscription to be able to maintain development and he had already started

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread regina alvarado
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard TurnerSent: Monday, March 25, 2024 5:41 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I have not updated today.But, if anyone wants to go back and look at what Winston Chen had said when he sold Voice Dream LLC., he made it clear that he

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
I tend to agree with you, Richard. What is book player if you know? I had never heard of bookplayer app. There is no way I’m going to speech Central. It’s just too clunky. If he did what he’s been asked to do and implemented an easy way to download bookshare books right through the app, Then I

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread leobado1982
of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. Khalil Gibran. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 5:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Richard Turner
I have not updated today. But, if anyone wants to go back and look at what Winston Chen had said when he sold Voice Dream LLC., he made it clear that he would have had to begin charging a subscription to be able to maintain development and he had already started the Mac version as a

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Chris Chaffin
The support email address did not change, the new owners bought the rights to the name Voice Dream.So the support email address is supp...@voicedream.comChris  On Mar 25, 2024, at 6:29 PM, Earle wrote:How did you get the developers email address? When I look in the app I still see the old

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Earle
How did you get the developers email address? When I look in the app I still see the old address.EarleSent from my iPhoneOn Mar 25, 2024, at 6:16 PM, Chris Chaffin wrote:I am not sure this effects everybody.  Or, at least at this moment.  My voice Dream is still fully functional at this point.  

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Chris Chaffin
I am not sure this effects everybody.  Or, at least at this moment.  My voice Dream is still fully functional at this point.  I even took Voice Dream out of my app switcher and restarted it, and the banner never came up again.To hopefully get some information on what exactly the banner was about,

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread William James
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 1:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream   I updated and when the notice came up in the app I

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Dan
: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 1:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream   I updated and when the notice came up

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread leobado1982
in us. Khalil Gibran. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 3:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream I don’t know if it’s been stated, but for those who received that message, were you one time

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
Behalf Of Dan Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 1:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream I updated and when the notice came up in the app I clicked on the learn more thing at the bottom of the screen and the announcement went away and it did not take me an

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread regina alvarado
I actually got an email and it told me to learn more with a link and then went on to tell me all the wonderful reasons they made the decision and all they added which I didn’t figure I needed as I use it for BKS. Reggie Alvarado On Mar 25, 2024, at 4:46 PM, Dan wrote: I

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Dan
I updated and when the notice came up in the app I clicked on the learn more thing at the bottom of the screen and the announcement went away and it did not take me anywhere I could learn more, it just wen back to the list of books I have.

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Peggy Kane
Peggy Sent from my i phone☺️ > On Mar 25, 2024, at 4:27 PM, leobado1...@gmail.com wrote: > > Where did you receive this message? I updated VDR today, and a window > popped up saying something about a price change, but didn't get to read in > more detail because It got closed before I could

RE: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread leobado1982
Where did you receive this message? I updated VDR today, and a window popped up saying something about a price change, but didn't get to read in more detail because It got closed before I could do something. Cheers, Leo Bado. I have found both freedom of loneliness and the safety from being