I don't have Ulysses but I thought I'd mention it costs $24.99. It does have an extensive feature set but does much more than I would ever do when writing with my iPhone. I prefer to do the heavy lifting with my computer.
Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 31, 2017, at 11:13 AM, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. I recommend Ulysses. It's fully accessible now. Since Apple figured > out how to improve text selection, I haven't found any good reason to use > Voice Dream Writer. It's easy to select, cut and paste chunks of text in > Pages or other mainstream writing apps. Proof-reading is quite possible using > the built-in spellchecker in iOS. Ulysses is expensive but I use it all the > time. It's great for keeping stuff organised and writing long documents like > the iOS guide I'm working on for blind people. I can have a sepearte sheet > for each major section and rearrange them at will. I can also cut and paste > minor sections withinn a sheet. Ulysses uses markdown language for formatting > so you can always know what's going on since the Markdown characters are all > text symbols. > There's always Pages which is free from Apple and Microsoft Word which is > free from Microsoft. Both are quite useable. For a good accessible > dictionary/thesaurus app, I suggest Wordbook. It does the job rather nicely. > There's also another great one called Terminology. Both apps will work even > when offline so you'll never be without some assistance finding the right > word. Haven't found any satisfactory offline encyclopedias but the Wikipedia > Mobile app is great provided you're online. I've heard they have some > agreement with carriers so that it doesn't even cost you cellular data to > look up things on there. And of course, the Google app is a good addition to > anybody's home screens. Its voice search can often out-do Siri. > > You might also want to look at another app called Scrivener. It was designed > with authors in mind and is a close competitor. To Ulysses I prefer Ulysses > overall but it comes down to personal taste and overall approach. Hope that > helps you out a bit. >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:23 AM Jennie Facer <jennie.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Tracy, >> >> VoiceDream Writer costs $9.99, but it is so worth it. You can spellcheck and >> proofread your documents. I'm not sure if it syncs up with DropBox, but it >> does sync with iCloud so whenever you edit a document, it is automatically >> updated. Also when you create the document, and name iot, you don't have to >> save. It is really an awesome app >> >> Jenn! >> >> Sent from Jennie Facer's iPad Pro! >> >> > On Jan 31, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, OK, so a few of my abs are becoming obsolete. I've learned that >> > nebulous is ending, and apparently draft pad ended quite a while ago. >> > >> > I am looking for a new text editor/word processor. Any recommendations? >> > All the better if it can link up with dropbox. 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