It seems like the top ones that people recommend are Scrivener,
VoiceDream Writer and MS Word.
On 12/6/2017 8:40 PM, Michael Feir wrote:
I completely get that feeling. However, they make a pretty good case.
Good enough to convince me at any rate. I'm in this for the long haul.
I want a tool which will not suddenly disappear or be left to age
ungracefully. Not so long ago, there were some wonderful audio games
which even had famous voice actors like Sean Bean as narrators.
They're gone now because the developers couldn't make enough profit to
keep in business making games. Papa Sangre and Audio Defence can't be
bought anymore and you'd need older hardware to run them. I never got
to win any of those games before they reached the point where they
wouldn't work on new versions of iOS. That's what can happen when you
pay once and everyone else interested has also paid once.
The subscription model gives them the income they need to keep working
on Ulysses in a more considered way than with other apps. With a
one-time feee, you buy what you get but there's no funds or obligation
for the developer to keep working on it. Also, in order to attract
more customers, you need to make big changes with that in mind rather
than the more considered changes you make when you rely on people
sticking with you who like what you offered at the time you subscribed.
When I've put in tech support requests, I've gotten consistantly
reasonable good responses. They're a small company but they really
care about problems faced by subscribers. I don't think blind people
make a huge percentage of their subscribers but they nevertheless
address accessibility issues as that's possible. Frankly, I'm in this
out of pure interest to see how a steady income changes app
development and mind set for these folks. I want to see how thing
develop over the years presuming they manage to last. They['ve gotten
tonds of attention from writers so I think they have a very good
chance of staying the corse and keeping their subscribers happy.
Anyhow, that's why I got on board. It's not perfect. There's a
movement lag when yo first move onto a document with Voiceover.
However, writing works fine but they're going to improve movement of
the cursor with VoiceOver as soon as they can. It's good enough that
I'm more than willing to put up with a few things in order to have the
rest. I'll keep an ear on this threas to see what other people may
have found when it comes to writing apps.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:08 PM kelby carlson <kelbycarl...@gmail.com
<mailto:kelbycarl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I totally understand a subscription model for a service like
Spotify where you're paying for access to a catalog. But not with
something like a writing tool for personal use; a one-time charge
makes more sense from my perspective.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 6, 2017, at 5:44 PM, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com
<mailto:michael.f...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I personally find Ulysses worth the subscription. It'll be even
more the case once they deal with a touch of cluggishness
navigating with VoiceOver. That's on the agenda. One alternative
you may want to check out is Bear. I don't believe it's a
subscription model app. There's also Scrivener. Pages from Apple
is their free word processor. I didn't like it but others may
find it suits them. You might also want to try Microsoft Word
which is free on iOS. Hope that helps.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:30 PM Stephanie Mitchell
<natureloving...@gmail.com <mailto:natureloving...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I use byword. It is similar but a little cheaper.
Steph
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Date: 12/07/2017 08:19 AM
Subject: Free Writing App?
Does anyone have any recommendations for either a free or
inexpensive
writing app that is accessible? I was thinking of getting
Ulysses but I
don't want to pay a subscription fee for an app like that.
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