Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:28:10 -0700

Leo, I mostly read from Bookshare with Voice Dream Reader. The DAISY text versions. So, I doubt the MP3 app would work for me. But good to know about the wi-fi transfer.




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On Jun 23, 2023, at 12:18 PM, leobado1...@gmail.com wrote:



I personally use  MP3 audiobook player pro, it not only allows for wi-fi transfer but also plays M4B audiobooks. You can read all the details in the description:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id889580711

 

Best,

Leo Bado

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 11:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

Hi Leo,

 

What apps allow for wi-fi transfer?

 

I have WaltrPro which allows this.  I don't recommend WaltrPro because the price is unreasonable now and they have never done a thing about accessibility.  I figured out how to use WaltrPro but it is tedious at best.

 

I know someone who transfers files to VDR through iTunes, but that is even more tedious in my opinion.

 

I'd be curious about other apps that allow for wi-fi transfer.

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Richard, USA.

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.”  --  Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe

 

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of leobado1...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 10:15 AM
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Subject: RE: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

Richard, you said:

I would be fine if I had to start paying $59.99 per year.

I think it is by far the best reading app on the market today.

 

I agree with you, but if the were to be the case, I would also like to see further improvements  in the app, such as the ability to play M4B books, and transferring books to the app via Web browser using a wifi connection. These are characteristics that other similar apps  already have.

 

Best,

Leo Bado

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 11:01 AM
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Subject: RE: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

I just wonder if that price was for the Mac version or the iOS version.  If for the iOS version, that is too high in my opinion.

 

I've let the owners know that.

I personally feel that $59.99 per year would be reasonable.

I have used the app since at least version 2 and have been a beta tester for Winston Chen for at least 10 years and even though I purchased the app at the one time purchase deal, I would be fine if I had to start paying $59.99 per year.

I think it is by far the best reading app on the market today.

 

I am not impressed with Bookshare's new BookShare Reader app.  Nor am I very impressed with the DAISY Easy Reader app.

 

Later,

Richard, USA.

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ivan Icin
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 9:49 AM
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Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

At this point I am not sure to what you refer to, but if you refer to reviews they are on the iOS version of the app and they are very recent, like just few days ago.

 

So at least some people were asked to pay 100$/year recently in the iOS app.

On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 6:24:31 PM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote:

Well, you are correct, of course.  At least, mostly.

 

However, the subscription started while Winston Chen owned Voice Dream Reader for the Mac computers only.

 

Winston was going to add the subscription to the iOS version, but he sold the company before he did that.

So, the Applause group implemented the subscription model for all versions.

 

So, if someone was asked to pay $100 last year, that would likely have been the Mac version. 

 

At least, that is what I understand and I could of course be wrong.

HTH,

 

 

 

Richard, USA.

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.”  --  Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe

 

My web site: https://www.turner42.com

 

From: vip...@googlegroups.com <vip...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ivan Icin
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 8:56 AM
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Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

Looking at the web site it seems that I can read there what you sad that is in the App Store too. So probably a week or two ago when I checked it was different. It probably means that they have finally settled to that 80$ price point (it could be that they are still experimenting with non-US markets or that those markets will take more time to update the listings due to lower sales volume). You can read in the reviews that there are people in the US that were asked to pay 99$/year, so certainly that price was there very recently.

 

Anyway I did say that their most common price point was 80$ or 90$ (I wasn't sure which one as that was from my mind), so what you said isn't diametrically opposed to what I said.

On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 5:41:42 PM UTC+2 Ivan Icin wrote:

I think that I had that information from the website for the US App Store. 

In my country the pricing is in EUR, so I don’t think that I have looked there, currently there are 6 annual subscriptions with prices 45-130 EUR. 

On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 4:55:31 PM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote:

I just checked in the app store and only found one price in the US: Annual Subscription$79.99.

Also listed are the various voices you can purchase at $4.99 each.

 

What country are you in?

 

 

 

 

Richard, USA.

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.”  --  Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe

 

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From: vip...@googlegroups.com <vip...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ivan Icin
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 1:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader and Family sharing

 

You have information on pricing in the App Store.  Currently they are experimenting with something like 5 price points. In general in such cases developers randomly assign those to users to see what price points brings the most money to them. As the App Store arranges those by the one that is currently most frequently used, I think that their most likely price is currently 80 or 90$/year. There is one higher price point than that and several lower

 

So at the moment the app doesn’t have a uniform price. But it seems that you are much more likely to be charged close to 100$/year than 50$/year, which is the overall range that they use. 

On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 1:26:12 AM UTC+2 Richard Turner wrote:

Where did you get that price from?

That is much higher than had been announced.

 

 

 

Richard, USA.

“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin

 

 

On Jun 22, 2023, at 4:18 PM, Ivan Icin <labsii...@gmail.com> wrote:



 

I had too many typos, so here is corrected version with few more words:

Voice Dream is now a free app, so from the aspect of Apple that acquired license is now worth 0$. Also take that free with a bit of grain as it now actually costs around 100$/year to be used, just it is free to download. If you already own the license in general you don’t need to pay the new price, but the system isn’t bulletproof as Apple doesn’t support such a transition and it it technically possible that some users might need to pay, though that should be a very tiny ratio. 

 

Other that that  when it was a paid app Family Sharing was meant only for in-app purchases, and this is Apple’s policy for all paid apps. 

On Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:45:39 PM UTC+2 Tim wrote:

That is a good question...:)
I had the same issue.
Tim

On 6/22/23, leoba...@gmail.com <leoba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. Someone I know is having issues with Voice Dream Reader and family
> sharing. This person bought VDR time ago when it was acquired through
> one-time payment. However, now he wants to share VDR but a message pops up
> saying that it is not possible. Is anyone having this issue?
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> Best,
>
> Leo Bado
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