@Voice Aloud Reader (TTS) 30.1.0
Free Version
Publisher Description
Discover the ultimate app for multitaskers: @Voice Aloud Reader, designed to read aloud web pages, news articles, lengthy emails, TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, EPUB, MOBI, PRC, AZW, and FB2 eBooks. Whether you want to read on-screen or listen when your eyes are occupied, this versatile app caters to your every need.
Top Features:
• Read and listen to web pages and various local files, including text, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, and HTML files.
• Enjoy clutter-free web pages, with menus, navigation, ads, and other distractions removed.
• OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts text from PDFs where standard text extraction fails.
• Effortlessly share content from other apps or copy and paste text into @Voice Aloud Reader for seamless listening.
• Export and listen to WhatsApp chats.
• Create and customize listening lists with multiple articles for continuous, uninterrupted playback.
• Experience eBooks with original formatting and images, either on-screen or by listening with headphones.
• Supports Chinese and Japanese vertical text (right-to-left mode) and horizontal mode.
• Easily import saved Pocket articles to your @Voice reading list.
• Record spoken articles as sound files in WAV (uncompressed) or OGG (compressed) formats.
• Access dictionaries, translations, Wikipedia, and web search with a long-press on any word or phrase.
• Enhance speech with TTS correction, including optional use of Regular Expressions (RegEx).
• Adjust speech generator volume, pitch, and speech rate to your preference.
• Conveniently pause, resume, or skip through content using wired or Bluetooth headset buttons.
Upgrade your reading and listening experience with @Voice Aloud Reader – the all-in-one solution for busy individuals on the go. Download now and unlock the full potential of multitasking!
About @Voice Aloud Reader (TTS)
@Voice Aloud Reader (TTS) is a free app for Android published in the Reference Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops @Voice Aloud Reader (TTS) is Hyperionics Technology. The latest version released by its developer is 30.1.0. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 4.0.
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Program Details
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| Publisher | Hyperionics Technology |
| Released Date | 2024-04-17 |
| Languages | English |
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| Category | Education |
| Subcategory | Reference Tools |
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| Operating systems | android |
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| Total downloads | 111 |
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| License model | Free |
| Price | N/A |
Version History
version 30.1.0
posted on 2024-04-17
Ver. 30.1.0
* When using automatic voice changes you want to switch voices (e.g. in a book dialog a man speaks with a female voice, and a woman with male) - press "Back" button on the screen or your headset.
* Fix block of Play/Pause button after some full screen ads
* Fix horizontal scrolling in Japanese vertical reading mode.
* Fix copying Japanese text should not include ruby markup.
* Fix problems with loading full page content when the Internet connection was down.
version 29.3.3
posted on 2024-03-06
Ver 29.3.3
* Added "Boldify" feature to show part of words in bold font, which helps read faster, at least for some people. Turn on/off under T+/- button on top - FONT tab
* Other stability and performance improvements.
version 29.1.16
posted on 2024-02-22
Ver 29.1.16
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 29.1.11
posted on 2024-02-11
Ver 29.1.11, Feb 11, 2024
* Fix problem with right-to-left text displaying incorrectly for some websites
* Fix incorrect language recognition in some HTML and ebook texts
* Fix the problem with freshly set bookmarks not being saved in some situations.
* Other stability and performance improvements.
version 29.1.4
posted on 2024-02-02
Ver. 29.1.4
* Code changes make possible creation of filters for automatic voice changes for book dialogs. At this time it's a manual process of creating JSON files with RegEx expressions. Not sure if if creating user interface for it is possible. Email author if you'd like to try this.
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 29.0.22
posted on 2024-01-29
Ver. 29.0.22
* Quality and stability improvements.
version 29.0.20
posted on 2024-01-17
Ver. 29.0.20
* Quality and stability improvements.
version 29.0.14
posted on 2024-01-11
Ver. 29.0.14
* Corrections to Arabic text extraction from PDF files
* Fix saving translated ebook chapters.
* Other important quality improvements, better filtering of content for some sites.
version 29.0.6
posted on 2024-01-03
Ver. 29.0.6
* Translate menu under circular arrows button has a new option to show bilingual text, each sentence in original and translated language, in different shades. The app will read with voices corresponding to each language. Useful when learning foreign languages.
* Voice changes instructions now work in the free version too.
* Improved export of reading list to EPUB, original PDF view and more.
version 28.0.11
posted on 2023-11-24
Ver. 28.0.11
* Relaxed network timeout for TTS, allowing to set it to as low as 1 second, or 0 to use the default value.
* Added retry count parameter for network voices, the default is 3. Now can be set to anything between 0 and 10
* Other new features and stability improvements
version 28.0.2
posted on 2023-11-13
Ver. 28.0.2
* New media style notification on Android 13 and higher, stays on top of other notifications if app is playing, can be swiped away, prettier. Option to use old style notification is under T+/- button on top - MODE tab.
* Fix item duplication on the reading list problem, when batch-adding many files at once.
* Other important stability and performance improvements
version 27.9.5
posted on 2023-10-15
Ver. 27.9.5
* Stability and performance improvements
version 27.9.2
posted on 2023-10-02
Ver. 27.9.2
* Fix incorrect sentence splitting in ebooks, where an abbreviation with embedded space was met.
* Fix: providing your own ding.wav file in .config directory, to sound between articles on the reading list, crashed the app.
version 27.8.4
posted on 2023-09-19
Ver. 27.8.4
* Fix: the reading list screen was not showing selection check-boxes, when search filter was active
* Stability and performance improvements
version 27.8.1
posted on 2023-09-19
Ver. 27.8.1
* Improvements and fixes in the Paste Links function.
version 27.7.1
posted on 2023-08-27
Ver. 27.7.1
* Important stability and performance improvements
version 27.7.0
posted on 2023-08-27
Ver. 27.7.0
* Important stability and performance improvements
version 27.6.8
posted on 2023-08-19
Ver. 27.6.8
* Small changes necessary to make the upcoming Android Auto plugin work
* Stability and performance improvements
version 27.6.5
posted on 2023-07-23
Ver. 27.6.5
* Microsoft Azure online voices, which are multilingual (e.g. en-US-RyanMultilingualNeural or en-US-JennyMultilingualNeural) can now be selected for reading aloud texts in other languages, which these voices handle.
* Fix opening some FB2 ebooks.
version 27.6.2
posted on 2023-07-10
Ver. 27.6.2
* Added GDPR form to accept or reject interest based ads, something E.U. and some state regulators force us to do.
version 27.6.3
posted on 2023-07-10
Ver. 27.6.3
* Fix: when searching for text on the main reader screen, the icon for setting the text search options was too small and difficult to press.
version 27.6.0
posted on 2023-06-20
Ver. 27.6.0
* Set custom increment for the speech rate slider, instead of default 0.05. Long press the round button at right of the Rate slider to change it.
* For the sleep timer, you may now type the value in minutes or hours (including decimal dot if needed, e.g. 2.5 min.). The old quick selection values are also available.
* Stability and usability fixes
version 27.5.12
posted on 2023-06-01
Ver. 27.5.12
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 27.5.0
posted on 2023-05-09
Ver. 27.5.0
* Added "List to EPUB" function on the reading list menu. Converts only HTML files found on the reading list
* Voice change annotations within HTML or EPUB files may be hidden inside comments , to make hidden in other book readers
version 27.4.0
posted on 2023-04-25
Ver. 27.4.0
* On the Reading List - Paste links menu, added option "Download a series of articles following the NEXT links in them". Just paste the link to the first article or novel chapter, and it sill download them to the end or until you manually cancel.
version 27.3.5
posted on 2023-04-04
Ver. 27.3.5
* Reading list items have now better, more complete titles. The file name and path are available in Details view.
* For PDF pages scanned from paper at an angle (skewed), @Voice straightens the image before performing OCR for better text quality
* Reading list - Paste links - read links from a webpage, sometimes the titles of articles were encoded (quoted printable) - now the app decodes them to show the correct titles on the reading list.
* Stability and usability fixes
version 26.3.3
posted on 2022-05-10
Ver. 26.3.3
* Fix: while listening and watching the original PDF, the yellow highlight was obscuring the text on older versions of Android.
* Important stability and usability improvements.
version 26.2.3
posted on 2022-04-25
Ver. 26.2.3
* Improved the way some tables, and long, unbroken strings of characters are displayed on @Voice's screen.
* Important stability and usability improvements.
version 26.1.6
posted on 2022-04-18
Ver. 26.1.6
* Added Share button to the screen that appears when recording to sound file is finished.
* Important stability and usability improvements.
* Added Hungarian translation - thank you, Sancho!
version 26.0.2
posted on 2022-04-10
Ver. 26.0.2
* New feature: if you open a PDF and extract text to HTML format, press on the round PDF button at bottom left, to look at the original PDF pages while the app is reading aloud. Press the Back button on your phone/tablet to return from PDF to normal view anytime.
* Turkish translations reviewed and corrected, thank you, Ferhat!
version 25.4.6
posted on 2022-02-17
Ver. 25.4.6
* Added controls for external keyboard connected to a phone or tablet:
- Down and up arrows - scroll screen up or down
- Left and right arrows - jump to the previous/next sentence
- Enter key - pause/resume reading aloud
- Space or page down key - scroll to the next page
- Page up key - scroll to the previous page
- T letter key - open Google Translate on the currently highlighted sentence.
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 25.4.2
posted on 2022-01-17
Ver. 25.4.2
* Sleep timer improvements.
* OCR package updated to Tesseract 5.0.1, slightly faster and using less memory. Also added STOP button to OCR progress message, to stop the process but preserve the text.
* Fix for reading FB2 ebooks from Google Drive
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 25.3.8
posted on 2022-01-07
Ver. 25.3.8
* The "Sync between devices" screen now shows the current Google account used for syncing, and there is a button to change it.
* On Android 12 and higher you may place a sound file named ding.wav in .config directory of @Voice home folder, to replace the "ding" sound it makes between loading articles from the reading list.
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 25.3.2
posted on 2021-12-31
Ver. 25.3.2
* Added option to restart sleep timer when device shakes.
* Fix: press on a bookmark list did not work correctly, when some bookmarks were deleted
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 25.2.7
posted on 2021-12-21
Ver. 25.2.7
* Permitting clear text traffic again, too many complaints from the users, when it's limited to https only.
* Stability and performance improvements.
version 25.2.4
posted on 2021-12-17
Ver. 25.2.4
* Stability and performance improvemens.
version 25.2.1
posted on 2021-12-15
Ver. 25.2.1
* Added new option under Speech settings - AUDIO tab to play soft sound while reading, to prevent sound fading out for each sentence on some external speakers or headsets.
* Stability and performance improvemens.
version 25.1.7
posted on 2021-12-14
Ver. 25.1.7
* Important stability and performance improvements.
version 25.1.1
posted on 2021-12-08
Ver. 25.1.1
* OCR on battery is no longer supported for more than 2 pages. This was causing a lot of problems.
* Important stability and performance improvements.
version 25.0.5
posted on 2021-11-28
Ver. 25.0.5
* Added reading progress and bookmarks synchronization between devices, through user's Google Drive. It may be turned on under the Settings menu.
version 24.4.0
posted on 2021-11-17
Ver. 24.0.0
* Added reading progress synchronization between devices, through user's Google Drive. It may be turned on under the Settings menu.
version 24.3.3
posted on 2021-11-17
Ver. 24.3.3
* Fixes some "Application Not Responding" (ANR) errors
version 24.3.1
posted on 2021-10-30
Ver. 24.3.1
* Fixes to make @Voice run better on Android TV and Onyx e-paper devices.
version 24.2.10
posted on 2021-10-30
Ver. 24.2.10
* Fix - in some situations the same full screen app was shown over and over.
* Fix - adding files to the Reading list from Google Drive would not work correctly, if two or more files had the same name.
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.2.9
posted on 2021-10-20
Ver. 24.2.9
* Reading list - long press on up or down arrow button at the bottom bar to move selected article to the start or end of the list.
* New option under Speech settings - highlight next sentence as soon as the current one finishes.
* Fix to not read aloud HTTP links in German
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.2.1
posted on 2021-10-11
Ver. 24.2.1
* Fix for opening PDF files from the Reading list
* Fix: prevent ads from showing when sharing articles to @Voice Reading list, or when opening the app when screen reader (e.g. TalkBack) is active
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.2.4
posted on 2021-10-11
Ver. 24.2.4
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.1.12
posted on 2021-10-05
Ver. 24.1.12
* Added Samsung Dictionary to dictionary selections. Works only on Samsung phones.
* Improved support for Android 12 on Samsung devices
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.1.10
posted on 2021-10-01
Ver. 24.1.10
* Added Samsung Dictionary to dictionary selections. Works only on Samsung phones.
* Improved support for Android 12 on Samsung devices
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.1.7
posted on 2021-09-26
Ver. 24.1.7
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.1.4
posted on 2021-09-24
Ver. 24.1.4
* Reading list screen has now selection check-boxes for moving, copying or deleting articles in bulk
* Other stability improvements
version 24.0.11
posted on 2021-09-14
Ver. 24.0.11
* Fix: full screen ads should not appear when a screen reader (TalkBack or other) is active
* Other stability improvements
version 24.0.7
posted on 2021-08-30
Ver. 24.0.7
* App compiled to new Google requirements (API 30), asks the user for permission to "manage all files". It's optional, but without it easy access to files outside of the app private folder is very inconvenient, and many files need to be duplicated in app folder to open them.
* Fix: would not read next article on reading list, if repeating sentences was turned on.
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.0.4
posted on 2021-08-25
Ver. 24.0.4
* After selecting text, Google Translate can appear in a popup window.
* Volume rocker can be set to jump sentences.
* The voice definitions for voice changes can now optionally contain # character followed by instructions to set the voice speed, pitch and volume.
* Stability and performance improvements
version 24.0.0
posted on 2021-08-23
Ver. 24.0.0
* The voice definitions for voice changes can now optionally contain # character followed by instructions to set the voice speed, pitch and volume.
* Stability and performance improvements
version 23.4.10
posted on 2021-08-20
Ver. 24.3.10
* Stability and performance improvements
version 23.4.8
posted on 2021-08-03
Ver. 24.3.8
* Stability and performance improvements
version 23.4.1
posted on 2021-07-17
Ver. 23.4.1
* File browser and Open screen now go up all the way to root and then allow entering mnt folder. This is necessary e.g. under BlueStacks emulator to access folders shared with the host machine
* In "Custom colors" theme added an option to customize the word highlight
* Fixed some MHTML text import issues, for files exported to MHTML/MHT format from MS Office.
* Fixed opening of some FB2 ebooks
version 23.3.15
posted on 2021-06-27
Ver. 23.15
* Fix premium license problem on a few devices
* Stability and performance improvements
version 23.3.12
posted on 2021-06-22
Ver. 23.3.12
* Stability and performance improvements
version 23.3.5
posted on 2021-06-15
Ver. 23.3.5
* Reading lists have now optional default folder, where their articles will be saved
* Fixes and improvement to Paste links function on the Reading List menu - will not stop on download in background, when JavaScript is needed for the web page, will notify of download progress and finish, and optionally let you cancel when downloading in background
* Improvements to PDF text import
version 23.3.3
posted on 2021-06-05
Ver. 23.3.3
* Reading lists have now optional default folder, where their articles will be saved
* Fixes and improvement to Paste links function on the Reading List menu - will not stop on download in background, when JavaScript is needed for the web page, will notify of download progress and finish, and optionally let you cancel when downloading in background
* Improvements to PDF text import
version 23.2.9
posted on 2021-06-02
Ver. 23.2.9
* Added "Show details" option to the Reading List menu - shows file size and date
* Fix: it was impossible to delete Google Cloud voices API key.
version 23.1.5
posted on 2021-05-09
Ver. 23.1.5
* Added Amazon Polly and Microsoft Azure cloud voices support (paid services)
* Fix for opening MHTML files generated by MS Word
* Other small changes, stability and performance improvements
version 23.1.3
posted on 2021-04-27
Ver. 23.1.3
* Added Amazon Polly and Microsoft Azure cloud voices support (paid services)
* Fix for opening MHTML files generated by MS Word
* Other small changes, stability and performance improvements
version 23.0.8
posted on 2021-04-25
Ver. 23.0.8
* PREMIUM copy only: Added ability to switch voices, when reading aloud, with special annotations within the text. They can also change the language of the voice. Read more: https://hyperionics.com/atVoice/VoiceChanges.html
* Other small changes, stability and performance improvements
version 22.8.7
posted on 2021-03-23
Ver. 22.8.7
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2021-03-05
Ver. 22.7.4
* The default interface under the Open button to search for documents by type (BOOKS, PDF, DOC, HTML, TEXT) has now a search by file name, author, title etc. function - press magnifying glass icon on top
* On the BOOKS tab, if you press on book image next to each book title, a more detailed info and book cover are shown. Press on the text to open at once, as before.
version N/A
posted on 2021-02-22
Ver. 22.6.7
* Quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2021-01-30
Ver. 22.6.2
* Added "Reset progress" function to the Reading list menu
* Fix opening PDF files from the reading list
version N/A
posted on 2021-01-22
Ver. 22.6.0
* Important stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2021-01-18
Ver. 22.5.8
* Improved reading with Google cloud voices - shorter pauses between paragraphs and more reliable connection
* Fix the problem with Open button sometimes closing instantly, opening the same file
* Important stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2021-01-11
Ver. 22.5.3
* Important stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2021-01-06
Ver. 22.5.1
* Auto-save reading progress every 1 minute, in case the app is killed
* Access to files in network library plugin under Android 11 fixed
* Fix: was not listing Chinese language selection for Google Cloud voices
* Other important quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-12-16
Ver. 22.4.10
* Correct handling of tags in web pages
* Handle MathJax (math equations) in web pages
* Other important quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-12-08
Ver. 22.4.3
* Fix for importing text from PDF files in Arabic
* Other important quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-12-05
Ver. 22.4.0
* When cropping a PDF for text extraction, long-press a region to change its type - Text, Image, or Exclude region. There is also a Delete option on this menu.
* HTML with images option is now available also when doing OCR on PDF files, but works only for manually defined "Image" regions.
* Add from Google Drive function on Reading List menu now supports CSV files with lists of links to import and add to the list.
version N/A
posted on 2020-11-29
Ver. 22.3.8
* "Explore by touch" (TalkBack) active over the entire text are of @Voice, when the app is not reading aloud - is now an option under the Settings menu - Accessibility. It is disabled by default, enable it there if needed, but on some devices it does not work correctly. Disable if it causes problems.
* Other usability, stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-11-11
Ver. 22.3.2
* Added change of app interface language, without changing the system language of the phone/tablet - see Settings menu - Language. Works only under Android 8 and higher.
* Added an extra button "Examine sentence using screen reader", when running with a screen reader (TalkBack or other). Use to read by words, examine spelling using screen reader gestures etc.
* Fix occasional error with translation language selection
version N/A
posted on 2020-11-06
Ver. 22.2.1
* Added option to show two pages (columns of text) per screen. Useful particularly in landscape mode, or e.g. on Galaxy Z Fold2 after unfolding screen.
* Added Simplified Chinese translation
* Many stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-10-30
Ver. 22.1.4
* Fix: PDF files from cloud storage (e.g. Google Drive) were not opening
Ver. 22.0.9
* Added Chinese (Traditional) user interface translation
* Added OCR (recognizing text from images) to PDF file opening options. Based on Tesseract 4.1.1 open source OCR package. Enable if straight text extraction from PDF does not yield good results. It is slow though and battery consuming, best use when connected to external power.
version N/A
posted on 2020-10-14
Ver. 22.1.3
* Stability and performance improvements
Ver. 22.0.9
* Added Chinese (Traditional) user interface translation
* Added OCR (recognizing text from images) to PDF file opening options. Based on Tesseract 4.1.1 open source OCR package. Enable if straight text extraction from PDF does not yield good results. It is slow though and battery consuming, best use when connected to external power.
version N/A
posted on 2020-10-12
Ver. 22.0.9
* Added Chinese (Traditional) user interface translation
* A few rare crashes fixed
Ver. 22.0.5
* Added OCR (recognizing text from images) to PDF file opening options. Based on Tesseract 4.1.1 open source OCR package. Enable if straight text extraction from PDF does not yield good results. It is slow though and battery consuming, best use when connected to external power.
version N/A
posted on 2020-10-02
Ver. 21.0.36
* Fix: Share - Send To from other apps to @Voice was not working correctly for some file types
version N/A
posted on 2020-09-16
Ver. 21.0.35
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-09-10
Ver. 21.0.31
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-09-02
Ver. 21.0.27
* Better background operation when processing large PDF files - opening and reading other types of files is possible while this conversion runs in the background
* The app interface is now translated also to Arabic language - thank you, Kenan!
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-08-30
Ver. 20.2.19
* Fix: Import speech replacement file from Download directory or clouds did not work
* Improvement in cropping some PDF files
version N/A
posted on 2020-08-15
Ver. 20.2.18
* Fix text extraction from some PDFs
* Stability and code quality improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-08-08
Ver. 20.2.12
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-07-29
Ver. 20.2.10
* Small improvements in extracting text from PDF files
* Selection to determine reading direction automatically or force RTL or LTR
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-07-20
Ver. 20.2.4
* Changed Search button on top of Reading List to require pressing Enter or magnifying glass icon on keyboard to actually perform search. Instant search as you type was too slow on lists containing 1000 and more items.
Ver. 20.2.2
* Added Search button on top of Reading List screen. Currently it searches file names present on the currently opened list. Will consider search through all lists and adding search buttons to the file open screens in the future.
version N/A
posted on 2020-07-16
Ver. 20.1.22
* Fix for selection of Chinese (Mandarin) and Cantonese languages
version N/A
posted on 2020-07-09
Ver. 20.1.19
* Stability and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-07-07
Ver. 20.1.15
* Fix: rel. 20.1.14 was crashing on startup on certain LG and Samsung phones
Ver. 20.1.14
* When following links to download multiple part of split articles, will now also download correctly pages that require JavaScript support
* Backup/Restore functions under @Voice Settings menu will now also save and restore all user options and preferences
* Stability improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-06-28
Ver. 20.1.10
* Fix: for some PDF files, lines were not joined correctly into paragraphs
version N/A
posted on 2020-06-15
Ver. 20.1.9
* Compatible with Android 11 beta 1 release
* Disabled full screen reading mode when a screen reader like TalkBack is in use, as it was very confusing in this situation
* When exporting bookmarks from ebook formats (or PDFs extracted to HTML/EPUB format), now the page on which the bookmark was placed is listed in the exported file
* Fix: some files with name extension in upper case, like .PDF instead .pdf, were not opening correctly.
version N/A
posted on 2020-06-07
Ver. 20.0.6
* Added option to assign headset Forward or Back button to "Bookmark" function, to easily bookmark interesting places when your listen with such headset. Select this option under the Settings menu - Speech settings - HEADSET tab.
* Fix reading Google Docs files from Google Drive
* Fix opening DOCX files created by WordPerfect 2020
* Other quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-05-26
Ver. 20.0.3
* Small improvements to PDF text import - remove almost transparent text, which is often used for watermarks, and remove word splitting on some incorrectly created PDF documents
* Improved compatibility with Chromebook devices
* Other important quality and performance improvements
version N/A
posted on 2020-05-20
Ver. 19.7.5
* Important fix: sometimes would skip entire chapter when reading aloud an ebook
Ver. 19.7.4
* The "3 dots" menu on floating toolbar that appears when text is selected now also shows functions added by other apps
* Better handling of SSML tags, small improvement in language detection
Ver. 19.7
* Ukrainian translation added - big thank you! to volunteer translators: Konstantin, Marinka and Volodymyr!
version N/A
posted on 2020-05-11
Ver. 19.7.1
* Fix crash when importing PDFs on 64-bit Intel processors (when using @Voice on Chromebooks)
* Added missing translations, fixed small glitch with TalkBack
Ver. 19.7
* Better filtering of very long Reddit.com pages
* Correction: sometimes reading progress was not saved
* Ukrainian translation added - big thank you! to volunteer translators: Konstantin, Marinka and Volodymyr!
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posted on 2020-05-02
Ver. 19.6.10
* Correct issues with repeating sentences and pauses between sentences and paragraphs
Ver. 19.6
* Added ability to use Google Cloud voices, including WaveNet - under "Change voice or language" press on top and select "Use Google cloud voices". You need to establish API key, enter payment method and pay Google for usage above their free tier. I don't think they are worth the trouble, but some users were asking for this for months.
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posted on 2020-05-01
Ver. 19.6.6
* Correct issues with repeating sentences and pauses between sentences and paragraphs
Ver. 19.6
* Added ability to use Google Cloud voices, including WaveNet - under "Change voice or language" press on top and select "Use Google cloud voices". You need to establish API key, enter payment method and pay Google for usage above their free tier. I don't think they are worth the trouble, but some users were asking for this for months.
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posted on 2020-04-27
Ver. 19.6.5
* Correct issues with repeating sentences and pauses between sentences and paragraphs
Ver. 19.6
* Added ability to use Google Cloud voices, including WaveNet - under "Change voice or language" press on top and select "Use Google cloud voices". You need to establish API key, enter payment method and pay Google for usage above their free tier. I don't think they are worth the trouble, but some users were asking for this for months.
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posted on 2020-04-24
Ver. 19.6.4
* Added ability to use Google Cloud voices, including WaveNet - under "Change voice or language" press on top and select "Use Google cloud voices". You need to establish API key, enter payment method and pay Google for usage above their free tier. I don't think they are worth the trouble, but some users were asking for this for months.
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posted on 2020-04-23
Ver. 19.5.8
* Fixing issue when running with Premium License with "continue recording to next article on reading list"
* Better support for Cantonese language
* Other quality improvements
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posted on 2020-04-07
Ver. 19.5.6
* Fixing issue when running with Premium License with "continue recording to next article on reading list"
* Better support for Cantonese language
* Other quality improvements
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posted on 2020-04-06
Ver. 19.5.5
* Fixing issue when running with Premium License with "continue recording to next article on reading list"
* Better support for Cantonese language
* Other quality improvements
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posted on 2020-04-04
Ver. 19.5.3
* Quality and performance improvements
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posted on 2020-03-29
Ver. 19.5.1
* Important stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2020-03-22
Ver. 19.4.5
* Improved PDF text import - now optionally imports in HTML format, including font sizes and styles, images, navigation by page numbers and table of contents (if TOC was available in the original PDF file.
* On Android 10 and higher, the round button at right in @Voice notification now acts as a shortcut for pasting text into the app.
* Stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2020-02-25
V. 19.3.5
* Added Sort option to file browser that appears when + button pressed at the bottom of Reading list screen.
* Added file size and date for file to the above screen as well, can be hidden from the menu there.
* Added simple file manager to copy/move/delete/rename files, including hidden files and folders, find it at the bottom of the Settings menu.
* Stability and performance improvements.
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posted on 2020-01-31
Ver. 19.1.18
* Stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2020-01-21
Ver. 19.1.6
* Conforms to Google policy to use scoped storage for file access. User needs to give permission (once) to access each directory. Huge chunks of app code had to to be re-written, but without it we'd have to abandon the app.
* It's now possible to open files from Google Drive and other cloud storage in @Voice directly (Open button - Browse by folders)
* Sync devices function is removed, it with recent changes in Android it became impossible to support it.
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posted on 2020-01-20
Ver. 18.2.3
* Correct: after recording a sound file and reading aloud normally, double tap on the text would unnecessarily show again the "recording finished" message.
* Correct: when repeating sentences, sometimes the last sentence of an article or chapter was not repeated.
* Stability improvements.
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posted on 2019-11-16
Ver. 18.2.0
* Fix: wired.com web site did not allow login from "Reload from browser..." command. May fix other sites using DOM Storage API too.
* The "Open" screen in "Browse by file type" mode now shows the full file name, does not truncate it to fit into one line.
* Stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2019-11-14
Ver. 18.1.6
* Added support for .mhtml (or .mht) file format, which is used by Chrome browser on Android when you press the Download page button on its menu
* More improvements to PDF text extraction, trying to avoid unnecessary letters separation in some documents.
* Stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2019-11-08
Ver. 18.0.10
* Fixed @Voice home screen widget, now it works directly after a reboot too, and opens @Voice app screen if you tap the title in it.
* Improved content filtering for some web site, e.g. reddit.com
* Improved text extraction from PDF files in Thai language, possibly other languages too.
* Fixed: in "night" theme, when using Search button - black text was drawn on a very dark background.
* Other stability and performance improvements.
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posted on 2019-11-08
Ver. 18.1.3
* Added support for .mhtml (or .mht) file format, which is used by Chrome browser on Android when you press the Download page button on its menu
* More improvements to PDF text extraction, trying to avoid unnecessary letters separation in some documents.
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posted on 2019-10-26
Ver. 18.0.4
* Fix: incorrect sentence splitting in ebook files, when an abbreviation with a space was encountered, e.g. "et al." or German "z. B." and similar.
* Fix: under the Open button, in “Browse by file type” mode, it was impossible to add a folder to scan that was located on an external SD card.
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posted on 2019-10-25
Ver. 18.0.2
* Improved text extraction for PDF files written in Right-to-Left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew...)
* Fixed text selection for Right-to-Left scripts
* Work-around implemented for a crash on many Android 5.0 and 5.1 Lollipop devices (caused by a bug in Google appcompat libraries)
version 17.6.6
posted on 2019-10-24
Ver. 17.6.6
* Content extraction improvements for some web sites.
* Google Text-to-speech voice data often gets damaged recently and voices stop to work. Got hundreds of support requests about it. This update to @Voice tries to notify you when this happens and guide you to resolve the problem.
version 17.6.4
posted on 2019-10-14
Ver. 17.6.4
* Stability fix - in rare cases loading a web page into @Voice would cause the screen hang forever with "Loading content..." message.
version 17.6.0
posted on 2019-10-10
V. 17.6.0
* Added "Read aloud" item to the toolbar that pops up when you select text in any app on Android (it's usually accessible after pressing the 3 vertical dots button). Sends selected text to @Voice app and reads it aloud at once. The option (and button in @Voice notification) to instantly read copied text no longer works on Android 10, this seems like a good alternative.
* Added status bar to Edit speech screen, showing the number of active and total items.
version 17.5.10
posted on 2019-10-06
Ver. 17.5.10
* Some users did not like swipe icons on the Reading List screen - added option to hide them, in that screen's menu
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.5.4
posted on 2019-09-21
Ver. 17.5.4
* Still getting comments that app closes itself, when not in use. This release corrects the problem.
* Fix: for some ebooks, very short chapters could have language recognized incorrectly
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.4.7
posted on 2019-09-14
Ver. 17.4.7
* @Voice notification can now be swiped out or closed with CLEAR ALL button, if the app is not reading aloud.
* Open button in the default "Browse by file type" mode now scans whole storage for files to open, on the first use and once per week, also has a "Scan whole storage" button on top to repeat the search for files anytime.
* Fix problem with "Speak text copied to clipboard" function not working on some devices.
* Other important stability and performance improvements.
version 17.4.0
posted on 2019-09-03
Ver. 17.4.0
* When another app is playing a very short sound (shorter than 500 ms), @Voice will not pause speech.
* Fix PDF text import - for some files lines of text appeared in wrong order, when more than one cropping areas were defined in manual crop.
* Other small stability and performance improvements.
version 17.3.8
posted on 2019-08-24
Ver. 17.3.8
* Improved content filtering from some web sites
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.3.6
posted on 2019-08-17
Ver. 17.3.6
* @Voice now reacts to the Export chat function in WhatsApp, you may open a chat for reading aloud.
* Small stability improvements.
version 17.3.4
posted on 2019-08-11
Ver. 17.3.4
* Fix problem with selection handles (after long-press a word) caused by the recent update of Google Chrome browser/Android WebView control
* Other important stability and performance improvements
version 17.3.0
posted on 2019-08-05
Ver. 17.3.0
* Fix: sentence highlight on double-tap or long press, or instant translate on tap, did not work in split screen mode, when @Voice was at right
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.2.6
posted on 2019-07-23
Ver. 17.2.6
* Better text extraction from some web sites
* Better UTF-8 text encoding detection in some cases
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.2.3
posted on 2019-07-14
Ver. 17.2.3
* Tap or long press any image to examine it closely, zoom and pan it if necessary
* Under Edit speech list screen, long press the add or insert buttons to add/insert a copy of the currently selected item (to edit and modify it easily)
* Stability and performance improvements
version 17.1.3
posted on 2019-07-01
Ver. 17.1.3
* Sync with Pocket can be now sent to background, continue listening or using other apps while articles download
* Edit speech tag improvements - add/remove tags for all selected items, export enabled only (e.g. after selecting by tags), move all selected items to start/end of list after a long press on arrow buttons
* Improved language detection for some web sites
* Stability and performance improvements
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posted on 2018-03-09
Ver. 13.0.2
* Added option to not turn off "play on shake" feature if too much shaking detected
* Fix: Default list was cleared after Share - Add to list, if @Voice was not started before
* Fix: speech sometimes auto-started even if "Start talking at once" option was off
* Fix: Plain text indented with spaces did not show correctly.
* Fix: Superscripts in ebook files found at end of sentence formed part of the next sentence, causing trouble with speech replacements.
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posted on 2016-12-23
v9.7.4,* Fixed rare crashes reported since v9.7.3 release,v9.7.3,* Android 6 and up: trying to resume speech, if interrupted by TalkBack or other voice announcement.,* Tweaks in PDF text extraction code to better connect text into paragraphs. Need input on how well/bad it works, and if bad - PDF files sent to me for debugging...,* Fix - would not read aloud from epub files or other HTML sources it the source file did not have tag.
version 2.7.1
posted on 2013-06-27
Several fixes and updates
