VDWrite

I have just accessed the Voice Dream Writer and I am speechless. It is so easy to use and so effective. I tutor children with dyslexia and it will be a Godsend. I can’t wait to use it with them. It is very simple, but I don’t underestimate the work it took to produce. And so reasonably priced. And… I will also be using it myself at a personal level and giving it to my granddaughter for her birthday. Thank you so much Jo

I have to say I’m very disappointed with this app, I absolutely love the reader but I find this app very clunky and most of the time it doesn’t play back when you want it to. It won’t let you import word docx or pages doc which is strange seeing as it is a iPad app. I would much rather edit right in the app but you can only use plain text. I’ve tried working in split screen mode on the iPad with pages open on one side and it playing on the other so I can edit and listen but than all the font runs right down the middle like it’s been squeezed. The play button fails to work more times than not so you have to close the app and reopen constantly. There needs to be more than a plain text mode, I so want to love this app but I can’t. This app would be perfect if you could import your word docx and play it and edit. I will give this app a 5/5 review if it was able to do that. 2/5 is generous until then.

I cannot speak highly enough for this app. I have used it from the day it was released and I would be lost without it. Hearing my writing read back to me is the most effective way to catch errors and polish and improve the whole piece. You catch everything from typos to weak spots and much more. And you are your own judge. Top marks to the Voice Dream team and thanks for making my work a pleasure. A.L.S.

Have been using this app for a while now, can honestly say it has helped me greatly. I largely use this app for lengthy communication pieces and does the job well. Areas of improvement, would like to see more development work with google docs, fixing syncing of iCloud files and google apps. Biggest problem for me is being app to chop and change between my iPhone and PC. Would like to see either a web extension on the pc (chrome), linking to third party apps like 'quick bullet', or even deeper integration with google apps. Great app guys!

This is another fantastic offering from the makers of Voice Dream Reader. The developer has gone to great lengths to make this app a pleasure to use for anyone who writes with their iPhone. For vision impaired users like myself, this app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and has many features for low vision users as well. I particularly love the dictionary features in this app, which help to expand and improve my writing as I go. A must have for any writer who wants a comprehensive and accessible word processor for their iPhone.

This writing app is helpful in ways that don’t compare with any other app I’ve found. On the ipad, you have a centered,uncluttered writing space. To each side are panels that are pulled into view. The left panel automatically produces an outline of whatever you are writing composed of each heading and paragraph. You can reorder and delete each item. The left panel reveals an on-going definition, homonym, and synonym of each word you type. As you type, each word is spoken back to you as well as entire sentence. Why is all this so fantastic? Because it gives you a perspective on your own writing beyond that of your own subjectivity in the moment. Do you know the difference between sensing how you look, and viewing a photo of how you look? There’s a difference, right? This app is the only app that provides this difference while you are in the process of writing. You might think it gets in the way of writing, but I’ve found that it improves my insight into what I’m really trying to say. Compared to the countless writing apps available, this writing app stands apart in a very good way.

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I see your version update jumped from 1.7 to 2.0 just for changing a name. For real? Anyways, I don’t understand why you’d abandon a very popular name like “voice dream writer.” VDWrite sound so ordinary and very boring. At least your keeping the iconic logo. But I sincerely hope you reverse the decision to change the name.

Solely for the awesome synonym-finder in the fourth column on the far right. This is exactly what I need for creative writing! Glad the app still works!

This writing program does everything I need it to and more. There is a thesaurus, dictionary, spell checker, plus it will read it back to you. The voice selection is unbeatable. I love the exceptional voice of "Julie" and can't find it anywhere else (except voice dream reader).