Found the following on the Applevis site re InDaisy, hope
you aren't too disappointed Carol, and let us know how
you get on. "My comments related to this app are less
than kind, but I need to qualify that by saying choices
are limited and nobody is doing exactly what I want to
see with this type of app.
My experience with the app is colored by a series of
exchanges with the developer related to the Daisy 3
compatibility mentioned on the web site and in iTunes.
I use APH's Book Wizard Producer to build audio only
books that play back perfectly on all the major hardware
players including the NLS machines. The builds I do are
not protected so this is not a DRM issue. I asked the
Levelware folks in an email message if they supported
daisy 3 audio only. They responded yes.
However in the quoted section from a reply below it is
interesting to note the reference to daisy 3 with TOC.
In addition they responded to a question I had on the
long delay in getting new versions out, the last update
was in June of 2011.
From April 16, 2012
Quote begins:
We are working on testing and fixing up bugs of the new
features of the up coming release which will be available
in a month or two.
We've resolved some performance issue which is
complicated and takes quite a while to fix.
InDaisy supports Full Audio with TOC that is in Daisy
2.02 and Daisy 3 format. It can change the playback speed
without changing the pitch. It can play
MP3/AAC/ALAC/OGG/FLAC and more. If you are in doubt, you
can send us a copy of the book you wish to read and we
can test it out for you in-house. Quote ends:
I did in fact send them a test book but they never
replied with test results.
I purchased the app anyway since I was interested in
trying it next to other similar apps.
The results were less than exciting.
First of course the books I build don't play at all.
Second when I tryed to download a book from Bookshare the
app crashed. After the crash it was impossible to restart
the app on the iPhone 4S running 5.1.1.
I restarted the phone but the app would no longer launch
at all.
It just returned me to the home screen of the phone.
Finally I removed In Daisy from the phone by deleting the
app and then installing it again from iTunes.
Not a positive experience in any way.
As is the case with other reading apps such as Bleo
navigation is easy and the minor differences in
interfaces can be learned.
These apps are designed for blind users so everything
talks.
Again as I have commented in other areas on the forums
the voice options for reading are still frustrating.
I can live with the Acapela voices but limiting the
choices to the two US voices is silly.
In addition if I could use the default Voice Over voices
I probably would most of the time.
However the pause for page change that is evident in all
of the reading apps I have tried makes long reads jerky.
It seems to me that in speaking to other users who have
purchased most of the daisy reading apps I don't think
anyone is completely satisfied with any of them.
The major daisy reading apps currently in the app store
are all old and several have not been updated for over a
year.
In part I suspect this is due to the small volume of
sales.
I have exchanged several messages with the developers of
Voice of Daisy in Japan and they too have been promising
a new release since last fall.
In their favor however is the fact that they have a free
demo version so you don't have to drop $25.00 for an app
that you find doesn't work the way you expected.
Link to InDaisy in the App Store
Visit developer web site"
Richard Godfrey-McKay
Telephone: 01738-445 880
Mobile: 07791 452 593
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol
Pearson
Sent: 07 July 2012 04:13
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Reading on the Iphone
Someone recommended InDaisy (from the App Store) for
this. I've just purchased it, a couple of days back, but
haven't yet got round to doing any serious reading with
it. You may like to givef it a try.
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Sharon Bowell" <sharon.bowell1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 5:10 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Reading on the Iphone
Hi,
Could someone kindly advise me on the best way to read
daisy books such as RNIB talking books, plus mp3 books
on my iphone 4.
Many thanks.
Sharon
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