I really do wish there were an alternative to QRead. I bought it at version 3.11. The 3.21 version is now messed up so badly that it's basically unusable, ie, the speech will not start from the

The only thing I could find about speak on is the below website? The last update was 2016. Is there a newer version I'm missing? It seems like it's a media player rather than a book reader so if

I know I am biased because I have done a podcast series on this fantastic app but for me the best accessible ePub Book reader on a PC , either paid, or free , remains by a country mile remains

Hi Jesse, I'm having exactly the same issue. I've already sent an email describing this problem to the address found on the site of the add-on. I suggest you should do the same, this increases the

Another option is to install Thorium Reader from the Microsoft Store. It supports EPUB books. Bookshare can be set so that it provides downloads in EPUB format. From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on

Hi, I have this but it does not read text files.

It would be so great if it respected the original formatting! I explain: it includes line breaks to make it more suitable for low vision users, but it makes you unable to navigate by paragraphs or

Many thanks. I-ve downloaded BookWorm, both installer and portable. Ciao, Ollie

The initial developer didn't fix the broken manual link so I've included the correct link below. I left a PR though on their git page. https://mush42.github.io/bookworm/guide/

Oh, thanks millions! I have Qread, bought at the very beginning of its life, but I-m always interested in ebook realing programmes. Ciao, Ollie

To be clear, I downloaded the engine v1.6.1. All voices are v1.6 as well.

Hello folks. So, after being hesitant to do so, I finally upgraded my NVDA version to 2019.3.1. I have been staying on 2019.2.1 for the last little while. I just purchased a license for the Acapella

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 02:06 PM, Joseph Lee wrote, to describe the Voice Dictionary: Thanks for the clarification. That's precisely the reason I chose to use the Default Dictionary over the Voice

Hi, Think of it as default dictionary but active only if the chosen voice from the chosen synthesizer is in use. I do talk about that in my own audio tutorial and have illustrated this with some

Is the Voice Dictionary in actuality the Synth Dictionary? The only reason I suggested the Default Dictionary is that I wanted to ensure the change would be honored no matter what voice happened to

Hi, The short-term solution is adding these weird entries to voice-specific dictionary, not default dictionary (default speech dictionary affects all speech synthesizers). The long-term solution is

One core has other weird quirks. If you read something in 24-hour time notaion, that is after midnigt, it will read is 24:something instead of 0. So that 00:23 will speak 24:23.

This is a fascinating quirk, and I'm getting it too with the Microsoft David voice. The fix is simple, though, and that's adding an entry for each in the default dictionary, where the pattern is the

Hi Is there any way to stop the One Core synthesizer from pre-empting some words. Below is a list of 6 words: unchartered

Hello Ramesh, When you hear “unknown”, try hitting the left alt key twice in rapid succession. This usually makes NVDA speak the contents of the cell. You mention pressing the carriage