Read2Me Version 1.0.1

This is a few days late to be an announcement but 1.0.1 has been released.  With this version comes a search feature, a new view with some basic url navigation, and a refresh button (if this seems out of place it is, it's a small feature and was only prioritized into this release because it made development of other features easier to test).

I know several of you have been looking for a easy way to navigate to a specific location.  Hopefully this makes that easier.  An unintended aspect of this feature that works very well on high end phones (as of this writing I am using a Droid 2) is the ability to get a full scrollable overview of an entire web page/document by searching on empty text.

The new view really doesn't look that much different from the old view other than the blue link text that enabled you to touch and long click to open a new url.  Under the hood it is entirely written from scratch.  Most of the time spent on it was getting it to function properly to lay out text, handle orientation changes, etc in the same manner as the original view did in Version 1.0.  This was necessary in order to add custom functionality not available the standard text view the api provides.  The short version is, expect to see new view enhancements in future releases, this is just a start.

I am not entirely sure what will be in the next release, but some ideas I am considering for the next release...

•  Configuration panel - Not sure what all to put in this, what kind of custom settings would you like to see?  Off the top of my head I can think of font size/style/color.
• Favorites - When you go to select a data source, you would be able to pick from recent, favorites, unread, saved, etc.  These would not be simple links but actual stored copies on your device similar to how it currently remembers the last thing you were reading and where you were.
• Bookmarks/Tag/Notes - Whatever you want to call them, the ability to label a piece you are reading so you can return to it later.

That is just what I am thinking, what great features would like to see?

Read2Me Launch Version 1.0

Let your android read for you. Now you can enjoy news, blogs, Wikipedia, and even Project Gutenberg on the go without the eye strain. I have personally used this app in my car to listen to an entire book in audio form. Requires Text to Speech on device.

This is the first version and supports local caching and last place memory.  Pause/Continue, Forward/Back.  It supports web addresses and local files from sdcard.  It currently only handles html and text like files.


I started this project for my own use after I was unable to find something suitable for reading text to me in my car.  Everything I found on the market seemed more like a toy than an actually application.  None of them were suitable to handle large articles let alone books.

I intend to add new features for usability and file support over the next several months.  Expect at least one major update per month.  The next version is scheduled for January 9th but I may have another release between now and then.  As new features are added the price will also increase gradually and it is my intention to keep the price matched well to the value.

Edit:  Not long after this launch a crash was reported.  I was able to reproduce the issue and a quick update has been published. 

If you have any problems or comments that will not fit into the market comments, please post them on this site or email me.  I know Read2Me is light on features right now, they are coming.  At this exact moment I am working on a search feature.