Friday, November 26, 2010

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.