Darwin Reader Trial
Free AppAbout Darwin Reader Trial
** This free trial version is fully functional for 30 days **
Darwin Reader is the first accessible Android book reader designed specifically for blind, low vision, and print disabled users. The app fully supports DAISY formatted audio and text books, and directly integrates with Benetech Bookshare and Librivox to make downloading books amazingly simple.
Read books using your preferred interface. For blind and low vision users, the app is completely navigable with the arrow keys. All menus are fully vocalized. Users with dyslexia and other print disabilities can quickly navigate by tapping the stylized graphics on the screen.
During playback, choose between two modes of operation. In the "Eyes-Free" mode, simply swipe your finger across the screen to easily move between sentences and sections. In the graphical mode, all menus are vocalized and include large, graphical elements.
Complete DAISY Support
DAISY is the standard for e-books for blind and print-disabled readers. Navigation with DAISY is easy! You can quickly jump to a specific chapter, book section, or page. Darwin Reader fully supports DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3.0 formats to read full-text, full-audio, and combined book formats. Just drop your books onto your Android device's SD card and start reading!
Customizable
Darwin Reader presents numerous options to tailor the application to your specific needs. Change the font and background color, text size, font spacing, voice speed, punctuation speech, and much more.
Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words
As the book is read to you, the text is highlighted in a large, colored font. Quickly skip to the next paragraph, sentence, or even a single word. Once you've selected a word, you can find out all about it from Dictionary.com and Wikipedia.org.
Quick Book Search
Explore the vast BookShare library directly on your phone. Use your voice to search for a particular book, or navigate through the many genres.
Instant Downloads
Download books directly to your phone or tablet. You can transfer your DAISY books to your player from your computer, or you can download books directly from within the app by connecting to the Bookshare library. Direct integrations with other content providers are on the road map.
Periodicals
Subscribe to your favorite newspapers from BookShare and keep up to date on the latest news and events!
Darwin Reader is the first accessible Android book reader designed specifically for blind, low vision, and print disabled users. The app fully supports DAISY formatted audio and text books, and directly integrates with Benetech Bookshare and Librivox to make downloading books amazingly simple.
Read books using your preferred interface. For blind and low vision users, the app is completely navigable with the arrow keys. All menus are fully vocalized. Users with dyslexia and other print disabilities can quickly navigate by tapping the stylized graphics on the screen.
During playback, choose between two modes of operation. In the "Eyes-Free" mode, simply swipe your finger across the screen to easily move between sentences and sections. In the graphical mode, all menus are vocalized and include large, graphical elements.
Complete DAISY Support
DAISY is the standard for e-books for blind and print-disabled readers. Navigation with DAISY is easy! You can quickly jump to a specific chapter, book section, or page. Darwin Reader fully supports DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3.0 formats to read full-text, full-audio, and combined book formats. Just drop your books onto your Android device's SD card and start reading!
Customizable
Darwin Reader presents numerous options to tailor the application to your specific needs. Change the font and background color, text size, font spacing, voice speed, punctuation speech, and much more.
Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words
As the book is read to you, the text is highlighted in a large, colored font. Quickly skip to the next paragraph, sentence, or even a single word. Once you've selected a word, you can find out all about it from Dictionary.com and Wikipedia.org.
Quick Book Search
Explore the vast BookShare library directly on your phone. Use your voice to search for a particular book, or navigate through the many genres.
Instant Downloads
Download books directly to your phone or tablet. You can transfer your DAISY books to your player from your computer, or you can download books directly from within the app by connecting to the Bookshare library. Direct integrations with other content providers are on the road map.
Periodicals
Subscribe to your favorite newspapers from BookShare and keep up to date on the latest news and events!
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
version 1.40:
Fixed encoding issue that caused some imports to fail
version 1.38:
Fixes Librivox compatibility
version 1.37:
- Fixed Bookshare download issues that appeared on a small number of devices
version 1.35:
- Added a preference to allow you to set the location of your library on the SD card. This helps on some devices where Android does not respond with the correct external storage location.
- Moved some navigation icons to the settings menu to be easier to use with screen readers.
version 1.40:
Fixed encoding issue that caused some imports to fail
version 1.38:
Fixes Librivox compatibility
version 1.37:
- Fixed Bookshare download issues that appeared on a small number of devices
version 1.35:
- Added a preference to allow you to set the location of your library on the SD card. This helps on some devices where Android does not respond with the correct external storage location.
- Moved some navigation icons to the settings menu to be easier to use with screen readers.
More downloads Darwin Reader Trial reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads Darwin Reader Trial reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads Darwin Reader Trial reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Darwin Reader Trial was updated to version 1.24
What are users saying about Darwin Reader Trial
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i just love this app. very good reading spead.
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I only wish to say that there are a few conflicts with my Nexus 7 tablet settings and commands. Sleep...etc. Only wish there was a reduced price on your App for Canadians as we have to be Subdued to Regulations of WWW Download regulations for books and stories. Thank you…Trial user in Canada.
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Emailed developer with a query, the reply didn't really help so I emailed again. This time I got ignored. Won't be buying the full version,
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Having a couple of problems but Dev quick to respond to email and trying to help resolve them.
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When I open the details on a book, Talkback makes it sound like the information fields are blank. This is very irritating because I would like to get more information about a book before I download it.
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Does not recognise DAISY format books from BARD.
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So far the trial version works great. As an alternate media technician @ a community college I find this to be an affordable alternative for students especially in todays economic climate. massive cut-backs, etc. _
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Works great for my Bookshare
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This app is for my son, and this allows him to use his bookshare on the go. Awesome.
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The program used to be great. Now I am left unable to download books. The developer has been unresponsive to my emails. This review will change if the problem is fixed.
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I can't navigate around book at all. No button holding or swiping or tapping anywhere works. It just plays the book and i cant see my progress or what chapter i'm up to. I think this is result of an update. I wont be buying it!