Go Read

Go Read Free App

Rated 3.45/5 (432) —  Free Android application by Bookshare

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About Go Read

Go Read is a FREE accessible ebook reader for people with print disabilities. Go Read is directly linked to the Bookshare library, letting you find, download, and read Bookshare books within seconds. You can use Go Read with or without TalkBack and enjoy reading Bookshare books with useful features that make reading accessible to people with visual, physical and learning disabilities.

This version of Go Read allows readers to:
- Read on-the-go with a variety of Android tablets and phones (Android 4.0–4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich or above, API level 14)
- Access and download books directly from Bookshare, the world’s largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities
- Read with voiced navigation and text-to-speech
- Read books in DAISY 3 text and EPUB 2 formats, including those with images and image descriptions
- Use the new menu options to make use of more of the functions that Go Read offers

To access Bookshare content, readers must have a qualifying print disability and have an active Bookshare membership. Go Read supports both individual and organizational Bookshare memberships. To learn more about Bookshare, visit www.bookshare.org

Go Read is developed by Benetech, a nonprofit technology developer, and is based on the open source FBReader (www.fbr.org). Developers are invited to contribute to the future development of Go Read and can get more information at www.goread.org

To share your ideas, or give your feedback, please send an email to: feedback@bookshare.org

How to Download / Install

Download and install Go Read version GoRead on your Android device!
Downloaded 50,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: org.benetech.android, download Go Read.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Now you can access Reading Lists from your Bookshare account with Go Read!
Go Read interface now comes in Spanish, too!
More downloads  Go Read reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Version update Go Read was updated to version GoRead
More downloads  Go Read reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Go Read was updated to version 4.1.0.20130809

What are users saying about Go Read

X70%
by X####:

Please make a complete overhaul to the app. It needs to be more like Read 2 Go. I wish it didn't vibrate every time a page is turned. It needs a better ui, and more features. And also sometimes it'll just reset the page. I wish you could scroll down and read, and i feel like you are trying to compact a lot of text on one page.

X70%
by X####:

I love the app, and really love the great integration with bookshare, but not everyone that uses this app needs the audio function, and it makes it very hard to just read because of the audio feature, so can that be made disableable? Make my life a lot easier! And will make me rate this app 5 stars!

X70%
by X####:

I really do love this app but can you please turn it back to the way it was reading before the voice now is just terrible.

X70%
by X####:

Now it won't let me download books

X70%
by X####:

it won't, work on a windows operating System !?

X70%
by X####:

I like it. I would give 5 stars if you could multitask within the app and if the voice wasn't so robotic. 3/5 I will say that it is better than the iOS Read2Go.

D70%
by D####:

I hate it it is dumb you have to have sign in

N70%
by N####:

I am so happy.

X70%
by X####:

Update keeps me from reading books.

P70%
by P####:

Best educational opportunity ever.

X70%
by X####:

As advertised: downloads and reads Bookshare DAISY books. Happy happy happy.

X70%
by X####:

I hatttttttttteeeeee this apppppppp

X70%
by X####:

This is good for blind users

R70%
by R####:

Stupid

J70%
by J####:

Good

X70%
by X####:

I love it

X70%
by X####:

I use this quite often and it works well for me.

X70%
by X####:

GoRead works very well on our tablet and enables our son to read all the chapter books he has dreamed of reading. Thanks for helping make books more accessible to those with vision and learning impairments!

X70%
by X####:

But the problem is I don't know how to let the app read my clicked pics ....!!!!!!

X70%
by X####:

New update keeps closing and saying error so I can't read the book I am in the middle of. Very frustrating!

C70%
by C####:

Works well on kindle fire hdx 8.9 i have it fully working :) from like a yr ago

S70%
by S####:

Errors errors errors

V70%
by V####:

This is still horrible.

X70%
by X####:

update is horrible . It will not open now.

Z70%
by Z####:

The app doesn't open!!!!! Please fix

X70%
by X####:

I can't go read!!!!!!!

X70%
by X####:

Doesn't have the dyslexic font option. Page turn doesn't work correctly, so you loose some od the text. Going back to the previous page doesn't work, so you don't get all of the previous page you were on. Depending in the font style you use, the text overlaps so you have words on top of each other, making everything unreadable.

F70%
by F####:

I find that after i updated the app i could no longer turn pages with the volume button so my pages jump around i end up spending so much time trying to find where i left off that i dont enjoy the book as much. Please give me back the old version. It wasn't broke so why did you fix it?

Z70%
by Z####:

Thank you for the great app, It brought me back to reading (listening). One issue I struggle with is voice speed. I can't see the option to slow it down. Please advise and thanks again.

N70%
by N####:

The new update has me very annoyed. I don't see an option to remove the voice dictation and it keeps highlighting objects on its own. The older version was much more simple and easy to use.

X70%
by X####:

The update on the app, is horrible.

X70%
by X####:

You can't even here what the book is about it is like A robot

X70%
by X####:

I finally found an app that will let me read books for free without any trouble.

X70%
by X####:

This app for book shear

X70%
by X####:

Don't waste your time with this free app. It is very complicated just to bring up the main menu and it is quite buggy when it comes to having the books read aloud to you. As someone who is a past of the blind and visually impaired community, this is unacceptable as this serves to create frustration for us as we depend on apps like these to provide access to reading material that we otherwise would not have access to. I cannot recommend this app but instead recommend voice dream reader. Not free but worth it

C70%
by C####:

I cant get books on here everytime I try to find summer of my german soldier or any other book it says book not foynd please fix this ill rate five stars

S70%
by S####:

My son uses this app regularly, but it does not work at all now. Please update it asap! A good reminder to never allow automatic updating. Unfortunately, this one updated before I could catch it. Thank you for the quick crash fix, but now I cannot access the menu.

K70%
by K####:

New update works fine on my phone. However, on my Samsung galaxy tablet the menu will not appear. Clicking in the bottom of the screen does not show the menu as it does on the phone. This means I can't do anything but read the current book. Please bring back the menu button.

E70%
by E####:

Thank you for the great app, It brought me back to reading (listening). One issue I struggle with is voice speed. I can't see the option to slow it down. Please advise and thanks again.

C70%
by C####:

Doesn't have the dyslexic font option. Page turn doesn't work correctly, so you loose some od the text. Going back to the previous page doesn't work, so you don't get all of the previous page you were on. Depending in the font style you use, the text overlaps so you have words on top of each other, making everything unreadable.


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