Legimus
Free
5.10.2for iPhone, iPad and more
Age Rating
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About Legimus
Legimus is an app for reading talking books and talking newspapers in your phone or tablet. Legimus is issued by the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media, MTM.
With the app you can:
- Find and add books
- Read offline
- Add bookmarks
- Write or record notes
To read and borrow talking books you need an account for borrowing and downloading books. Contact your library in Sweden for details and account. Only people who have a reading disorder can get an account. A reading disorder may be visual impairment, dyslexia or cognitive disabilities such as ADHD and Aspberger.
To read the newspaper you need a subscription. Get in touch with your newspaper and they will help you.
More information can be found on www.legimus.se/appenlegimus or www.mtm.se
With the app you can:
- Find and add books
- Read offline
- Add bookmarks
- Write or record notes
To read and borrow talking books you need an account for borrowing and downloading books. Contact your library in Sweden for details and account. Only people who have a reading disorder can get an account. A reading disorder may be visual impairment, dyslexia or cognitive disabilities such as ADHD and Aspberger.
To read the newspaper you need a subscription. Get in touch with your newspaper and they will help you.
More information can be found on www.legimus.se/appenlegimus or www.mtm.se
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.10.2
Last updated on Feb 6, 2024
Old Versions
Corrected an issue with reading downloaded books offline
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Version History
5.10.2
Feb 6, 2024
Corrected an issue with reading downloaded books offline
5.10.1
Nov 28, 2023
- new introduction screens for new users
- new log-in screen
- accessibility improvements
- new log-in screen
- accessibility improvements
5.10
Nov 17, 2023
- new introduction screens for new users
- new log-in screen
- accessibility improvements
- new log-in screen
- accessibility improvements
5.9.1
Jul 10, 2023
Minor updates
5.9
Jun 1, 2023
Accessibility improvements
Several bugfixes and improvements
Several bugfixes and improvements
5.8
Dec 12, 2022
Bugfixes
New audio only player reading mode
New audio only player reading mode
5.7
May 23, 2022
- Improvements to accessibility
- Other minor improvements
- Fixed an issue with book covers
- Other minor improvements
- Fixed an issue with book covers
5.6
Oct 25, 2021
General:
- Various bugfixes, including iOS users were logged off automatically.
New features:
- Option to skip footnotes.
- Option to change sorting order of the bookshelf.
- Setting for stopping automatic scrolling while reading.
- Shortcut to sleep timer by long-pressing the play button.
- Various bugfixes, including iOS users were logged off automatically.
New features:
- Option to skip footnotes.
- Option to change sorting order of the bookshelf.
- Setting for stopping automatic scrolling while reading.
- Shortcut to sleep timer by long-pressing the play button.
5.5.1
May 19, 2021
- Improved Text To Speech pronunciation
- Updated Swedish translations
- Updated Swedish translations
5.4.1
Dec 16, 2020
General
- Various bugfixes
New features
- Author name and narrator name are now clickable. When clicking on the name a new search is started using that name.
- Added the option “Where am I?” in the menu. This option show the current chapter, page and reading progression.
- Various bugfixes
New features
- Author name and narrator name are now clickable. When clicking on the name a new search is started using that name.
- Added the option “Where am I?” in the menu. This option show the current chapter, page and reading progression.
5.2
Apr 17, 2020
- More information available for each book both in search and bookshelf
- Book reading progress bar
- Possibility to skip test without audio
- Plus a lot more new features and bug fixes.
- Book reading progress bar
- Possibility to skip test without audio
- Plus a lot more new features and bug fixes.
5.0.4
Oct 8, 2019
Added the number of search results when searching for books
Added the option to delete bookmarks
Fixed a bug where the last reading position was not remembered correctly
Fixed a bug where the reading speed was sometimes reset to 100%
Fixed a bug where the TTS skipped a sentence
Added the option to delete bookmarks
Fixed a bug where the last reading position was not remembered correctly
Fixed a bug where the reading speed was sometimes reset to 100%
Fixed a bug where the TTS skipped a sentence
5.0.3
Sep 10, 2019
- Fixed an issue where the last reading position was not stored correctly
- Fixed an issue where the VoiceOver volume was not correct after making a voice note
- Added VoiceOver accessibility labels
- Fixed an issue where the VoiceOver volume was not correct after making a voice note
- Added VoiceOver accessibility labels
5.0.2
Sep 1, 2019
The set font size remains and is no longer reset
The list view is the new default setting
The list view is the new default setting
5.0.1
Aug 26, 2019
Bugfixes
5.0
Aug 15, 2019
• New graphical interface
• Stability improvements
• Bug fixes
• Enhanced accessibility
• Stability improvements
• Bug fixes
• Enhanced accessibility
4.8
Jun 12, 2018
Various bugfixes
4.7
Jan 17, 2018
Various bugfixes
4.6
Jul 10, 2017
Various bugfixes
4.5.1
May 12, 2017
Fix for the problem that new newspapers wasn´t uploaded
4.5
May 9, 2017
New features
- Easy navigation buttons
- Navigate by all headings
Bugfixes
- Stability improvements
- Easy navigation buttons
- Navigate by all headings
Bugfixes
- Stability improvements
4.4.1
Feb 28, 2017
New computer voice Ylva narrating the newspapers
4.4
Feb 20, 2017
•Navigate to a sentence just by clicking on it
•Improved sound quality when changing playback speed
•Bookshelf visual and voice over improvements
•Bugfix: when offline, downloaded books sometimes could not be opened
•Bugfix: if player is pauzed automatically by phone or alarm, the pauze icon did not change into play
•Improved sound quality when changing playback speed
•Bookshelf visual and voice over improvements
•Bugfix: when offline, downloaded books sometimes could not be opened
•Bugfix: if player is pauzed automatically by phone or alarm, the pauze icon did not change into play
4.3
Jan 10, 2017
* Books will open much faster in streaming mode
* Reduced data traffic and storage consumption
* No screen lock during download
* Reduced data traffic and storage consumption
* No screen lock during download
4.2
Sep 28, 2016
- Bug fixes, for example snoozing
- Increased text fonts
- Corrections for Voice over
- Increased text fonts
- Corrections for Voice over
Legimus FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Legimus in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Legimus.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
Legimus supports English, Dutch, Finnish, French, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish