15.0.1
2024-04-20
OpenAI added as a voice provider
14.8.9
2024-04-15
New simpler mode if both Archive and Headlines are hidden
14.8.8
2024-04-10
An option to hide the Headlines tab if the content is empty
14.8.5
2024-04-04
An option to hide the Archive tab if the content is empty
14.8.0
2024-03-29
- Import multiple files
- Import folder (easy transition from Voice Dream!)
14.7.1
2024-03-27
Reverting one 3rd party package update that caused stability problems in some cases.
14.7.0
2024-03-26
- md file format support
- new customization for the system accent color setting
14.6.0
2024-03-15
Continue Play widget
14.5.92
2024-03-12
Improvements in the performance and compatibility of importing the items from various sources.
14.5.9
2024-03-07
.webarchive and .mht file support added
14.5.8
2024-03-05
Huge performance update, nearly instant loading and smooth work of documents of unlimited length including on Apple Watch.
14.5.5
2024-02-28
Haptic feedback
14.4.3
2024-02-21
Stability and performance improvements
14.4.02
2024-02-20
Visual improvements in scrolling
13.4.7
2023-09-14
Changes to ensure maximal compatibility with new iOS updates
13.4.6
2023-09-05
The app is maintained to keep its most diversified feature set among text-to-speech apps bug free
13.4.5
2023-08-20
The app is maintained to keep its most diversified feature set among text-to-speech apps bug free
13.4.4
2023-07-23
The app is maintained to keep its most diversified feature set among text-to-speech apps bug free
13.4.3
2023-06-25
Bug fixes and small improvements.
13.4.2
2023-05-30
Bug fixes
13.4.0
2023-05-25
Ability to pick between the limited quality and limited quality in the free tier
13.3.7
2023-04-14
New default value for the background contrast
13.3.4
2023-03-05
Improved translations in some localisations
13.3.3
2023-02-25
Icon is changed
13.3.2
2023-02-18
Small improvements and bug fixes.
13.0.6
2022-09-12
- Pasting from the menu without warning on iOS 16.
- When in low power mode app strips or slows down some none essential tasks to preserve battery longer.
- The start of the effort to minimise the energy use in the app to support green economy and our societies in time of energy crisis. And your battery will last longer!
13.0.5
2022-09-09
Improvements in syncing efficiency and reliability
13.0.3
2022-08-28
Improved voice multi-select mode
13.0
2022-08-26
Speech Central delivers in this update more than any other text-to-speech app has delivered in this whole year!
- New voice picker:
- pick multiple voices so that reader can switch among them
- filter voices list
- visual indicators for voice gender, voice quality and voice locale
- Dynamic Type support for very large fonts
- View images on the full screen
- Preview of the current PDF page on the lock screen
- High-res images on the lock screen
- New grey style for the sentence highlighter
- Remembering the voice speed per language
12.92
2022-07-31
small improvements
12.90
2022-07-23
Mode to listen to annotated text
12.85
2022-07-15
- showing images from web sites
- browse pages by swiping over pages button with VoiceOver
12.71
2022-06-29
New default commands for previous and next buttons
12.70
2022-06-28
- Bigger font sizes allowed
- Player toolbar redesigned
- Displaying the original documents for scanned documents
12.67
2022-06-10
- further polish
- fixed crash on devices with the home button
12.50
2022-05-17
New design for play/pause button
12.45
2022-05-09
- pickers are more accessible
- numerical indications of speed in the Settings
12.4
2022-05-03
VoiceOver up/down gestures on play and speed buttons.
12.3
2022-04-27
Navigation panel improvements:
- search items
- sort annotation by date
- more information displayed for chapters and annotation
12.2.5
2022-04-14
Import emails by drag and drop from the Mail app
12.2
2022-03-30
Smart footnotes detection in PDF files
12.1.5
2022-03-23
Notable bug fixes
12.1
2022-03-17
- Customizable themes
- Batch scanner
- Customise dark and light theme separately
- Option to sync Pocket with a folder
12.0
2022-03-14
- Apple watch app
- Filter to display only scanned documents
11.7
2022-02-14
- Extracting, displaying, filtering author names for books
- Option to disable auto-scroll
11.6.5
2022-02-10
- handoff continue activity between iOS to macOS (requires latest versions of both apps)
- fixed problem with epub chapters
11.6
2022-02-08
- More space efficient layout of Settings
- Option to hide the visual related settings when VoiceOver is on
11.5
2022-02-01
- optional split screen mode for Settings
- heptic feedback
- reorder items by simple drag and drop (without edit mode)
- drag pdfs or web links to other applications
11.4
2022-01-27
New settings:
- word mode
- highlighter off
- unread/read text transparent
11.3
2022-01-11
Setting to hide read or unread text
11.00.1
2021-10-01
Improved back animation
11.00
2021-09-21
- QuickNote support inside the text
- New toolbar layout for the iPad's main screen
- Share the original PDF file
- optimized for iOS 15
9.50
2020-12-17
New design for settings on iPad
9.40
2020-12-10
Siri Shortcuts available on Extras screen and two new Siri Shortcuts added
9.35
2020-11-19
Remember and don't ask option in the share page
9.30
2020-11-05
Sentence highlight customization
9.1
2020-10-13
context menus in player (in iOS 14)
9.0
2020-09-29
New iOS 14 look
8.40
2020-09-11
New Headlines sources added
8.35
2020-08-23
Revamped icons on the player screen
8.21
2020-08-11
improvements in import of web articles that span across multiple pages
8.18
2020-08-06
- New toolbar button set for iPad when playing Headlines.
- Consolidated "Voice" and "Prefer enhanced quality" in one setting
8.17
2020-07-24
iOS 12 stability fixes, some iOS 13 performance improvements
8.11
2020-07-15
crash on clicking 'Edit properties...' in the player mode fixed
8.00
2020-07-04
position of items in the interface has significantly changed to reflect the general use of the app and make more frequently used items more accessible.
7.995
2020-07-01
- new icons
- improved export to docx - now compatible with all applications that support this format
- crash on pause on iOS 12 fixed
7.97
2020-06-15
- sliders instead of pickers for some settings
- one step share is default for iPad and it has improved options
7.96
2020-06-04
- new option for sepia color scheme
- more font sizes options
- more font options
- new commands on the lock screen
7.95
2020-05-28
- listing all fonts on the device in the settings
- better visual preview of settings options
7.91
2020-05-22
visual, accessibility and performance improvements
7.90
2020-05-14
- design improvements
- option to justify text
7.87
2020-05-08
- context menu in headlines
- improvements in settings
7.86
2020-05-01
Problem fixed - a small portion of users have received the message that there are no voices on the device though they do exist.
7.80
2020-03-31
'Export audio file' available for Headlines too
7.77
2020-03-22
Quality and reliability improvements
7.75
2020-03-16
No new features, but several dozens of changes that improve design, reliability, performance and quality of current features
7.70
2020-02-06
- option to move articles to 'Old' after being read (this was always on previously)
- support for .mhtml/.mht file formats
7.61
2020-01-17
fine tuning of the new visual theme
7.60
2020-01-11
Refreshed visual design
7.53
2019-12-28
Improved energy efficiency and memory consumption
7.52
2019-12-15
Improved responsiveness, reduced app size
7.51
2019-12-10
new prompts
7.50
2019-12-02
Create audio files
7.41
2019-11-26
The bug that cause the player to crash for small share of users that used the Font Size setting 'Dynamic Type' is fixed.
7.40
2019-11-25
- new in-app Settings dialog
- new setting for the default language
- new setting for the preferred voice.
7.30
2019-11-13
- user interface polishes to adhere to the latest Apple standard
- significant performance improvements
7.25
2019-10-29
The sync across Apple devices feature should now work for all users when enabled.
7.2
2019-10-24
- using document scanner feature in iOS 13
- using OCR built-in iOS 13 for better performance, accuracy and wider language support.
- reduced app size
7.02
2019-10-21
- option to prefer enhanced quality voices in the shuffle mode
- for small portion of users the app was crashing on the start, it should be fixed
7.01
2019-10-18
bug fixes
7.0
2019-10-17
- sync Headlines and Articles & Books items across Apple devices (including with macOS app)
- keyboard shortcuts support
6.02
2019-10-01
several minor bugs on iOS 13 fixed
6.0
2019-09-25
- iOS 13 support including dark theme, context menus
- OPDS feeds support
5.80
2019-08-14
Customize the paragraph scrolling
5.71
2019-07-18
improved error messages
5.70
2019-07-17
pausing the reproduction when current paragraph is scrolled out of the view
5.65
2019-07-05
improvements in the text extraction and bug fixes
5.60
2019-06-28
In the navigation panel instead of 'Bookmarks' there is now 'Annotations' and it contains comments too
5.50
2019-06-18
Added 'More' item context menu
5.40
2019-06-11
- share dialog improvements
- player menu split in two parts
5.31
2019-05-29
bug fixes
5.3
2019-05-18
Export items to .docx (Microsoft Word) - including bookmarks and comments
5.20
2019-05-07
- new "More" menu on the main screen
- "Listen now" and "Add to Articles & Books" in the "More" menu on the player screen
5.15
2019-04-26
Option to add long new items in Articles & Books on the top and short on the bottom
5.1
2019-04-16
Filter panel can now be called from every search (not just from Old Articles)
5.0
2019-04-12
- supports PDF scanned files
- import with Camera
4.44
2019-04-04
Several notable bug fixes
4.43
2016-09-30
New more intuitive dialog for the player options, previous dialog can be optionally turned back