ShinePlus 

Evaluated by Jutta Miroiu-Dunker

ShinePlus is a complex but easy to use screen reader with various settings for text magnification, reading and TalkBak-like functions. 

  • "Low vision" and "Blind" modes
  • In "Blind" mode with line/paragraph mode reading option 
  • Tap on icon to hear name, tap on paragraph to read it, slide up/down for next/previous paragraph and "touch area" for "read entire page" (without unnecessary content like images. 
  • APPARENTLY DISCONTINUED
  • Seems they developed a special phone fort he VIP/Blind, see: their Facebook page


Current Version

5.9.8

Updated

March13, 2017

Installations

1,000,000+

Download

APK available here


Operating System 

Android 

2.2 and up

Size

9.1M

FREE

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The Reader

Evaluated by Jutta Miroiu-Dunker

The Reader is a good text reading app. You can select the language to read your text messages, emails, websites. Instant reading as well as sharing from other apps to The Reader is possible.

  • Instant Read option
  • Reads all selectable text from SMS, emails, websites, etc.
  • Multi-Language support – selectable one-by-one on-case basis
  • Save and Share options
  • Good for sharing from other OCR apps
  • No automatic output language detection


Current Version

3.6.0

Updated

March 21, 2015

Installations

1,000+

Download

From Google Play


Operating System 

Android 

4.0 and up

Size

5.4M

FREE trial
€ 3.49

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@Voice Aloud Reader (TTS Reader) 
 

Evaluated by Jutta Miroiu-Dunker

@Voice Aloud Reader offers the option to install different language packs and it can read a range of file formats like DOC, PDF, and even eBooks.

  • Installable Language packs
  • Instant read option
  • Share and Save options
  • Reads various file formats from, e.g., PDFand DOC to HTML to ebooks
  • Translation option
  • User Interface seems a bit cluttered, difficult for VIPs


Current Version

16.9.9

Updated

June 7, 2019

Installations

5,000,000+

Download

From Google Play


Operating System 

Android 

4. 1 and up

Size

Varies with device

FREE with ads
Ads-free € 34,42

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Jutta Miroiu-Dunker