2. Questions and Answers
For vBookz’s ePub universal version
for the iPad, iPhone, iPod
1.
Can I upload and hear my iBooks
files?
vBookz can read some of iBooks files Read more
at: iBookzTovBookz.pdf. If you already have
ePub files, we can’t guaranty they will work with
vBookz.
2.
Can I upload and hear my Kindle
files?
vBookz can not read files of Kindle. If you
already have an ePub files, we can’t guaranty
they will work with vBookz.
3. 3.
Can I upload my DRMed files?
vBookz can not read DRMed files of any kind.
4.
What is the best conversion
method for creating ePubs?
Read about “Text conversion methods” at FAQ
#19 below...
5.
How can I change reading speed?
On the first shelf, there is the ‘Settings’ tin can
book.
When you touch it, the Settings page appears.
find the Speech speed slider to adjust it.
6.
Can vBookz support PDF?
vBookz has a PDF reader for the Mac. Learn
More...
4. Currently the mobile version can not read text in
its original structure. But you can convert your
PDF into an ePub. Learn More...
7.
How can I switch between a
‘Female’ and ‘Male’ voices?
Touch the ‘Settings’ tin can book.
Mark the type of voice you like.
8.
How to download a book from
‘Gutenberg’?
Tap the top left ‘Metal sign’.
Fill the search bar with the author or book name
that you are looking for.
Tap search.
5. 9.
Is there any user’s manual
available?
No, only these web pages. The App is intuitive,
but we are happy to answer questions.
Here are some features:
‣ Upload any ePub text to your mobile device
and hear it aloud* exclude DRM protected files.
‣ Supports more languages: Czech, Danish,
Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian,
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, Swedish.
‣ The Facebook icon enables you to share
quotes with your friends.
‣ Swipe the bookshelf to browse through the
books.
‣ Easily access the book you would like vBookz
to read to you by tapping on it.
6. ‣ Tapping the magnifying glass icon enables you
to easily find words in the current page or in the
entire book.
‣ Swipe the magnifying glass and vBookz will
start reading to you.
‣ Follow the magnifying glass while the book is
being read.
‣ Drag the magnifying glass to set a new reading
point or flip pages using a swipe gesture.
‣ Tap and hold a book icon in order to organize
your bookshelf.
‣ Adjust reading fonts and size using the AA icon
on the top right of the page.
‣ Adjust Day/Night mode using the Moon/Sun
icon on the top right of the page.
‣ Plan your reading time using the time-elapsed/
time-reaming indicators.
‣ Adjust the speed of reading and voices using
the setting menu.
‣ Use the time line to navigate through the book.
7. ‣ Tapping “New Book” enables you to search and
download more books.
Russian documents can be read only by using
the private text upload procedure.
10.
Is there any way to stop the music?
Sure.
Choose 'Settings' - the 'tin can' book on the first
shelf.
There you will find it.
11.
How to purchase additional
languages?
Tap any ‘book' to enter > Browse to read it as an
'ordinary' book or, by clicking the 'play' button,
vBookz will re-direct you to the in-App purchase
of the book’s language.
a Helpful tip:
8. For example, you may also scroll down the main
coffin to its bottom, there you will find four books
in: Spanish, French, German and Dutch.
12.
Can I change the cover of my own
ePub documents?
Well, currently you can’t.
13.
Can I get vBookz on my iMac?
What a lovely idea. Yes, we have it here, but
currently as a PDF voice reader only.
14.
Is there any Dictionary?
No.
9. 15.
How many languages are there?
There are available 15 languages. On our site,
you can hear a voice sample of each of these
languages: Learn More...
16.
Is there any book list or library?
You can try Gutenberg, it is similar.
www.Gutenberg.org
17.
The App comes with what books?
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll
• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
• Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm
Nietzsche
10. • Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and
Wilhelm Grimm
• Gulliver's travel by Jonathan Swift
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography by
Mark Twain
• Mexico by C. Reginald Enoch
• Moby Dick, or, the whale by Herman Melville
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Poems by Emily Dickinson
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander
Dumas Pere
• The Deluge by David Graham Phillips
• The Divine Comedy by Dante
• The Double Spy by Dan T. Moore
11. • The Green Helmet and Other Poems by W. B.
Yeats
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
• The Wonderful wizard of Oz by L. Frank
Baum
• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
père
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
• Theodore Roosevelt an Autobiography by
Theodore Roosevelt
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
• War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
• Ulysses by James Joyce
There are also samples of:
• 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers by Jules Verne |
French
• Don Qijote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
Spanish
• Don Quichot by Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra | Dutch
12. • Romeo und Julia by William Shakespeare |
German
18.
How many books and ePubs can I
upload?
vBookz stops at 70 books and ePubs. Due to
memory limitation, you won’t be able to sync
more files beyond that number.
19.
How to create and upload ePubs to
your iPad, iPhone or iPod?
There are several ePub converters.
Most of the converters can do the job perfectly
well but we recommend “Stanza” as your
primarily one.
You can easily save ePub files by choosing
“Export...” on Mac’s “Pages” software. It is the
easiest way to create it.
13. File name must include the language indication,
for example: “FileName_en” for English. Read
more about language indication here.
“Stanza” and “Calibre” are complies to all
common operating systems.
You can also convert PDF files...
In order to covert PDFs into ePubs, there is a
web solution by using the on line “ePub2Go” site:
http://www.epub2go.com.
This online converter works best with english
files.
20.
How to sync with iTunes?
Use your USB cable.
Open iTunes > Connect iPhone, ipod
or iPad
14. 21.
‘File Sharing’ with iTunes
Transfer your ePub files using iTunes File
Sharing method.
While your device is connected:
> Go to the “Apps” section and select it from the
top bar.
> Scroll down the page
> Choose vBookz’s icon at the “File Sharing
Apps” window
> Choose the “Add...” button and select your
ePub
15. > Or drag your ePub file from the desktop to the
“vBookz’s Documents” window.
If your device is connected, iTunes will sync
immediately.
Now, you may disconnect your device from the
computer.
The next time you will open vBookz, it will contain
your new ePub document showing you this
cover.
16. 22.
File Names and Language
File name will be presented in vBookz as the
document title name.
The default spoken language is English.
If you’ve purchased and downloaded another
foreign language to your iPhone, iPad or iPod
device, and you wish to listen and read your file
in that language, the ePub file name must
contain a language indicator.
17. Here are the language file name indicators:
Language Indicator Language Indicator
Brazilian FileName_br Greek FileName_el
Czech FileName_cs Italian FileName_it
Danish FileName_da Norwegian FileName_no
Dutch FileName_nl Polish FileName_pl
English FileName_en Portuguese FileName_pt
Finnish FileName_fi Russian FileName_ru
French FileName_fr Swedish FileName_sv
Germany FileName_de Spanish FileName_es
File name length contains approximately 30
letters in two rows, 15 letters in each line,
including the file name three notes indicator.
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