Description of App
BookCraft is an audiobook reader and converter, designed from the ground up with accessibility in mind. Whether you listen with VoiceOver or by touch, it makes listening simple, comfortable and enjoyable. Many formats supported • DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3 books. • Compressed ZIP archives. • Ready-made audio files: MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV. External libraries • Download books directly from your favorite websites, right inside the app. • Built-in browser that remembers your sign-in. • Automatic import into your library once the download finishes, with spoken updates at every step. Smart conversion • Convert into a single M4B file. • Save space on your device, ideal for large books. • Automatic volume normalization, for steady sound across all chapters. Full listening control • Adjustable skip step, from 5 seconds up to 15 minutes. • Playback speed control. • Sleep timer that pauses when you pause and resumes where it left off. • Chapter and page navigation. • Bookmarks to return to favorite spots. • Two progress bars: for the book and for the current chapter. • External keyboard shortcuts for comfortable control without the screen. Organization • Status for each book: unread, reading, finished. • Quickly continue your last book by pressing and holding the app icon. Sharing • Export to M4B to send to others. • M4B files also play in Apple's Books app, as well as many other apps. Built for accessibility • Full VoiceOver support with clear labels. • Friendly spoken times. • Respects the system text size and Increase Contrast settings. • Built-in user guide. Available in Greek, English, German, French and Spanish, for iPhone and iPad. If you find BookCraft useful, please leave a 5-star review — it helps us keep improving it!
Comments
Audio demonstration
Given that this is a paid app and that there are free apps with the same features, I'd appreciate a demo showing the app's user interface. I'd be happy to pay for this app if it has an interface I prefer.
agreed
Yeah, I definitely agree. It sounds like exactly what I'm looking for actually, but I'm also hesitant to pay money for some thing site unseen as it were.
Works for regular, already existing .zip files; not BARD though
The UI is very straight forward. A couple buttons for Settings, add book, etc at the top. If playing a book you have a playing window with back, next, play/pause etc. When a book is done and the app is in focus, VO will announce "reading complete" or a similar message. In short it's a clutter-free UI that works. Adding a source site is quite manual but simple enough. EG: you add the URL and then once it opens, you login and can view your lib on that site as through a traditional browser. Once you tap Download or whatever that site's download option is labeled as, BookCraft has you confirm title and author. Hit Start Conversion and you're all set after a few seconds.
I could download a BARD book, but not play it. The only thing that played is the usual pretected book notice. In short, no protected books are unlocked; the app lets you download things you have accounts for though. If you have libro.fm for example those will download and convert/play just fine.
Overall I think this is another good app from Stalios and am glad to support his development efforts.
Thank you very much!
Hmc thank you very much for this comment