Managing Content

Folders

Voice Dream Reader lets you use folders to manage your content. To see folders, click on the File Cabinet icon in the Home screen. (You can also click on the Title in the middle of the top bar). The File Cabinet first shows All Items and Playlist. If you enabled Pocket or Instapaper, it’ll show those also. These are special, system folders. You cannot edit them.

You can create you own folders, like “Books” or “Junk”. Press the “+” button the File Cabinet to create a folder. You can also rename folders or re-arrange them by pressing on the Edit button in the File Cabinet.

To move articles and books to a folder, you need to be in the Home screen. Press the Edit button all the way to the right, and you’ll enter Edit mode. Then, you can select the items by tapping on the them, and click on the Move button to move it to your own folder.

When you’re in Edit mode, pressing the Trash button permanently deletes the articles you selected. When you delete articles from Pocket or Instapaper, they’ll be marked “Read” or “Archived” there also. This works even if you’re offline; we mark these articles and tell Pocket and Instapaper about it the next time you Refresh. The “Unread” button moves the speech cursor to the beginning of the text.

You can sort the items in the current folder by Add Date, Title, Author, or Size. You can assign a different sort field for each folder.

A couple of neat iPad and iPhone features — many people don’t know about them — are very handy. One, you can swipe left on an item and the Delete button will pop up on that item. Two, you can tap on the thin status bar that shows battery life at the top to scroll to the top of the list.

Playlist

Playlist is a special folder. It’s special because one, you can pick any text item to include in your Playlist without moving them. Two, you can arrange the items in any order you like after you press the Edit button.. Three, if you remove an item from the Playlist, it is not deleted from the device permanently: it’s simply removed from the Playlist. Lastly, items in the Playlist are always played back-to-back.