SM Readmate

SM Readmate is an ebook reader for blind and low-vision readers. It is developed by Sao Mai Center for the Blind, a nonprofit organization that has served the visually impaired community in Vietnam for many years, and it is built and tested hand in hand with the blind students who use it every day. Where most reading apps treat the screen as the book, SM Readmate treats the voice as the book. Every screen, control, and reading feature is designed for Apple's VoiceOver screen reader first, so a blind reader can install the app and use all of it — not just some of it — without sighted help. MADE FOR VOICEOVER • Every page, setting, and control is fully navigable and labeled for VoiceOver. • Start or stop reading aloud from anywhere with the two-finger double-tap (magic tap), just like your music. • Reading position, chapters, and controls are announced clearly as you move through a book. TRUE DAISY TALKING-BOOK SUPPORT • Reads all six DAISY book types: text-only, audio-only, and full text with audio, in both DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3.0 standards. • Navigate talking books by heading, phrase, or page, and adjust playback of prerecorded narration. • DAISY is the international standard for accessible books used by libraries for the blind worldwide — SM Readmate brings it to your iPhone alongside your other ebooks. HEAR THE FORMATTING, NOT JUST THE WORDS • Voice reading conveys the structure of a document: headings, lists, tables, emphasis, and image descriptions. • Choose which elements are spoken and which are skipped, so studying a textbook and enjoying a novel can sound different. • Adjust voice, speed, and pitch separately for text narration. MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY, READ ALOUD • Mathematical equations and chemistry formulas are spoken in natural language, making textbooks and exam materials accessible to blind students. • Designed for classroom use, from school arithmetic to scientific notation. A LIBRARY IN YOUR POCKET • Direct access to a free Vietnamese accessible-book library from Sao Mai. • Also opens EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT, MP3 and more from your own device. AND EVERYTHING A GOOD READER SHOULD HAVE Table of contents navigation, full-text search, notes, highlights and bookmarks, a simple bookshelf, and display settings — text size, colors, and layout — tuned for low-vision reading as well as voice reading. SM Readmate is more than an ebook reader: it is a study companion built so that blind and low-vision students can read the same books, in the same classrooms, as everyone else.