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My Clipboard Texts: Dolphin Easy Reader App

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Product reviewed

Dolphin Reader app – “My Clipboard Text” read-aloud feature (on iPhone)

How the feature works (user experience)

  • Copy text from another source (example: a Wikipedia article on dogs) by:
    • Pressing and holding + dragging to select text
    • Tapping Copy
  • Open Dolphin Reader
  • Tap the bookshelf/books icon (top-left) to access the feature page
  • Choose “My Clipboard Text” (bottom-left option)
  • Tap the green “+” button (top-right) to automatically paste the copied clipboard text
  • Tap the play button (center/bottom area) to have the text read aloud

Main features described

Text customization

  • Change text size
  • Adjust font margins, line spacing, and letter spacing
  • Switch color theme/background color
  • Customize text color
  • Customize sentence highlight color and word highlight color
  • Option to reset to default via Text Settings → Reset to default

Reading/navigation controls

  • Navigation icon looks like a compass
  • Jump through the text by time: 15 seconds, 2 minutes, and 5 minutes
  • Supports book default navigation settings
  • Supports navigation by headings (typically heading 1, and sometimes heading 1 & 2 depending on the text/book)

Audio/voice controls

  • Tap the speaker icon to open Audio Settings
  • Adjust audio/speech rate
  • Adjust voice type/voice settings, including:
    • Pitch
    • Volume
    • Pause
  • Test voice changes using a play button

Pronunciation customization

  • Use pronunciation lists with a default list
  • Create a new pronunciation list via the green “+” button, then name it
  • Use a pencil icon to add/edit items in the list

Additional voices

  • Adding extra voices requires an in-app purchase
  • The app provides preset voices without paying

Pros (as evidenced in the video)

  • Quick workflow: copy text anywhere on iPhone → paste into Dolphin Reader → press play
  • Highly customizable reading experience (layout + multiple color/highlight options)
  • Flexible listening controls (rate, pitch, volume, pause)
  • Useful for long/structured text thanks to heading-based navigation
  • Pronunciation lists help improve accuracy for names/terms

Cons / limitations mentioned

  • More voices cost money: additional voices require an in-app purchase (though the app itself is free to use)
  • Heading navigation options depend on how the book/text is structured (example: sometimes only heading 1; sometimes heading 1 & 2)

Comparisons

  • No direct comparisons to other apps or competing reader features were mentioned

Ratings / numerical scores

  • No explicit ratings or numerical scores were provided for the app itself
  • Subtitles include unrelated numbers from the Wikipedia-style text (“5”, “7–11”, etc.), not product scores

Unique points mentioned (deduplicated)

  1. Copy text on iPhone using selection + Copy
  2. Dolphin Reader navigation via the bookshelf icon
  3. My Clipboard Text auto-pastes from clipboard using green +
  4. Play reads the pasted clipboard text aloud
  5. Text display customization: size, margins, line spacing, letter spacing
  6. Theme customization: background color, text color
  7. Highlight customization: sentence and word highlight colors
  8. Reset to default for text settings
  9. Navigation controls via compass icon
  10. Time-based navigation: 15 seconds, 2 minutes, 5 minutes
  11. Navigation using book default settings
  12. Navigation by headings (heading 1; sometimes heading 1 & 2)
  13. Speaker icon opens audio settings
  14. Adjust speech rate
  15. Adjust voice parameters: pitch, volume, pause
  16. Test voice settings with play
  17. Pronunciation customization: default list + create/edit pronunciation lists
  18. Adding extra voices requires in-app purchase; app is free to use otherwise
  19. Developer note: links provided in description (mentioned, not a feature)

Speakers / perspectives

  • Only one speaker (Erica) is present in the subtitles (setup and controls). No alternate perspectives were provided.

Overall verdict / recommendation

Recommended if you want an easy way to copy text from anywhere and have it read aloud, with strong customization (visual text controls, highlights, and detailed audio/voice/pronunciation settings). The main drawback mentioned is that additional voices require an in-app purchase, but the core “clipboard read-aloud” experience is available for free.

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