Kelly B
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For several months at least, the app has been super flaky. I don't dare use the buttons to skip +/-15 seconds because there's a 90% chance Downpour will freak out and refuse to play audio until I force quit the app. Same thing if I try to change the play position any other way. Plus, as other reviews have mentioned, the play speed keeps resetting to the app default whenever you pause playback, which is awful because the app settings page only lets you choose default speeds in 25% increments.
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Blackstone Audio Books
February 25, 2022
We are really sorry for the trouble and we appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. We would love to assist you directly - please contact us at customercare@downpour.com.
G Bisco
Downpour app does have the ability to adjust playback speed but only at specific speeds. This should be changed to allow the playback speed to be adjusted to any point in the range, as all other such apps do. If this is too difficult, at least the app should add points between .75 and 1, such as .8 and .9. Currently there is only one speed below 100%. A bug in how the playback speed setting works is that if play is paused or stopped, playback speed reverts to 100% and user must reset.
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Mary Lou McManus-Richter
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Have liked the app. There seems to be a rewrite that doesn't work and just installed. All my 30 plus books need to be reloaded. The timer doesn't work. The speed of reading doesn't stay at the setting. Of course no way of contacting company. Downpour got back to me but problem still persist. They tell me to reach out to customer care. Which I have. But they cannot seem to fix the issue. I would love to buy more books but as long as the reader is not working correctly it is not worth it
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Blackstone Audio Books
January 23, 2024
We are really sorry for the trouble and we appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this further! Feel free to reach out to our customer care department for assistance at: customercare@downpour.com