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Personal Voice for stories
Bedtime stories use Apple Personal Voice. On your iPhone, go to Settings → Accessibility → Personal Voice to create or manage your voice. If stories won't start, confirm Personal Voice is set up, that Allow Apps to Request to Use is on, then return to Sianna and tap Allow Sianna so iPhone can grant this app access. Creating the voice in Settings is not enough on its own.
Playback while locked
Lullabies and white noise are designed to continue with the screen off. Use the sleep timer in Now Playing or Me if you want audio to fade out automatically.
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Credits and licenses
The app is free with no ads. The catalog (version 2.0.0) is 22 lullabies, 42 rhymes, 9 white-noise beds, and 12 original stories. Lullabies and rhymes are Creative Commons or public-domain recordings from Kazoomzoom, Jamendo (including Matthew Mike Cole), and Grant Raymond Barrett. White noise is synthesized. Each track in the app shows its performer.
Kazoomzoom tracks were converted to mono AAC; some rhymes were turned down so the list plays at an even volume. Jamendo BY-NC-ND and BY-ND recordings are included unaltered except for AAC re-encode. Barrett spoken rhymes were split from the three-part recitation and converted to AAC.
Lullaby and Goodnight (Kazoomzoom)
archive.org/details/kzz017 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Artists: John Stebbe; Howie Mitchell & Ruth Meyer; Ghost, Narva9 & Yvonne; Peter Johnston; Brent Hugh; Possimiste; Oskar Schuster; Loveshadow & Narva9; Lee Maddeford; Jahzzar; MIT Concert Choir.
The Ambient Baby (Kazoomzoom)
archive.org/details/kzz006 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US. Nightlight and Dreaming by Lee Rosevere.
Silly Songs (Kazoomzoom)
archive.org/details/kzz001 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US. Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Mister Jan); The Little Monkey Song (Pastor McPurvis); Big Blue Day (Uncle Neptune); Don't Let Sheep Play the Piano (Lee and Sheep).
Silly Songs 2 (Kazoomzoom)
archive.org/details/kzz020 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. I'm a Nut (John Stebbe); All Together Now (Cailin Drijber & The Schoolboys).
The Whizzies (Kazoomzoom)
archive.org/details/kzz016 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. I Love My Cat (The Whizzies).
Brahms' Lullaby, more versions
Brahms' melody is public domain; each recording has its own license. These four come from Jamendo under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 and are included unaltered (only converted to AAC): Hannes Hofkind (piano), Olorin (celesta), Sekosh, and Abydos Music. One more recording by Pracchia-78 is public domain.
Famous nursery rhymes (Jamendo)
The words and tunes are public domain. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Twinkle, Twinkle (Soft), and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (Nargo) play in Sleep; the rest play in Rhymes. Soft instrumental versions are used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 and included unaltered (only converted to AAC): Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Matti Paalanen (piano) and Sekosh (ambient loop); Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Frère Jacques, and London Bridge by Nargo (Tender Slumbers). Sung versions by Matthew Mike Cole: Mary Had a Little Lamb (CC BY 3.0); Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, This Old Man, All the Pretty Little Horses, and The Wheels on the Bus (CC BY-ND 3.0); and Hush, Little Baby (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Spoken rhymes with music (Grant Raymond Barrett)
Famous Mother Goose rhymes spoken over simple music by Grant Raymond Barrett, from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (Recited), used under CC BY-NC 4.0. Each rhyme was split from the three-part recitation and converted to AAC.