ReadAloud: Text to Speech

Read PDF, Docs & Web Aloud

Free · In-App Purchases

Listen to PDFs, articles, photos, and any text in 60+ languages. 100% offline — your text never leaves your iPhone. Lifetime purchase available. ReadAloud turns any text into natural speech using Apple's on-device voices. Listen to PDFs, Word documents, articles, photos, and any text in 60+ languages — 100% offline. WHAT YOU CAN DO • LISTEN TO ANYTHING Type or paste text, import a PDF, Word (DOCX), or EPUB document, scan a photo with OCR, or paste a URL to hear the article text. Auto language detection picks the right voice for you. • 60+ LANGUAGES & VOICES All Apple system voices included — Default, Enhanced, and Premium neural voices on iOS 17+. A voice quality indicator guides you to the best available voice for each language. • TAP TO DEFINE Long-press any sentence while listening to look up a word's definition, highlight it, or add a bookmark — without losing your place. • READING THEMES Choose System, Sepia, or Night page themes, adjustable line spacing, and a dyslexia-friendly OpenDyslexic font option. • TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See your daily listening streak and total minutes listened right on your Library screen. • POWERFUL PLAYBACK Speed control from 0.5x to 2.5x, current sentence highlighted with auto-scroll, skip forward or backward by sentence, full Lock Screen and AirPods support, and true background playback so you can listen while doing anything else. • EXPORT TO MP3 & NOTES Convert any text to an MP3 file completely on-device, or export your highlights and bookmarks as a Markdown notes file. Share via AirDrop, Files, or Messages. • APPLE WATCH COMPANION See what's reading and control playback right from your wrist. • BUILT FOR IPAD A layout designed for the bigger screen, so reading and listening feel just as natural on iPad. PRIVACY FIRST Your text never leaves your iPhone. No account required, no data collection, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. The only network request is optional URL fetching when you paste a web link. 3-day free trial, then $1.99/week. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options available. Terms of Use: https://taxlite.net/read_aloud/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://taxlite.net/read_aloud/privacy.html

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ReadAloud 1.5.0 brings a big update: • Word (DOCX) document import, alongside PDF and photo OCR • Tap-to-define: long-press any sentence to look up a word, highlight it, or drop a bookmark • Listening streak and total minutes, right on your Library screen • New reading themes — Sepia and Night — plus adjustable line spacing and an OpenDyslexic font option • Export your highlights and bookmarks as a Markdown notes file • Apple Watch companion: see what's reading and control playback from your wrist • A layout built for iPad's bigger screen • Added 6 new interface languages, for 11 in total • Plenty of smaller fixes and polish throughout Your text still never leaves your iPhone.

The developer, ZHENGQIAO JIANG, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    Provider
    • ZHENGQIAO JIANG
    Size
    • 434.6 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 26.5 or later.
    Languages
    English and 10 more
    • English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Weekly USD 1.99
    • Yearly USD 34.99
    • Monthly USD 5.99
    • Lifetime USD 99.99
    Copyright
    • © Alex Jiang 2026