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Local TTS - Voice Aloud Reader
Text to Speech: Read PDF book
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
No ads, ever. Read your PDFs, EPUBs, and Word docs aloud, or scan any printed page and listen. The multilingual voice speaks all 31 languages — 100% offline.
Local TTS turns any text into lifelike speech, entirely on your device. Paste an article, import a PDF, EPUB, Word, text, or Markdown file, snap a photo of a printed page, or write a quick note — then listen with high-quality neural voices. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing leaves your device.
READ FROM ALMOST ANYTHING
• Paste text or type your own notes
• Import PDF, EPUB, Word (DOCX), TXT, and Markdown files
• Scan a printed page with the camera, or read text from a photo — on-device OCR
FEATURES
• 100% offline neural text-to-speech — no internet, nothing leaves your device
• Word-by-word highlighting synced to the audio
• Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls
• A different voice for each note, plus tags to keep them organized
• iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad
• Adjustable playback speed
• No accounts, no ads, no tracking
FREE PLAN
• One natural multilingual voice that reads all 31 languages
• Three premium English neural voices
• Read up to 500 characters per note
GO PRO — UNLOCK EVERYTHING
• Unlimited text — paste or import as much as you want, with no 500-character cap
• The full voice catalog — every multilingual and English neural voice
• Export speech as M4A audio files to play anywhere, on any device
• Full multi-page PDF import
• Still 100% offline and private, even with Pro
ALL 31 LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean.
SUPPORTED DEVICES
On-device neural speech needs a recent chip, so Local TTS requires:
• iPhone 12 or later
• iPad (10th generation) or later
• iPad Air (4th generation) or later
• iPad mini (6th generation) or later
• iPad Pro (M1, 2021) or later
• iOS / iPadOS 18.6 or later
Download Local TTS and turn every screen into your personal narrator.
• Contact: support@richsoft.app
• Privacy Policy: https://richsoft.app/tts/privacy
• Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Turn almost anything into natural audio:
• Read PDF, EPUB, and Word (DOCX) files — import books, reports, and study notes
• Scan printed pages with the camera and start listening, no retyping
• Listen from images — pick a screenshot or photo and on-device OCR makes it readable
• Free multilingual voice — read all 31 languages, now on the free plan too
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
The developer, Rich Soft Co., Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Rich Soft Co., Ltd
- Size
- 1 GB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Local TTS Pro Lifetime $19.99
- Local TTS Pro Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © RichSoft Co., Ltd