Talk For Me - Text to Speech

Communication Made Simple

$1.99 · Designed for iPad

Communication made simple. Route clear text-to-speech directly into your phone calls, save unlimited custom phrases, and sync across all your Apple devices. Your voice deserves to be heard clearly and effortlessly. Built from the ground up by a developer who lost the ability to speak, Talk For Me is engineered with a deep, personal understanding of what truly matters when connecting with others. Whether you are navigating a health issue or simply need a daily tool to assist with communication, Talk For Me bridges the gap. KEY FEATURES: • Speech to Call: Seamlessly sends your text-to-speech audio directly into phone calls, FaceTime, Zoom and Google Meet. • Full Dwell-Compatibility: Re-engineered from the ground up to be 100% navigable via eye-tracking and head-tracking. • Core Phrase Pack Expansion: A dedicated Library category containing over 2,000 ready-to-use phrases. • Siri Shortcuts Integration: Trigger your most frequently used everyday phrases directly through Siri without even opening the app. • Personal Voice Support (iOS 17+): Create a digital copy of your own voice and use it within the app. • Visual "Karaoke" Tracking: See exactly what is being spoken in real-time. Words are highlighted as they are said. • Rebuilt Speech Engine: Combine sentences, questions, exclamations, and ellipses (...) in one paragraph and it will all be spoken naturally with human-like emphasis. • Smarter Number Pronunciation: No awkward commas needed in long sequences like phone numbers, zip codes, or IDs. Just type the numbers naturally, and the voice engine will automatically insert human-sounding pauses! • Customizable Quick Buttons: Store your most common phrases in 12 main buttons, or swipe up to access four additional pages. • Favorite Voices: A lightning-fast new menu to switch your favorite voices in an instant. • Phrase History: A brand-new panel that saves your last 50 spoken phrases for easy access. • Hardware Keyboard Support: Navigate the app at lightning speed. Magic Keyboard or external BT keyboard users can utilize native shortcuts (Cmd + F, Cmd + 1, etc.) to search, navigate, and speak without touching the screen. • Library Database: Save unlimited phrases or partial sentences. On the Library page, you can swipe left on an entry to delete, swipe right to pin, tap the blue (i) info icon to edit, or tap Edit to rearrange all entries. • Custom Library Categories: Save phrases and filter them using custom category chips and easily rename up to four of them in Settings (Default: All, General, Personal, Phone Calls, Smart Home, Temp). • iCloud Sync & Restore: Upload your custom buttons, library phrases, and settings to iCloud. Download them instantly to a new iPhone or iPad to keep your devices perfectly in sync. • Local Backup Snapshots: Create instant local backups of your setup. • Data Control Center: Easily manage your Local Backups, iCloud Sync, Appearance, Library Categories and Custom Button Page Titles all in one place. • Offline & Private: Works completely offline. No ads, no tracking. Internet is only required when you choose to sync with iCloud. ADDITIONAL TOOLS: • Secure Privacy Wipe: Shake your device (or use a two-finger tap) to permanently wipe the text window. • Seamless Audio Ducking: The voice engine will automatically lower your background media volume while your phrase is spoken. • Library Search: Find your phrases lightning fast with the search field in the library. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES: English (US, UK, AU, IE, ZA), Arabic, Chinese (CN, HK, TW), Czech, Danish, Dutch (BE, NL), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese (BR, PT), Romanian, Spanish (AR, CL, CO, MX, ES), and Swedish. A NOTE ON VOICES: Go to your iPhone Settings > Accessibility > Read & Speak > Voices to download high-quality voices. SUPPORT: User Manual available at MobileTouchTech.com/TalkForMe-manual Questions? I am an independent developer dedicated to this community. If you'd like to get in touch, report an issue, or just connect, please visit https://mobiletouchtech.com/contact or email me directly at support@talkfor.me

  • 4.3
    out of 5
    120 Ratings

Version 3.3 is a massive update. Ready for iOS 27. • Full Dwell-Compatibility: Re-engineered from the ground up to be 100% navigable via eye-tracking and head-tracking. - Scroll Assist: Dedicated on-screen buttons on all scrollable views completely eliminate the need for swipe gestures. - Frictionless Editing: A single-tap 'Edit' mode replaces difficult long-presses and swipes—effortlessly reorder, pin, or manage Library entries. - Tap-to-Slide: Adjust speech rate instantly by simply tapping the tortoise and hare icons—no dragging required. • Core Phrase Pack Expansion: A new "Library Expansion" section is now available in Data & Settings. It adds a dedicated category containing over 2,000 ready-to-use phrases. This pack is isolated and will not alter your existing personal library. You can speak the phrases directly from the pack, or tap the (i) button and assign a category to save any phrase permanently to your personal database. • Dual Audio Output for Phone Calls on iPhone: You'll now hear your spoken text through your own device too, at a softer volume, so you always know exactly what the other person is hearing. • Favorite Voices: A lightning-fast new menu to switch your favorite voices in an instant. • Smarter Number Engine: A rebuilt speech engine that intelligently reads dates, times, measurements, and phone numbers naturally. • Phrase History: A brand-new panel that saves your last 50 spoken phrases for easy access. • Context Menu Updates: Long-press any custom button for a new: - "Send to Text Box" option. Make a temporary edit to a saved phrase and then speak it. - “Paste from Text Box” option. Now with a couple of taps you can create a custom button with the text in the text box. - Text Flexibility: You can now copy the text from any custom button and paste it in any text field on your device. Great for adding text to a partially typed phrase. • Text Protection: Fixed a state issue where pausing and canceling an Instant Phrase Button would accidentally clear your typed text in the main box. Your typed text is now completely safe when you cancel a custom button! • Refined UI Controls: Out with the old switches, in with modern toggle icons. Tap the new Auto-Speak and Edit icons to enable them (the icons will visually highlight when active). • Pause Button Placement: The pause button has been unified across the app. When speaking, it will now appear perfectly centered on both the main screen and all Custom Button pages. • Speech Rate Slider: This control has been moved to Data & Settings, featuring a wider slider for much greater precision and control. • Visuals: Updated the Speech Rate slider with tortoise/hare icons. Tapping the icons will adjust the slider. • Instant Privacy Wipe: Added a one-tap Eraser icon to the main screen to perform a frictionless Privacy Wipe. • Instant In-App Help: Added tap-friendly (i) info buttons next to the Auto and Edit icons, instantly explaining their features without the user ever having to guess or leave the screen. • Voices: Added new requested voices. • Fluid Adaptive Resizing: The app’s layout has been completely optimized for fluid, dynamic resizing, ensuring a perfect, accessible experience across all current and future Apple device screen sizes. • Smart Library Scrolling: When opening the Library, the category ribbon will now automatically scroll to ensure your last-used active category is perfectly visible on screen, adapting seamlessly for smaller screens. • Refreshed Layout: A cleaner, modernized look for your custom buttons and main screen. User Manual All the new features are fully explained at: https://www.mobiletouchtech.com/talkforme-manual Thank You! Thank you for using Talk For Me. Special thanks to fellow users Chuck, Spero and Allison for their great contributions! Get in Touch If you'd like to get in touch, report an issue, or just connect, please visit https://mobiletouchtech.com/contact or email me directly at support@talkfor.me

The developer, Darrin Altman, 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.

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    • Supported Features

      • VoiceOver

      • Larger Text

      • Dark Interface

      • Audio Descriptions

    Seller
    Darrin Altman
    Size
    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.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © Darrin Altman