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
Really useful app, simple clean UI, easy to customize, works on M1 Macs and iPad with intuitive touch interface on iPad and with simple easy mouse integration on both. Speech is clear and the rate is easy to customize. In many ways the app has a very professional feel well suited to anyone from adults to students (perhaps as soon as they can read). I would go five stars except for some minor things about the UI. First, if you can read this is a fantastic UI that feels clean and intelegent but if you can't you may have challenges - I can't find a way to use icons, pictures, or colors. Second, the main screen is what it is - I couldn't add additional custom "sayings" to this screen - HOWEVER, there is an archive feature which is not exactly intuitive but does let you build up and recall what you want to say - worth checking out and taking the time to learn. As I said - the app has a simple clean UI and changing it (beyond maybe the ability to choose different color themes) could ruin its professional feel.If you require colors, symbols, pictures - look elsewhere.
Speech Pathologist recommendation
Betsy F
I often recommend a free or inexpensive communication app for patients of mine who don’t need or can’t afford a more sophisticated device. I stumbled across this one while looking for a text to speech app. Most are the same; you type a message and hit a button to speak it, and you can save a limited number of messages you use frequently. Unfortunately all the messages are saved in the same place, so you have to look through them and select the one you want, which slows the process down. This app has that capability, but it also gives you 34 customizable buttons for frequently used messages. They’re incredibly easy to program and using the app to communicate is quick and intuitive. I’ve used many of these apps and this one is the best by far, and it’s free!
Feature rich!
chucks302
Great app for anyone who lost their ability to speak! I’ve tried many text-to-speech apps over ten years and this one has features most do not, like:• Favorite voices selector so I can quickly find my preferred voice to speak a foreign language.• Speaks during phone calls and I can hear my own “speech” just as others on the call do. • Saved phrase buttons on the main screen to instantly say something without typing or menu searching like “hello?” or “thank you” or “just a moment, I have to type to speak”.• Customize the color of phrase buttons to make it easier to quickly tap the one I want. • Multiple lists to save and organize phrases and information I often need that can load into the textbox to speak or modify so I don’t have to type everything and can start speaking more quickly. • Saved history of recently spoken phrases in case I need to repeat something. • Sync saved phrases and settings with my other devices. I use this app every day to speak, and it’s the best speech app I’ve used. Thanks!
Fantastic for Voice Rest
Toekneejc2
I had vocal surgery and had to be on 15 days complete voice rest. My husband works nights, and I have two young boys who cannot read. I needed something that would speak for me. This app is amazing and simple. I connect to my Bluetooth speaker to get it louder when out. Love the custom common phrases. People constantly asked me the same questions. The custom phrases allowed me to answer quickly without having to type every time. My two boys even love the app now. So glad this was available.
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
Version 3.3
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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Audio Descriptions
Information
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.