Speechify – Text to Speech

Name: Speechify – Text to Speech
Rating: 4.7 (460563 reviews)
Author: Speechify Inc.

Read Aloud Books, Docs & PDFs

Free · In‑App Purchases

461K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Speechify Inc.
Language

EN
+ 39 More
Size

479.9
MB

Speechify is the Voice AI Assistant you have always wanted. It reads books, PDFs, and articles aloud, types as you speak, and answers questions instantly. Trusted by 50+ million users. Have a question? Just ask – Speechify already has context from the articles, books, and documents on your screen. It’s like talking to ChatGPT, but faster and with more context. Want to read faster? Speechify reads any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book aloud in 200+ lifelike voices across 60+ languages, at up to 4.5x speed. Want to type faster? Speak naturally and Speechify will type every word for you. Speechify combines the world’s most human-sounding text to speech (TTS), voice typing dictation, and voice assistant technology. ==FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE==   • Listen at any speed Hear anything up to 4.5× faster (900 wpm). Learn more in less time with voices that sound natural even at high speed.  • Listen on mobile and desktop devices. Your library syncs instantly across desktop and mobile. Start reading on iOS, continue on desktop – anytime, anywhere. All included. • Human-like voices Speechify voices feel real, including official partners like Snoop Dogg, MrBeast, and Gwyneth Paltrow and 200+ others. • Screenshot image to audio Take a picture or screenshot of any text and Speechify will read it aloud instantly. • Active Text Highlighting The text is highlighted and perfectly synced, word for word, with the voice reader to help you read along. Reading & listening helps you retain more.  • Voice Typing Dictate emails, essays, or prompts directly into any website. Type 5× faster just by talking.  • Talk to Speechify AI Ask: “What are the main takeaways?” or “Quiz me on this essay.” Speechify understands your articles, documents, and anything on your screen – it’s your personal AI reader, assistant, and tutor in one. Like ChatGPT but specifically designed for voice.  • AI Podcasts Create AI Podcasts on any topic, perfectly tailored to what you want to listen to at a given moment in time. Choose your style: Thoughtful Talk, Lecture, Late Night, Storytelling. Share podcasts you create with colleagues and friends.  • One account across all devices Use Speechify across iOS, Chrome, Desktop, iPad, and any other device you use.    • Note Taking & Bookmarks Take notes on anything you’re reading and return back.    • Responsive Customer Service Have a question? We’ll always get back to you immediately.    == USE CASES == • Students Read, listen, and talk your way through study materials. Ask Speechify to summarize long readings, quiz you on key ideas, or type out your essays as you speak – perfect for faster learning and retention. • People with Dyslexia, ADHD, or Vision Challenges Originally built by founder Cliff Weitzman, who has dyslexia and ADHD, Speechify removes every barrier to reading and writing. It reads aloud, types what you say, and answers your questions about the text, helping 50M+ learn and communicate more easily. • Professionals Whether you’re drafting emails, summarizing reports, or reviewing PDFs, Speechify works like your personal AI assistant. Dictate notes hands-free, ask for quick takeaways, and breeze through reading-heavy workloads effortlessly. • Parents Turn story time or homework time into an interactive experience. Speechify can read aloud, help kids write by voice, and even answer their curious follow-up questions about the stories they love. • Productivity Hackers Automate your reading and your writing. Listen to webpages or dictate responses while multitasking, then ask Speechify to summarize, rephrase, or explain anything you’re working on. • Podcast & Audiobook Lovers Turn any article, PDF, or blog into something you can listen to or talk about. Ask Speechify to explain or expand on what you’re hearing – it’s like having a co-host that knows your reading list. Install Speechify today, for free! Privacy Policy: https://speechify.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://speechify.com/terms/

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

461K Ratings

Beware Monthly Word Limit
02/04/2024

Inwash
While this a good service and app, things could definitely be improved. My biggest qualm so far is that there is a monthly word limit at which point you are unable to use most of the voice options and are stuck with a robotic sounding woman’s name. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts while I work or multitask and so I was excited to use Speechify to listen to books that do not have Audiobook companions, pdfs, and online content. Within about two weeks I hit the monthly word limit and am now unable to really use the service because the non-enhanced/premium voice option is not very good.Secondly, while this service does have a broad range of voices in English some are better than others in terms of sounding less robotic or monotone when reading aloud and so there are really only four or five that I found myself using regularly. Some of the voices sound more natural and are good with pacing and understanding how to read a document and others not so much. For example, occasionally a word or two will be skipped by the voice or a part of a document will be read more literally than it is meant to. For example, when “….” is used to imply a pause the voices are likely to pronounce “dot dot dot” at the same speed and pacing as the rest of a document or e-book.I will wait and see what if any improvements are made to the service to determine if I will keep paying for it once the renewal date comes up.
Beware Monthly Word Limit
02/04/2024

Inwash

While this a good service and app, things could definitely be improved. My biggest qualm so far is that there is a monthly word limit at which point you are unable to use most of the voice options and are stuck with a robotic sounding woman’s name. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts while I work or multitask and so I was excited to use Speechify to listen to books that do not have Audiobook companions, pdfs, and online content. Within about two weeks I hit the monthly word limit and am now unable to really use the service because the non-enhanced/premium voice option is not very good.Secondly, while this service does have a broad range of voices in English some are better than others in terms of sounding less robotic or monotone when reading aloud and so there are really only four or five that I found myself using regularly. Some of the voices sound more natural and are good with pacing and understanding how to read a document and others not so much. For example, occasionally a word or two will be skipped by the voice or a part of a document will be read more literally than it is meant to. For example, when “….” is used to imply a pause the voices are likely to pronounce “dot dot dot” at the same speed and pacing as the rest of a document or e-book.I will wait and see what if any improvements are made to the service to determine if I will keep paying for it once the renewal date comes up.
Absolutely Love It
09/07/2025

TimonAndPumbaa
I’m obsessed with this app. I never go into the App Store to rate apps, but this is such a game changer I had to. I initially got it to support my ADHD and heavy work schedule throughout my masters program, but there’s no way I’ll get rid of this as I move into my profession. The features in this app are incomparable, especially with the latest update. I was dying for the ability to highlight text and add notes and now we can. This has been the best purchase I’ve ever made and well worth the cost. I have to commute between clients for work and now each week I can download the required research articles, easily drop them in, and have AI summarize them for me. This enables me to listen to the full article while commuting and then utilize the AI summarization for review. Voice output and options are awesome - so many. I’ll stick with Gwenny P forever though it’s a great option. You can even quiz yourself on content and now have it structured as a podcast if that format of info holds your attention more. The app owners clearly take user feedback well and implement it. The only issue I have is that sometimes it glitches, but that’s been rare/temporary and honestly every technological advancement does that it comes with the territory. It’s never lasted long enough to impact my use of the app. Download this app immediately if you’re anxious about keeping up with readings while working full time or just to read books - it has a great bookstore/library as well. Thank you so much for this app I love it

Developer Response
Hi there. We truly appreciate your continuous support and trust in us. We will continue striving to provide exceptional products and outstanding customer service in order to make every engagement with us remarkable. We sincerely appreciate your valuable feedback. Your satisfaction is what drives us, and we look forward to providing another outstanding experience 💙
Absolutely Love It
09/07/2025

TimonAndPumbaa

I’m obsessed with this app. I never go into the App Store to rate apps, but this is such a game changer I had to. I initially got it to support my ADHD and heavy work schedule throughout my masters program, but there’s no way I’ll get rid of this as I move into my profession. The features in this app are incomparable, especially with the latest update. I was dying for the ability to highlight text and add notes and now we can. This has been the best purchase I’ve ever made and well worth the cost. I have to commute between clients for work and now each week I can download the required research articles, easily drop them in, and have AI summarize them for me. This enables me to listen to the full article while commuting and then utilize the AI summarization for review. Voice output and options are awesome - so many. I’ll stick with Gwenny P forever though it’s a great option. You can even quiz yourself on content and now have it structured as a podcast if that format of info holds your attention more. The app owners clearly take user feedback well and implement it. The only issue I have is that sometimes it glitches, but that’s been rare/temporary and honestly every technological advancement does that it comes with the territory. It’s never lasted long enough to impact my use of the app. Download this app immediately if you’re anxious about keeping up with readings while working full time or just to read books - it has a great bookstore/library as well. Thank you so much for this app I love it
Developer Response 09/09/2025
Hi there. We truly appreciate your continuous support and trust in us. We will continue striving to provide exceptional products and outstanding customer service in order to make every engagement with us remarkable. We sincerely appreciate your valuable feedback. Your satisfaction is what drives us, and we look forward to providing another outstanding experience 💙
Audible or Speechify?
01/22/2022

Manxiepoo
I spent hours comparing text to speech apps, and by far, Speechify has some of the best premium HD voices. I even considered dropping Audible, so that I could pay for an unlimited amount of HD voice listening time; however, while the HD voices are great, they’re not reliable enough for me to consider them as a replacement for Audible just yet. At times, they’re slow to load or glitchy. I wasted a good 200 or so words listening to Gwyneth lisp her way through sentences as if she was lapsing into a different language. I fiddled with her speech rate trying to remedy the problem, but it was to no avail. I had to switch to Michael. Michael read through everything perfectly, but he too had trouble staying on task. Even though I had plenty of of HD listening words left, he would intermittently cut out and be replaced by the British Male speaking voice. With all things considered, this is an app worthy of downloading. It does a respectable job transferring words from pictures—better than most. Sometimes, to my astonishment, it can read my handwriting. It hasn’t crashed, and apart from the HD voices, the standard voices seem quite reliable. I like that I can earn HD words the more I listen, and that there’s enough to stay entertained with in the free version. With a bit more perfecting, Audible might find itself facing the boot in favor of this nifty little app. For now, Audible is safe from the chopping block.

Developer Response
Hey Manxiepoo! Thanks so much for sharing your Speechify experience. We've received reports of the Gwyneth and Narrator voices skipping words or changing into different languages. We've already reported this to our Devs Team for a review and fix. The fix wouldn't be anytime soon but we'll keep you updated once it's out. In the meantime, please choose the other HD voices. Please reach out to us via your app messaging and we're happy to refill the lost HD words due to the Gwyneth voice issue.
Audible or Speechify?
01/22/2022

Manxiepoo

I spent hours comparing text to speech apps, and by far, Speechify has some of the best premium HD voices. I even considered dropping Audible, so that I could pay for an unlimited amount of HD voice listening time; however, while the HD voices are great, they’re not reliable enough for me to consider them as a replacement for Audible just yet. At times, they’re slow to load or glitchy. I wasted a good 200 or so words listening to Gwyneth lisp her way through sentences as if she was lapsing into a different language. I fiddled with her speech rate trying to remedy the problem, but it was to no avail. I had to switch to Michael. Michael read through everything perfectly, but he too had trouble staying on task. Even though I had plenty of of HD listening words left, he would intermittently cut out and be replaced by the British Male speaking voice. With all things considered, this is an app worthy of downloading. It does a respectable job transferring words from pictures—better than most. Sometimes, to my astonishment, it can read my handwriting. It hasn’t crashed, and apart from the HD voices, the standard voices seem quite reliable. I like that I can earn HD words the more I listen, and that there’s enough to stay entertained with in the free version. With a bit more perfecting, Audible might find itself facing the boot in favor of this nifty little app. For now, Audible is safe from the chopping block.
Developer Response 01/23/2022
Hey Manxiepoo! Thanks so much for sharing your Speechify experience. We've received reports of the Gwyneth and Narrator voices skipping words or changing into different languages. We've already reported this to our Devs Team for a review and fix. The fix wouldn't be anytime soon but we'll keep you updated once it's out. In the meantime, please choose the other HD voices. Please reach out to us via your app messaging and we're happy to refill the lost HD words due to the Gwyneth voice issue.
A LIFE SAVER!
05/12/2021

Truth teller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My 1st time using my time to review an app ever! I’m in grad school and always have to read a lot of research papers and reading really isn’t my favorite! This has helped decrease the overwhelming feeling of reading a lot pages of assigned reading! I wish instead of paying about $12 every month, the app had a one time PERMANENT purchase option (not just yearly) for a reasonable price for broke college students especially! Something affordable where I’m only charged one time and that’s it! Because it’s too expensive for me to pay for it at the moment, I’m using the free version and I wish I could highlight w/the free version! Please make highlighting an option in the free version. Also cropping is a pain in the behind because as soon as I move one corner, the other corner shifts along with it. Also I don’t like how once I’ve moved a file in a folder, I can’t seem to move it back to being a file in the home/front page that’s no longer in a folder. As my classes are changing each semester, so are my folders and I would like to be able to keep certain files but delete folders! Also the other ways to important documents from google docs hasn’t worked for me. I’ve only been able to just take pictures of pdf documents, and that’s the only way that’s been working for me. And yes I’ve watched the ‘how to upload’ videos and followed them easily but it still didn’t work for me. I’m not sure if that’s because I’m using the feee option! Thank you for creating this app, it’s been helpful so far!!!

Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback! 🙏🏻 We're continuously improving the app to give you exactly what you need soon. Could you please provide your email address or reach out to us via help@speechify.com so we can look into your case?
A LIFE SAVER!
05/12/2021

Truth teller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My 1st time using my time to review an app ever! I’m in grad school and always have to read a lot of research papers and reading really isn’t my favorite! This has helped decrease the overwhelming feeling of reading a lot pages of assigned reading! I wish instead of paying about $12 every month, the app had a one time PERMANENT purchase option (not just yearly) for a reasonable price for broke college students especially! Something affordable where I’m only charged one time and that’s it! Because it’s too expensive for me to pay for it at the moment, I’m using the free version and I wish I could highlight w/the free version! Please make highlighting an option in the free version. Also cropping is a pain in the behind because as soon as I move one corner, the other corner shifts along with it. Also I don’t like how once I’ve moved a file in a folder, I can’t seem to move it back to being a file in the home/front page that’s no longer in a folder. As my classes are changing each semester, so are my folders and I would like to be able to keep certain files but delete folders! Also the other ways to important documents from google docs hasn’t worked for me. I’ve only been able to just take pictures of pdf documents, and that’s the only way that’s been working for me. And yes I’ve watched the ‘how to upload’ videos and followed them easily but it still didn’t work for me. I’m not sure if that’s because I’m using the feee option! Thank you for creating this app, it’s been helpful so far!!!
Developer Response 05/14/2021
Thanks for your feedback! 🙏🏻 We're continuously improving the app to give you exactly what you need soon. Could you please provide your email address or reach out to us via help@speechify.com so we can look into your case?

We update Speechify every week to make it even better. Recent improvements: - Speechify – our biggest update yet tailored to you. Add widgets to your home screen, and dive into the Explore tab. - Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow’s voices added to Speechify - Improved ability to scan anything and have it read out loud to you in 100+ human-sounding voices - Talk to Document feature - Podcasts Language Picker - Memory, CPU, and other performance improvements - UI/UX enhancements for smoother navigation and experience Like the app? Rate us! Thanks to your feedback, the Speechify app is growing. Have a question? Write to us at info@speechify.com

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