Speech Central AI Voice Reader 4+

Text to audio: Book, PDF, Web

Labsii

    • 4.6 • 141 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Feature set that exceeds the competition, no subscription for the premium tier with the free tier that can be customised to be limited by the quantity or by the quality, that is the reason why you'll love Speech Central. Here are just some of our outstanding features:

◦ The best text-to-speech experience - our proprietary engine significantly enhances the output of Apple's voices and AI voices by infusing their readings with emotion and variation.

◦ The best PDF support in text to speech apps - your reading flow will not be interrupted by footers, headers, footnotes, in text citations and long web links as they are detected by the advanced artificial intelligence in most cases. No other app has all those features. Even the scanned PDF documents are imported with titles recognised.

◦ The best web support in text to speech apps - for the first time you can listen everything as both articles and headlines (including RSS feeds) are supported. Articles can be added from the headlines page for fully uninterrupted flow or from Safari. And you can send articles from the desktop browser with the Pocket extension.

◦ The widest support for documents/office and e-book formats.

◦ Knowledge and text annotation tools built-in.

◦ Import the text from the physical books with the camera.

◦ The widest choice of options to customize the voice, appearance and various other parameters.

◦ Sync playlist items across Apple devices including with the macOS app and the current position in the text.

◦ Apple Watch app that can play the content independently of the main app.

◦ Export the text with annotations to .docx format

◦ Functions of audio buttons can be customized for high productivity and accessibility. The widest selection of tools to control the speed and browse the text that is read aloud.

◦ The app can be used with dozens of languages that have text-to-speech support on the device with automatic language detection from the content.

◦ Export the text to the audio file.

◦ The best in class accessibility. It is completely free when used with VoiceOver and tested to be accessible by legally blind users.

◦ Your data stays truly private, we collect only analytics data with no identifiable reference to the user or imported content even when the syncing is enabled.

◦ Track the Mindfulness time in the Health app

The app is installed on over 250,000 devices and with consistent ratings above 4 stars Speech Central it is one of the leading global text-to-speech brands. It was nominated for the best iOS accessible app in 2020 and 2017 on AppleVis, the leading authority in the field of accessibility on Apple devices.

By moving your reading activities to commuting, walking, running, doing the housework or another activity you can save an hour each day. You'll also save eyes for better things while having your battery and data plan last significantly longer. Keeping the screen off grants that you won't get into the internet addiction and waste your time on unwanted things, and thus it can also help people with ADHD.

The app can be used as an assistive technology and helper for people with visual impairments (eyesight problems) and disabilities like dyslexia.

Supported document types are: PDF (including scanned documents), Microsoft Word (.docx), Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx), OpenOffice/LibreOffice (.odt, .odp), .html, .mhtml, .webarchive, .txt, .rtf. E-books in the .epub format are supported.

Get the app now and enjoy the most convenient text to audio!

Notes:
- The free version has a daily limitation in the number of articles that you can add to it which is removed by purchasing the Pro add-on.
- Some features are available only on the latest version of the operating system.
- The license is valid only for the iOS/watchOS. Other operating systems have separate licenses.
- DRM protected books (e.g. Kindle books) are locked to their respective vendor apps and cannot be imported into the app.

What’s New

Version 15.0.1

OpenAI added as a voice provider

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
141 Ratings

141 Ratings

PerianthLillith ,

Best free speech app

I came to this app after using a different app with a ridiculously priced subscription fee (naming no names) This app is pretty much on the same level reading wise and though it has less voices it honestly doesn’t matter in the function of the app. I think the only thing I miss is the search and replace all function when editing the text, which was useful to replace word pronunciations that are wrong.
I love the sleep timer meaning I don’t leave it playing all night.
Also has adjustable text fonts and sizes and highlighting colours. Thank you for making this app.

Developer Response ,

Unfortunately users of that app were trained to a wrong behaviour to set some things in the app instead of on the iPhone settings. What you ask for is already provided by Apple in iPhone Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Pronunciation and once set the rules work in all apps (including in theirs).

ReaVecK ,

Fine

Update: I still have a problem with the text being read not being highlighted sometimes. And also moving the screen will sometimes pause the audio along with other actions such as exiting the app. My main issue is the app isn’t designed for large paragraphs, the screen will not be following what is being said during a large paragraph so it has to be manually moved, and pausing the audio and resuming it will take the screen back to the top of the large paragraph despite text being read halfway through the paragraph. It would also be nice if text could be read from any point, not just from the start of a paragraph, so to resume from a point in the middle of a paragraph I have to start at the beginning and skip ahead until I’m about at the same point.

Developer Response ,

Update 2: The app should now properly handle most if not all large paragraphs. Ensure that you have the latest update and then please update the review, thanks! (Update: you can long tap the word and there is the menu item 'Play' so you can start the reproduction from that sentence.)

costasylvy ,

Best and useful app so far

I have learning disabilities and to me is hard to read for long and extended periods of time. This app is the best! The voices are natural and it reads different languages 😇😇😇😇😇. I really feel blessed to find this. I was using read and write software, which costs a fortune (£180, the gold one) and it’s a complete trash.

Thank you so much for developing such useful App.

Developer Response ,

Thanks, those words are much more worth than money!

App Privacy

The developer, Labsii, 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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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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