Speech Central AI Voice Reader 4+

Text to audio: Book, PDF, Web

Labsii

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Feature set that exceeds the competition, no subscription for the premium tier with the free tier that is limited by the quantity, not 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 (OpenAI, Azure, Google) 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. 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.

◦ CarPlay support.

◦ 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 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 the .docx format.

◦ Customize functions of audio buttons. 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, no data is collected even when the syncing is enabled.

◦ Track the Mindfulness time in the Health app

The app is installed on over 500,000 device. 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.
- AI based features may not work as expected in minority of cases

What’s New

Version 16.3.1

- Recent voices menu
- Custom keyboard shortucts for voices

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
163 Ratings

163 Ratings

凛書空 ,

Good app for Apple Watch pro

Good app I’m saving to buy the premium version but I’ve added three pdf books but only two of them sync to my Apple Watch which is where I mostly use this app but I’m very worried I can’t find a way t sync my watch with what is on my phone I even tried deleting the app and re-downloading. This app is good you can choose the built in voices with the iPhone and even the really good ones but you need to download them first also you can’t use the Siri voice one which is why when I read pdf I just use the iPhone read text function to read along with the book but for moments on the go I always use my watch to sit down somewhere and read along or just even listen. It would be very cool to use the siri voices too but I am assuming it’s impossible because Apple restricts them only to system functions which is why I started a campaign against Apple to implement the mechanism that would allow you to give apps permission to use Siri voices.

I’ll try my best to find the Books & Articles > Storage > ‘Sync across Apple devices’ is enabled on each and every device or I might have to find a way to contact apples head quarters to restore my syncing capacity capabilities in case they removed mine

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.
Edit: I have tried to correct pronunciations in the apple setting but this does not come through to the app unfortunately. Please me know if I’m doing something wrong.

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).

Jojo Harrison ,

Bed speech app on the market and I've tried them all

Legend for making this app. So customizable to fit anyone's needs and the price is crazy value for money. Thank you! One improvement would be the ability to add ‘open original’ to the bar at the bottom for ease of access, and the play functions when the original pdf is open.

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.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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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