Text to Speech Reader App 4+

Name: Text to Speech Reader App
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Author: Riafy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Hear Texts Read Aloud

Riafy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Designed for iPad

- 4.6 • 5 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Our text to speech reader app uses state-of-the-art AI to convert texts into natural-sounding speech. Simply copy-paste texts or import documents to hear them read back to you. With multiple voices and speeds, you can customize readings to match your needs. Great for busy professionals, new readers, visually impaired users & learning assistance.

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Feb 26, 2024

Version 1.0.9

Bug fixes and performance improvements
Added content in more languages

4.6 out of 5

5 Ratings

It is good for short documents

I tried this app, and it does what it says it will. There are, however, a few things that disappointed me. It is not good for reading longer documents. I tried uploading a few chapters of a book I’m writing, because sometimes it is helpful to hear your writing read aloud when you’re editing. That’s when I discovered the app doesn’t appear to let you choose where to start reading.

For example, I wanted to jump ahead to Chapter 3, but it wouldn’t allow me to start at that specific location. I first tried scrolling down and selecting text, but It wouldn’t allow me. Then I tried jumping forward paragraph by paragraph, to see if it would allow me to start at a later point that way, but it didn’t.

What’s more, the start/stop buttons always stay at the very top of the document. Even if you’ve scrolled way ahead. So if you pause the reading or stop it and want to restart, you have to go back to the beginning to find the button, and then the app doesn’t remember where you left off. And since you can’t choose a place farther along in the app to start reading, I was stuck.

I realize this is probably not what the app was designed for. It seems like it does just fine with shorter documents. There are lots of voices and languages to choose from, and you can speed up/slow down the reading, alter the pitch, etc. I just thought I’d share the issues I had trying to read a longer document in case the developers have plans of expanding the app’s functionality.

Oh, one more weird bug. I could not use my Bluetooth AirPods to listen to this app. It would only play through my iPhone speakers. I tested a bit and I could listen to everything else on my phone, I just couldn’t hear this app specifically. I also tried using a set of plug in EarPods, and when I used those I *could* hear the app through them, so it might be Bluetooth related? Just a thought, but I’m no expert. (Note my iPhone OS is up to date as of Feb 2022.)

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Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Information

Seller

Riafy Technologies Private Limited

Size

109 MB

Category

Lifestyle

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 12.1 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 12.1 or later.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 12.1 or later.

Mac: Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision: Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Languages

English, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese