Speechify vs Announcify
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Speechify is the #1 audio reader in the world. Get through books, docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything you read – faster.
"Speechify is absolutely brilliant. Growing up with dyslexia this would have made a big difference. I’m so glad to have it today."
Sir Richard BransonMost popular feedback for Speechify
I’ve always been so frustrated with my dyslexia. It just gets in the way and slows me down. This app is a huge help in getting past the barriers that my dyslexia throws at me. I just wish I could pay monthly for the app. The annual chunk is at much for me to do all at once.
Bugandbutton
About Speechify
Read aloud any google doc, PDF, webpage, or book with text into speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 30+ languages & 130 voices. Text to speech from Speechify lets you listen to docs, articles, PDFs, email, and various other formats — anything you read. It’s one of the fastest growing voice generator extensions in the Chrome store. Make Google Chrome read aloud everything with this text to speech extension on your laptop or desktop. Our speech synthesis TTS technology is trusted by millions of happy users who listen in various languages and accents in the most natural sounding speech. Our users have listened to 6.5 billion words. How Speechify works Speechify scans text in your browser and in real time, converts it to the most human voice with natural sounding inflection. You can change the voice and accent and slow down or increase the reading speed easily. Works beautifully with Gmail, Google docs, Word docs, PDFs, Twitter, Wikipedia entries, blogs, news publications, and every web page you visit. It’s perfect for school, work, e-learning, learning a second language, and casual reading. Additionally, you can also take a picture of any text and import it into the app for it to be read aloud with cutting-edge OCR functionality. 30+ languages with high quality natural sounding voices Speechify supports over 30 languages and accents. Speechify speech technology converts most languages into native sounding voices in real time. See the languages we support. Enjoy speech output in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, & Ukrainian. Speechify has 130+ voices to choose from across various languages. Find the one that you love. Some voices are very recognizable. Mr. President for instance or even the officially licensed Gwyneth Paltrow voice is one of our users’ favorite.
Most popular feedback for Announcify
It works really well, but in order to make it work, I have to host the text I want as a webpage and that is really annoying. Unfortunately, google makes the only good and free tts voice in existence, so I'm stuck with these annoyances until they are fixed.
phly95
About Announcify
Listen to your web After Announcify conquered Android™ phones, it's now here to announcify your life at Google Chrome™. Announcify reads out loud every website you want. For example, if you're too tired but still need to study one more Wikipedia entry, Announcify can help your tired eyes relax. What others say about this extension: "This is a handy extension that will let you rest your tired eyes and at the same time, let you learn new stuff. This extension is similar to Chrome Speak that we previously covered, but is much easier to use, as it automatically reads out the entire page without requiring you to select text, so sit back and relax and listen to all those lengthy articles with Announcify." - AddictiveTips, http://goo.gl/LwSuG "Announcify is free and really handy for those times when your eyes are too tired but you're still eager to read." - Lifehacker, http://goo.gl/5xRPE This extension was built during the GTUG Vienna Chrome Hackathon on 29.10.2011 together with Dominic Bartl and Kariem Hussein. It's made possible by technology provided by Diffbot (http://www.diffbot.com/) - thank you! This extension is open source. More information at http://announcify.com/ Google Chrome™ browser is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.
Speechify reviews
Speechify is absolutely brilliant. Growing up with dyslexia this would have made a big difference. I’m so glad to have it today.
- Sir Richard Branson
Great For People With ADHD I recently started using this app and can already see a huge difference in my productivity. It helps me so much with my homework and I’m able to focus a lot easier, if you’re a person that prefers to be read to or can’t focus by yourself this app is for you!
- Zini_
Speechify an awesome App! Speechify is awesome! I can be so much more productive! I am recommending it to a friend who has problems with her eye sight.
- Bankerbaker
Announcify reviews
It is broken and has been for a while. It seems to stop in the middle or at the end of long paragraphs as though there is some sort of character limit. It seems this might be a problem with Chrome's TTS api though since other TTS extensions seem to be having the same problem. It also will skip paragraphs when using the forward or back buttons. Seems the developer might have given up on this project. Which is sad since this was one of my favorite Chrome extensions.
- Alex Richman
Stops in the middle of the first paragraph. Otherwise its great!
- A_LUKE1 Art&Games
won't read more than a few lines.
- Brian Thomas
Pros & cons
Speechify
| Pros |
|---|
| 30+ natural, human-like voices |
| 15+ exclusive languages |
| 5x faster listening speeds |
| Advanced highlighting, notetaking, and importing tools |
Announcify
| Pros |
|---|
| Reads SMS, MMS, Gmail, Gtalk, K-9 Mail, Plume (formerly Touiteur) and Twidroyd too |
| - mute gesture |
| - very customizable |
| - Text-To-Speech, TTS |
| Cons |
|---|
| Stops reading at half way |
| Vocabulary or rather speech is terribly limited |
| Unable to read a common word like ‘app’ instead willl spell it out |
What is Speechify?
Speechify is one of the most popular audio tools in the world. Our Google Chrome extension, web app, iOS app, and Android app help anyone listen to content at any speed they want. You can also listen to content in over 30 different voices or languages.
How can Speechify turn anything into an audiobook?
Speechify provides anyone with an audio play button that they can add on top of their content to turn it into an audiobook. With the Speechify app on iOS and Android, anyone can take this information on the go.
Learn more about text to speech online, for iOS, Mac, Android, and Chrome Extension.
Speechify is the #1 audio reader in the world
Get through books, docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything you read – faster.
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