Speechify vs Simple Text Reader

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Speechify

Category: Text to Speech

Industries: Students, Professionals, Teachers & Professors, Legal, Edtech, Publishers, Aeronautics

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Free Trial

$139 /year

Simple Text Reader

Category: Text to Speech

Industries: Students, Writers, Educators, Teachers

Pricing

Free

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Speechify is the #1 audio reader in the world. Get through books, docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything you read – faster.

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"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

Most 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.

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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 Simple Text Reader

It used to work well once I could get it to read a document. Though it could have used a return to top of document feature as I’m using it to listen to books. But now all of a sudden, it’s not giving me any audio. I’ve tried restarting my phone, new documents, updating the app, nothing works. So I’m going to have to find a different one.

Eliza Pi

About Simple Text Reader

TTSReader is a lightweight online text reader that may be accessed at ttsreader.com and works straight out of the box. There is no requirement for installation. There are no downloads. No login. Compatible with every web browser and any device, regardless of where you are. Because TTS Reader remembers the text that was being read and its place, you can always pick up playing from exactly where you left off. You also have the option of manually setting the caret location, after which you can hit the "Play" button to begin playback from the newly selected position. In addition to that, it is able to load ebooks, PDF files, and text files. And it is even capable of recording itself (on a Windows machine). You have the ability to select the language, the voice, and the speed at which the text is read. And when you return, it will remember your choices just as you left them. Absolutely no charge. If you would want to help us, use it commercially, and access it without ads, you may upgrade to the premium version. That sums it up nicely. Give it a shot, and then report back to us with your feedback. Do you want to find out more? Keep reading, or just take some time to mess about.

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

Simple Text Reader reviews

I wish i could have kept it as it is I cant understand the accent of the default reader, but i will try again later as this app evolves . The speed controls is jarring as well. But i love that this is a app that is intuitive and not subscription based

- Anonymous

have a lot of homework that I need to read for, but I’m always getting distracted by my phone so having the app on my phone and my homework on my I pad and I’m without distractions. It really helps me do my work. I can just look up what I need to read, copy it, then past it into the app and I’ve got my work don’t like that. The is the best app and I’m glad I got it. I gotta say, I was skeptical at first but it really helped

- Anonymous

This app truly does embetter my life. It makes studying easy & fun- especially on the go. The fact that you can control the voice speed makes it even better. Sometimes I might read along, or just have it going in the background (to try to absorb and retain as much knowledge as possible). A big 5*'s from me!

- James Ron

Pros & cons

Speechify

Pros
30+ natural, human-like voices
15+ exclusive languages
5x faster listening speeds
Advanced highlighting, notetaking, and importing tools

Simple Text Reader

Pros
You can control the voice speed makes it even better
I can just look up what I need to read, copy it, then past it into the app and I’ve got my work don’t like that
This is an app that is intuitive and not subscription based.
Cons
If I want to pause
It will stop playing the instant I leave the app
If you press play it plays on repeat with no sign of stopping
When you leave the app to copy some text which you whished to paste into the app, you can't paste it without being moved back to the beginning and are forced to scroll all the way down.

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.

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