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Category: Text to Speech
Industries: Students, Writers, Educators, Teachers, Content Creators
Free
Category: Text to Speech
Industries: Computer Systems Design and Related Services
$2.99
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 Branson
I am a student, and anyone who has taken a class at USC will tell you that the amount of reading per class is Insane. Aside from the stacks of books per class, there are just as manny article readings. If it were not for this app reading to me during my commute, or while I am working, I do not think I would be caught up on my reading. And my midterm, which I got a perfect score on, was based 90% on reading and about 10% on lecture. I had the free version and it works good. The ads are on a small strip at the bottom, and don't interfere with the reader at all. Yet I am so grateful for my A+ that I upgraded just now to the paid version to support the people who made it. I have not used the paid version yet, but I already know it's worth every penny. I did take away one star became on articles (usually PDF's) that have one paragraph on the right side of the page, and another on the left, the reader will read from left to right, top to bottom. Although there is a gap between the two it will read the first line of each paragraph as one. As one can imagine, this distorts the flow and makes no sense. Yet, While it's not perfect, it's better that anything else I have ran into.
Oscar ArcigaYou can read on screen or listen to the app read aloud web pages, news stories, lengthy emails, TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, EPUB, MOBI, PRC, AZW, and FB2 ebooks, and more. It is an HTML reader, a document reader, and an ebook reader all rolled into one, and it allows you to read on the screen or listen to the text if your eyes are bothering you, they are malfunctioning, or you are otherwise occupied.
See how Speechify compares with Voice AloudGreat for quickly reading websites Reading Wikipedia articles is great! I love the shuffle function to find something interesting to listen to while running.
Nitr231This program reads out text pages and is totally free and available exclusively for iPhone or iPad (sorry). You may either paste text into the app directly or choose to use the Wikipedia button to search for Wikipedia articles that you'd rather listen to than read. Not every language has a wide range of voices, and it must be said that not all voices sound as pleasant or as natural as I would prefer, but this is just such an easy tool when you're driving your car, walking or running, waiting for a plane... The app also works offline, once the text is pasted in. It reads aloud in 27 languages, from Arabic to Turkish, including most European languages as well as Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and more. Simple player controls let you jump back and forth, alter the speed, or repeat even when the device is locked. Only the iPhone and iPad Software Store has access to this app. For the time being, it is cost-free and ad-free. excellent for speed-reading webpages It's fun to read Wikipedia pages! I adore using the shuffle feature to discover new music to listen to while running.
See how Speechify compares with iPlayTextThis is a really good app that reads words allowed. I’m using the application to read PDF books. It is working very well. It does a good job of reading books that may have two columns on one page with tables, charts and graphs. It does a good job of reading the left column of words first and then the right column of words. It will read the charts and graphs also, so if you don’t want that read, all you have to do is press on the next section you want read. Its a life saver. Also, it works in multi task mode, so you can have PDF reader pulled up, highlighting within your PDF file and making notes while the app is reading to you (e.g. left side of screen has the voice app reading and the right side has the actual PDF book open) One other application I tried would not allow this, which was odd. For only about $8, I say this application is a bargain. I’ve already used the application to read hours of text to me. It is definitely saving me some eye strain. Word pronunciation is pretty decent, but I would follow along as the text reads to you, just Incase the reader pronounces some words awkwardly. Overall, a really good application.
- DesfluraneGas
Needs some attention, but good Love the one time purchase, absolutely worth it as a college student. The only problem I have with it is when it adds extra characters to the start of each page. Most of the time, whenever the page is turned, the program will add and read aloud “a” and/or “-“ two to four times before starting on what the page actually says. As far as I can tell, there isn’t a way to edit this out of the page, though you are able to view the extra “a”s and “-“s in the contents menu of your book. If you’re anything like the average reader, this makes it kinda hard to follow the meaning of the sentence across the page turn when there’s a four to five second break with the voice repeating “a a hyphen hyphen a hyphen.” If you don’t mind it though, it’s a great app and much closer to five stars.
- MoonieMeep
Overall decent. Couple of basic quality of life changes. The rate needs to increase in increments of .1 not.5. I don’t know who could ever understand something at a rate of 5. Second the Web reader needs two basic features. Zoom and search text. Zoom for the oddly small font and search text for long documents so that you don’t have to search manually when telling it to play from here. Otherwise I’m quite pleased it loads the body content quite well and plays it just fine.
- crossfire92
Really cool idea! The app makes it easy to search for Wikipedia articles and load them to be read. You can download more voices from the system settings app. It does take some getting used to the voice. Siri sounds great but for some reason Apple hasn’t made the same improvements to the accessibility voiceover.
- Trace412
Nice app. Would be perfect if we can be able to export voice data?
- Mr Outis
I am frequently multi-tasking. This app lets me do that. I copy and paste news articles while I respond to my emails and text messages.
- [email protected] L.
Pros |
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It does a good job of reading books that may have two columns on one page with tables, charts and graphs |
It loads the body content quite well and plays it just fine |
Word pronunciation is pretty decent |
Cons |
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Layout and navigation need to be simpler and more descriptive, with lesser icons and more font |
The Kindle app cannot open a lot of files, so what the @voice app does is convert documents and websites into a format that the Kindle can read aloud |
Has a mechanical "accent," mispronounces or misreads the occasional word, tends to add extra pauses, and occasionally reads punctuation marks instead of obeying them (e.g, "ehyphenmail") |
Pros |
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No ads |
Works offline, no network required |
Listen to arbitrary text in any of the 30+ supported languages |
Cons |
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Listen to Any Text sometimes do not work, need to retry |
For iOS user onlyLimited platform |
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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