Top Writer Reviews for Speechify

I use this app to read back my writing. It helps me hear if there are any repetitive words or phrases, if the sentences are flowing well. It also helps me listen for any spelling mistakes. Really enjoying using it and I have already recommended it to others.

Although we're not all writers, we all need to write. Essays. Reports. A thank you note to Gram and Gramps for the birthday underwear and socks. The Christmas brag sheet you send out with the cards every year. Ever wonder how all that writing sounds to others? Silently reading what you've written is one way to find rough spots in your writing. A better way to do this is to read it aloud -- something to do with using different parts of your brain to read and hear. A much better way to do this is to have somebody else read it to you. That way you can just close your eyes and listen as the words wash over you. But what happens if you don't have somebody to read to you? There are a number of apps nowadays that have text-to-speech capability. I chose Speechify and am delighted that I did. I get great readings where I can simply listen for words that could be improved and for places where my writing, while technically fine, doesn't flow as well as I need it to. Trust me, if the machine stumbles over your words, your readers will, too. This is a great app for students writing essays or businesspeople writing reports. It won't write your paper (sorry). It won't tell you what you've misspelled or where your grammar is wrong. Or will it? I'm a published author, yet English was far and away my least favorite subject in school. How's that saying go -- I hated it with the heat of a thousand suns? You get the idea. But here's a secret. We as native English speakers intuitively *know* how things are supposed to sound. Even if we wouldnt recognize a compound, complex sentence or gerund to save our lives. That's where Speechify can help. Even if you have only a very vague idea of what you're doing, you can rewrite until it sounds right to you. Still not happy? Tweak, paste, and play again. That's how I use it. Best of luck in your writing adventures.

Gave me exactly what I wanted: a way to hear my writing out loud, not in my own voice!

over the last year I’ve been using Speechify to proofread my writing and it has been enormously helpful. It has definitely improved the quality of my written communications.

I can’t being to describe how helpful Speechify is. I’m a writer and the irony does not go unnoticed to me. This app makes my edits so much easier. I can focus on the flow of the material and take note of where I hear a stutter. Knowing it’s my typing that messed up and not my brain reading what I already wrote. Thank you!

I’m a writer and the last part of my editing process is listening to my book being read so I can find those parts where I left things out or mixed things up. This is way more exciting than the robot in my word processor

I typically write stories in my free time, and I use this app to help read certain school assignment and novels. The only complaint I have to say about this app is most of the voices are hard to hear, and can’t always pronounce a word properly. Yes my grammar could use work but the way it says words sometimes jumbled them. Other than that it is a good app.

I have not even had this app for an hour and I am already in love. I love writing and I’m so happy about all of the options they give you. I was able to upload my writing to this and it read it for me. It also makes school (being a middle school student) so much easier. Plus, it is super entertaining since I’m not a fan of reading on my own. I’m so glad I found this app and I 1000% recommended!

So far I really love this app. I’m a hobby novelist/writer but I far prefer to hear my draft, rather than reread it. The only improvement it needs to to figure out a setting for novels specifically that could pace breaks between chapters, or even dialogue and the context of it?

As a writer, this app helps me write . It has helped me listen and allows me to hear different ways of saying what I have said. It is facilitating my creativity.

I have been using this to read off a book I have been writing. The steady pace of the reading helped me to find multiple mistakes. Very Useful!!!

I love writing and reading. And because of that, I’ve made my own works. Although I’m very good at creating stories, I’m very bad at editing them. I’ve been struggling with this a lot, for years now. The trouble of having to read my work over and over, and making sure everything is well and good. It’s hard, which is why I’m more then over joyed with this app. They read it out to me, and if I hear something that should be fixed, I can just fix it right there. It’s making my editing so much more fast and easy. Not to mention, it doesn’t sound all that robotic if you don’t want it to. Which helps me understand more on how it sounds to other people when reading my works. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS APP!!!

I am a writer. I love to hear my words read back to me. If there are any mistakes, the app let’s me know.

I use this app to proofread before I publish chapters of my books and it works so good! 10/10 recommended

So I am writing a book and this helps me hear my writing and makes it easier to edit it to where it's understandable and also I can save the audio so it also gives a free audiobook for my book. So I love this.

I hesitated a bit when I saw the price for premium, but as a professional writer, it’s always beneficial to hear your work read aloud when you’re proofreading for multiple reasons. Kudos to Gwyneth Paltrow for lending her voice to the app. I see great things coming from this!

This has helped me immensely with proofreading my own writing!!! amazing!

Helped me write my book

As an author, I need to read many books. Speechify will help me read while multitasking. It will be valuable to read my manuscripts to catch mistakes. I look forward to reading with the app. The voices are great and I love the wide ranges of reading speeds. Thanks

I am a fictional mystery author. This program was a tremendous help in being able to do an audio edit of my latest book. The ears use a different part of the brain than the eyes and this program was instrumental in finding the intricate edits needed the the eyes manage to gloss over.