Follow every word
Real-time highlighting keeps your place, so you can look away and pick up exactly where you left off.
Different models have different strengths and tradeoffs related to task complexity, latency and cost.
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Turn any page into audio
PDFs, ebooks, articles and scans read aloud in natural voices. Listen on your commute, your walk, or in bed.
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EPUB
DOCX
TXT
Web
Scan
Your reading list keeps growing.
What if you could just listen?
Library
- EPUBMoby Dick; Or, The Whale562 p · 1349 min
- URLThe quiet case for listening6 min
- PDFA practical guide to building agents34 p · 27 min
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EPUB
DOCX
TXT
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Import anything you read
Drop in a PDF, an EPUB, a Word file or a link. Scan a printed page with your camera. It lands in your library, ready to play.
- EPUB
- DOCX
- TXT
- Web
- Scan
Plus public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg.
Features
Natural voices
Pick a voice that suits the text and set the speed to your pace.
- LLeoUpbeat, clear
- GGrantDeep, composed
- TTheoWarm, soothing
- MMaraSteady, composed
- SSofiaKind, gentle
Speed
1×1.25×1.5×2×
Listen in any language
Translate as you read and listen. Handy for school, travel, work and learning a language.
Different models have different strengths.
EN → French
Des modèles différents ont des forces différentes.
Keep listening in any app
Lock your iPhone or open another app. Your document keeps playing like music.
A practical guide to building agentsNow playing · PDF
CommuteWalkWorkoutChoresBedtime
Listen offline
Prepare books and documents before a flight, a train ride or anywhere without signal.
- Moby Dick
- Frankenstein
- Field notes.pdf
Ready offline
Fall asleep to your book
Playback stops on its own after the time you choose, or at the end of the chapter.
30 min
- 15 min
- 30 min
- 45 min
- 1 h
- End of chapter
The classics, read to you
Add public-domain books like Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice or Frankenstein to your library and press play.
See it on iPhone
Screens from the App Store listing.
Try it first. Subscribe when it clicks.
Preview the full listening experience with a bundled sample, then unlock your own documents.
Monthly
$4.99
/ month
Annual
Best value$29.99
/ year (≈ $2.50 / month)
Data not collected
That is what the App Store privacy label says. Your documents stay on your device whenever possible, and there is no login.
US prices. Your local App Store price may differ. Requires iOS 18 or later, on iPhone and iPad.
Questions
Is Read Aloud free?
Read Aloud is a subscription app. Try It First lets you preview a bundled sample before you subscribe.
What can I import?
PDF, EPUB, DOCX and TXT files, web articles, scanned pages and public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Prepare documents for offline listening. Natural voices need a one-time 400 MB download, and the app asks before starting it.
Can I listen with the screen off?
Yes. Lock your iPhone or switch apps and playback continues in the background.
Which languages are supported?
The app is available in 30 languages, and you can translate text while you read and listen.
