TTS: Voice Aloud Reader
Turn any text into natural speech — read PDFs, web articles, documents, and even printed text with your camera. TTS: Voice Aloud Reader is the all-in-one text-to-speech app that reads anything, anywhere. Whether you're commuting, studying, cooking, or exercising — just paste, import, or scan and listen.
What it does
What You Can Read
- Paste or type any text
- Import PDF, TXT, RTF, and EPUB from Files
- Paste a URL to extract and read web articles
- Scan printed text with OCR camera (Vision framework)
Listen Your Way
- 30+ languages with premium Siri Enhanced voices
- Adjustable speed, pitch, and volume
- Background playback with Control Center and Lock Screen controls
- Karaoke-style word highlighting — follow along as it reads
- Export audio as M4A to keep forever
Smart Features
- Podcast/Dialogue mode — assign different voices to characters
- Translate + Read — translate text and read it aloud (iOS 18+)
- Study mode — progressive speed, repetitions, bookmarks
- Batch processing — convert multiple texts to audio at once
- Reading history — find everything you've listened to
- Siri Shortcuts — say "Read my text" to start instantly
Freemium
- 1,000 characters per day free
- Upgrade to PRO for unlimited reading, all premium voices, and no banner ads
Accessibility
- Designed for users with dyslexia, visual impairments, or reading difficulties
- Large text support, VoiceOver compatible
Questions people ask about TTS
Do I need an account?
Does it work offline?
Where do the voices come from?
Can it read a PDF?
Does it keep playing with the screen locked?
What's new in 3.6.0
Picking a voice used to stick only until you left the screen. The app was re-choosing it every time the picker appeared, so you came back to the one voice iOS installs by default. Your choice now stays. The App Store page also carried a duplicate set of terms and privacy links pointing at a personal file host. Gone.
Privacy and support
TTS works offline and does not require an account. Read the privacy policy and the terms for this app, or write to us if something is wrong.