# Auread — Listen and follow the text

> Listen and follow the text (iPhone/iPad app by Mehdi Maaref.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auread/id6782722849 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mehdi Maaref](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782722851)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish
- Released: 2026-06-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auread/id6782722849/reviews.md

## What is Auread?

Auread turns your audiobooks into a read-along experience. It transcribes the narration right on your device and highlights each word in sync with the audio — so you can listen and follow the text at the same time.

WHY AUREAD
• BUILT-IN FREE CATALOG — Browse LibriVox public-domain audiobooks, download one, and Auread fetches the matching Gutenberg text automatically: a complete read-along in two taps.
• LISTENING STATS — Daily goal ring, streaks, and a week / month / year dashboard.
• REAL CHAPTERS — Titles and headings inside the text, start time and length in the chapter menu, chapter or book timing at a tap.
• Real read-along — words light up as they’re spoken, with smooth auto-scroll.
• On-device transcription — no ebook required; Auread generates the text itself, privately.
• Your speed — 0.5×–2× with preserved pitch, saved per book or globally.
• A reading view you’ll love — adjustable size, themes, progressive illumination, Dynamic Type.
• Automatic covers for your library.
• Import anything — audio files, ZIPs of MP3s, even EPUB text. Built-in conversion.
• Works offline — listen and read anywhere.

PRIVACY FIRST
Auread has no account and no server. Your audio, text, transcripts and progress never leave your device. Transcription runs entirely on-device. The only network use is fetching public book covers (title + author), anonymously, and the free catalog when you use it.

LANGUAGES
Interface in English, French, Spanish and German. Transcription supports multiple languages.

Built for audiobook lovers, language learners, and anyone who reads better while listening.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-07-19

Auread 2.0 — our biggest update since launch.

• Built-in LibriVox catalog: search public-domain audiobooks, download one, and Auread fetches the text too (Project Gutenberg) — a complete read-along, automatically.
• Chapter titles and section headings now appear in the read-along, right where they belong.
• Chapters menu: start time and length of every chapter.
• Elapsed / remaining time per chapter or whole book — tap the times to switch.
• Listening stats: daily goal, streak, week / month / year dashboard, per-book time.
• Mark a book as finished (or let reaching the end do it for you).
• Translate the current sentence in one gesture, via system translation.
• Re-transcribe any book (new language, better model).
• Real progress while aligning, more reliable highlighting, iCloud import fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-26

No release notes.

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