full of bugs
looks sleek on the surface but is actually quite buggy and somewhat difficult to navigate when scrolling thru blocks of text. it was worse prior to the update wherein a too-long slip of the finger would switch up which part of the text the audio reads. the narrators are obviously AI which has both its pros and cons; the pro being it sounds less robotic than the free text-to-speech apps i’ve used in the past and the con being inconsistent pronunciations of common names within the same passages. the narration also turns off erratically, even without setting a timer. you have to manually return to the app sometimes to get the narration going again. the audio follows the text until a certain point and you have to click a bunch of random buttons to exit and re-enter a file so you can see which part the narration is reading off from.
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What is free?
Every time I try to open a book, it won’t play even the ones that say is 0.00. All I get is a Preview reminding me to download a PDF. And the screen that pops up it says I can try it Free but then it’s 99.99 Perhaps it’s operator error.
Wow!
I just downloaded it and i already love it. Only got one request. I got a bunch of books in my apple books. Most of them are off free websites and most my pdfs are on there as well. Can you please make it where the book will upload to eleven reader? I have so many books id like to listen to while working!!! Please. Thanks.
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Not Free as Advertised
I didn’t think I had to pay for this product and yet there is a few days trial and then bam, $99 annual fee. You all need to be honest with your advertising!
Accessible and Free
okay, when I first downloaded this app, I was honestly irritated. Because of my reading disability, I had already gone through 4–5 different read-aloud apps just trying to find one that actually worked. every single time, the natural sounding AI voices were locked behind an expensive paywall, making it even harder for people with disabilities to access something as basic as reading and learning.
BUT BOY WAS I SO WRONG ABOUT ELEVENREADER
ITS ACTUALLY FREE???!seriously, don't listen to those other read aloud apps charging $20–30 a month just to unlock decent AI voices. ElevenReader gives you high quality, natural sounding voices without putting them behind a paywall, and it has made such a huge difference for me. it’s helped me understand what I'm reading, stay focused, and actually enjoy learning again.
and honestly? the paid subscription is reasonably priced too. I'm genuinely considering subscribing not because I have to, but because I want to support the developers for making an app that's truly accessible instead of treating accessibility like a premium feature.
Thank you for making something that people like me can actually use.
BUT BOY WAS I SO WRONG ABOUT ELEVENREADER
ITS ACTUALLY FREE???!seriously, don't listen to those other read aloud apps charging $20–30 a month just to unlock decent AI voices. ElevenReader gives you high quality, natural sounding voices without putting them behind a paywall, and it has made such a huge difference for me. it’s helped me understand what I'm reading, stay focused, and actually enjoy learning again.
and honestly? the paid subscription is reasonably priced too. I'm genuinely considering subscribing not because I have to, but because I want to support the developers for making an app that's truly accessible instead of treating accessibility like a premium feature.
Thank you for making something that people like me can actually use.
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