# Lectern: Text to Speech Reader — Listen to PDFs, books & notes

> Listen to PDFs, books & notes (iPhone/iPad app by Faba Development LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lectern-text-to-speech-reader/id6811200281 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Faba Development LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1771055623)
- Category: Productivity, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 190 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-10

## What is Lectern?

Listen to anything.

Lectern turns the things you already read into something you can listen to. Import a PDF, an EPUB book, a Word document, notes, an article, or a photo of a printed page, press play, and hear it in a natural voice, generated entirely on your iPhone.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your documents never leave your phone. Text extraction, page scanning and speech generation all run on the device. No account, no upload, no server.

WORKS OFFLINE. NO CREDITS.
The voices are built in. Listen for as long as you like, on a plane or in a tunnel, with nothing metered.

MADE FOR LONG LISTENING
Whole books, textbooks, reports. Playback keeps going with the screen locked, the lock screen and Control Center show what's playing, and Lectern remembers exactly where you stopped, to the sentence, even after the app is closed.

FOLLOW ALONG
The sentence being read is highlighted and the page scrolls with it. Tap any sentence to start there. Skip by chapter, by 15 seconds, or scrub the whole document.

YOUR PACE
Half speed to three times speed, and it still sounds like a person.

WHAT IT READS
• PDF, including scanned PDFs (on-device text recognition)
• EPUB books with chapters and covers
• Word documents (.docx), text, Markdown, RTF
• Pasted text from anywhere
• Photos of pages, from the camera or your library

LECTERN PRO
Lectern Pro unlocks whole books and long documents, an unlimited library, all ten studio voices, and audio export. The free version lets you listen to real documents first, so you can hear the voices before you decide.

Lectern Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions.
Privacy policy: https://luke-fairbanks.github.io/privacy-policy/lectern/
Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lectern Pro Annual | $29.99 | per year |
| Lectern Pro Monthly | $5.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lectern Pro Lifetime | $59.99 | one-time |


## Is Lectern safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Lectern.

## Is Lectern legit?

Lectern: Text to Speech Reader appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lectern is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-08

No release notes.

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