# PaperHear - Text to Speech — Turn text into speech

> Turn text into speech (iPhone/iPad app by HOANG LE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paperhear-text-to-speech/id6804187393 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HOANG LE](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801483448)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 99 MB
- Languages: American English, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-10

## What is PaperHear?

PaperHear reads your documents to you — PDFs, scans, web articles, pasted text and your own notes — in natural voices that run entirely on your iPhone.

FREE TO TRY, NO LIMITS WITH PLUS
Add 3 documents a month at no cost. PaperHear Plus is a one-time purchase that removes the limit: add as many documents as you like, hear every one of them and save each as an audio file (M4A). No subscription, ever.

BUILT FOR LISTENING
• Reads PDFs, scans, links and pasted text
• Keeps the original words on screen so you can follow along
• Resumes at the exact sentence you stopped on
• Works offline once a voice is on your device
• Sleep timer, playback speed, focus mode and notes
• Save a whole document as an audio file (M4A) to Files or anywhere you choose

VOICES
• 13 neural voices: English, Vietnamese and Mandarin Chinese
• Optional pinyin line under each Chinese sentence
• Hear a short sample before downloading a voice
• Delete voices you do not use and reclaim the space

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Speech is generated on your device — your documents are never sent to a speech server
• No account, no ads, no tracking
• Your library stays on your iPhone, with backup and restore when you want a copy

Scan a page with the camera, paste an article, or open a PDF from Files. PaperHear cleans up headers, page numbers and clutter, then reads it to you while you walk, commute or rest your eyes.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaperHear Local Plus | $19.99 | one-time |


## Is PaperHear safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PaperHear.

## Is PaperHear legit?

PaperHear - Text to Speech appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PaperHear is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-01

New voices
• Four new Vietnamese voices: Hải Đăng, Ngọc Huyền, Thái Sơn and Trúc Ly.
• A Mandarin voice, Gù Niàn (顾念), with an optional pinyin line under each Chinese sentence.

New
• Save a document as an audio file (M4A) into any folder you choose: reader menu > Save audio file.
• Restore your library from a backup: Settings > Data controls.
• Rate PaperHear from Settings.
• New libraries on a Vietnamese phone start with a Vietnamese welcome document.

Fixes
• After a document plays to the end, Play starts it again from the top.
• The progress bar on the lock screen can be dragged.
• A voice download interrupted by leaving the app continues where it stopped.
• Scanning a page detects its language, so Vietnamese scans keep their accents.
• Leaving the reader keeps your place, and finished documents stay marked as finished.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-20

• Free plan is now 3 document imports per month (was 5). The 3-day trial is no longer offered.
• Adds the Joe English voice. Norman is no longer available.
• Play shows progress while a voice pack downloads.
• PDF object-replacement characters no longer appear as [OBJ] in the reader.
• Offline audio cache is capped at 250 MB.
• Playback pauses when headphones disconnect. Stopping playback releases the audio session so other apps are no longer ducked.
• Clear errors when a file is too large or has too many pages. Scans are downscaled when captured.
• You’ll be told if the library had to recover from a damaged file.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-02

• Fixes the free Plus trial so deleting and reinstalling the app cannot restart it
• Updated App Store screenshots and listing text

### 1.0 — 2026-09-02

No release notes.

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