# Read Aloud Book Reader — Convert books into audio books

> Convert books into audio books (iPhone/iPad app by Wing Shun Vincent Chu.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/read-aloud-book-reader/id6748571026 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Wing Shun Vincent Chu](https://appshunter.io/developer/1723514678)
- Category: Education, Utilities
- Price: $6.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 1.1 GB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2025-07-15
- Data updated: 2026-06-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/read-aloud-book-reader/id6748571026/reviews.md

## What is Read Aloud Book Reader?

Turn the books you already own into an audiobook-style experience.
Read Aloud Book Reader is built for people who prefer listening, want to read with their ears while multitasking, or need a more accessible way to get through EPUB, PDF, TXT, and Markdown books. Import your files, pick a voice you like, press play, and the app keeps your place while highlighting text in sync.
This is not a subscription library. You use your own books. That means no buying the same title twice just to get audio.

Why people pay for Read Aloud Book Reader:
- Save money by listening to books you already own instead of repurchasing them as audiobooks.
- Listen offline with on-device playback and on-device AI features.
- Keep reading progress, bookmarks, and notes organized in one place.
- Continue listening in the background while using other apps.
- Get a smoother experience than basic system screen reading tools.

Core features:
- Import and listen to EPUB, PDF, TXT, and Markdown books from your device.
- High-quality text-to-speech with selectable system voices and adjustable playback speed.
- Export chapter audio on iOS and share the generated file with other apps.
- Word and sentence highlighting synchronized with playback.
- Resume exactly where you left off in each book.
- Search inside your book and jump back to the current reading position.
- Bookmark important passages and keep notes while you listen.
- Generate chapter summaries and AI-assisted notes on device.
- Sync reading progress, bookmarks, and notes across Apple devices with iCloud.
- Use Live Activities, presentation mode, and Picture in Picture for easier follow-along reading.
- Skip footnotes, auto-continue to the next chapter, and view time remaining for the current chapter or full book.

Great for:
- Busy readers who want to finish more books during commute time or chores.
- Students who need read-aloud support for dense material.
- People with ADHD, dyslexia, low vision, or reading fatigue.
- Language learners who want to hear text while following along visually.
- Parents creating custom stories for children with on-device AI.

If you want the value of an audiobook player without audiobook store pricing, Read Aloud Book Reader is built for exactly that.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.4 — 2026-06-09

Version 7.4 adds more language support and a few quality-of-life improvements:

- Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese UI support, including localized app names.
- Improved AI chapter summaries so generated text no longer keeps common prefaces like "Here is the summary".
- Updated the first-launch sample book behavior for Mainland China.
- The app version shown in Settings now stays synchronized with the product version.

### 7.3 — 2026-05-30

-Added TXT and Markdown import support, including file picker recognition, text loading, language detection, and chapter creation from plain text, chapter-style headings, and Markdown headings.
-Improved Markdown imports by stripping common Markdown formatting before text-to-speech playback.
-Filtered unsupported enhanced Apple voices when running the app on Mac so the voice picker only shows usable voices.

### 7.2 — 2026-05-18

-Updated name and screenshots.

### 7.1 — 2026-05-03

Version 7.1
-Added iOS chapter audio export.  A chapter can now be rendered with the selected system voice and playback speed, then shared as an audio file.

### 6.2 — 2026-03-11

Version 6.2
-Chapter list auto-scroll now pauses when you manually scroll, and a new focus button jumps back to the currently playing chapter and re-enables auto-scroll.
-Improved focus behavior when no chapter is actively playing by falling back to the last-read chapter index.
-Fixed presenter mode so it updates correctly when the current chapter changes.
-Improved AI note generation cancellation so canceling actively interrupts in-flight on-device LLM generation.

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