# Read Anything: PDF to Speech — Listen to PDFs, photos & text

> Listen to PDFs, photos & text (iPhone/iPad app by Youngju Lee.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/read-anything-pdf-to-speech/id6801704187 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Youngju Lee](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801704189)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, Korean
- Released: 2026-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Read Anything?

Reads the text in PDFs and photos out loud. Check documents by ear on your commute, while doing the dishes, or at night when your eyes are tired.

The app is available in English and Korean.

■ How it works
· Add a PDF or a photo and the text is pulled out and added to your list.
· Send text or a web page from another app with Share and it comes right in.
· Play a list and the next item starts when one ends.
· Keeps playing with the screen off or while you use other apps.
· Pause and skip from your earphones and the Lock Screen.

■ Easier listening
· Choose the voice and the speed.
· If a word is read wrong, write how it should sound and it will be read that way.
· Skip lines you don't need to hear, such as page numbers and headers.
· Add a chime between items so you know where one ends.
· A sleep timer stops playback after a set time.

■ Voices
· Built-in device voices work right away, with no network and no cost.
· If you have your own OpenAI or Fish Audio API key, you can use their voices instead. You pay them directly; the app does not sit in between.

■ Remembers where you were
· Picks up where you left off.
· Continue on your Mac what you were listening to on your iPhone.
· Keep separate collections so study material and casual reading don't mix.

■ Good to know
· Text recognition and the built-in voices run on your device.
· Syncing between devices uses iCloud on the same Apple Account.
· There is no account, no ads and no analytics. If you turn on an outside voice, the text being read is sent to that service through your own key.

## Is Read Anything safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Read Anything.

## Is Read Anything legit?

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


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.34 — 2026-11-04

• Mark an item as finished from the list or the player menu.
• Fixed built-in voices that could stop on their own while reading.
• When you write to us with Contact Us in Settings, your playback log is attached so we can find the problem faster.

### 1.0.33 — 2026-11-02

• New users get a First Steps card on the first screen that walks through hearing the sample and adding your own text.
• Open a library's settings right from the ⋯ menu at the top right.
• Fixed built-in voices that kept reading to the end of the item if you paused near the end of a sentence.
• The sample no longer appears in your libraries when you set up a new device.

### 1.0.32 — 2026-10-31

• On Mac, right-clicking a library now opens its settings. Before, the wrong menu appeared, so you couldn't rename or delete it.
• Tidied up the library and All list settings windows on Mac.
• When you delete a library, the app now tells you exactly where its items will go.

### 1.0.31 — 2026-10-28

• Now in English. If your device's first language isn't Korean, the app shows English, and you can choose in Settings → Display → Language.
• The list shows how many minutes each item takes, and how many minutes are left in items you're partway through.
• Use “Mark as Unplayed” on a finished item to listen to it again from the start.
• Add an Instagram post link to bring in the caption along with the text in its photos.
• Fixed a breathing sound in titles wrapped in angle brackets.
• Fixed the screen staying at the end of the previous item when the next one starts.
• If saved audio is damaged, it's downloaded again, and skipped if it still won't play.
• While you listen, syncing between devices now happens once a minute.

### 1.0.30 — 2026-10-22

• 맥 앱을 맥에 맞게 새로 만들었어요. 사파리에서 공유한 글이 바로 문서함에 들어오고, 글을 끌어서 차례를 바꿀 수 있어요.
• 글을 꾹 누르면(맥은 오른쪽 클릭) 「맨 위로 올리기」와 「맨 아래로 내리기」가 있어요. 단축어로도 할 수 있어요.
• 「8/17」 같은 날짜를 「8월 17일」로 읽어요.
• 「제1장」 같은 차례와 「두 장」 같은 낱장을 가려서 읽어요.
• 재생 화면에서 문장 옆 아이콘이 첫 줄 가운데에 맞춰졌어요.
• 설정에 다른 기기에서도 들을 수 있다는 안내가 생겼어요.
• Fish Drama 3는 괄호만 있는 줄에서 글 대신 견본 문장을 읽는 문제가 있어 뺐어요. 고르셨던 분은 S2.1 Pro로 바뀌어요.

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