# ReadAloud: Text to Speech PDF — Docs, Photos & Web Read Aloud > Docs, Photos & Web Read Aloud (iPhone/iPad app by ZHENGQIAO JIANG.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readaloud-text-to-speech-pdf/id6765783837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [ZHENGQIAO JIANG](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892168889) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 417 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 1 more - Released: 2026-05-06 - Data updated: 2026-09-15 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readaloud-text-to-speech-pdf/id6765783837/reviews.md ## What is ReadAloud? ReadAloud turns any text into natural speech using Apple's on-device voices. Listen to PDFs, Word documents, articles, photos, and any text in 60+ languages — 100% offline. WHAT YOU CAN DO • LISTEN TO ANYTHING Type or paste text, import a PDF, Word (DOCX), EPUB, or Kindle (MOBI/AZW3, DRM-free) document, scan a photo or a printed page with your camera, or paste a URL to hear the article text. Auto language detection picks the right voice for you. Jump between chapters in EPUB and Word documents, and skip straight to any page in a PDF. • CLEAN, DISTRACTION-FREE READING Repeated page headers and footers, and reference/footnote numbers, are automatically skipped so they never interrupt the flow of what you're listening to — and academic two-column PDFs read in the correct order, left column then right, instead of jumping between columns line by line. • ORGANIZE WITH FOLDERS Sort your Library into folders, so long reading lists stay easy to find. • 60+ LANGUAGES & VOICES All Apple system voices included — Default, Enhanced, and Premium neural voices on iOS 17+. A voice quality indicator guides you to the best available voice for each language. • TAP TO DEFINE Long-press any sentence while listening to look up a word's definition, highlight it, or add a bookmark — without losing your place. • READING THEMES Choose System, Sepia, or Night page themes, adjustable line spacing, and a dyslexia-friendly OpenDyslexic font option. • TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See your daily listening streak and total minutes listened right on your Library screen. • POWERFUL PLAYBACK Speed control from 0.5x to 2.5x, drag the progress bar to jump to any point, current sentence highlighted with auto-scroll, skip forward or backward by sentence, full Lock Screen and AirPods support, and true background playback so you can listen while doing anything else. • BATCH EXPORT TO MP3 & NOTES Select multiple documents in your Library and export them all to MP3 at once, completely on-device, or export your highlights and bookmarks as a Markdown notes file. Share via AirDrop, Files, or Messages. • SIRI SHORTCUTS Send any text straight to ReadAloud from the Shortcuts app or Siri. • APPLE WATCH COMPANION See what's reading and control playback right from your wrist. • BUILT FOR IPAD A layout designed for the bigger screen, so reading and listening feel just as natural on iPad. PRIVACY FIRST Your text never leaves your iPhone. No account required, no data collection, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. The only network request is optional URL fetching when you paste a web link. Start by reading and importing documents with 10 minutes of real listening included. The yearly plan includes an eligible 3-day free trial. Monthly and lifetime options are also available. Terms of Use: https://taxlite.net/read_aloud/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://taxlite.net/read_aloud/privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly | $4.99 | per month | | Yearly | $29.99 | per year | | Weekly | $1.99 | per 7 days | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Lifetime | $79.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.0 — 2026-09-12 ReadAloud 1.7 is a major update built around one idea: every document should be as natural to read as it is to listen to. • A calmer three-tab design for Read, Library, and Settings • Switch between reading and listening without losing your place, then minimize into a global player that follows you across the app • Import and organize documents before subscribing, and try 10 minutes of real listening before choosing Pro • Redesigned player controls and consistent panels for voice, speed, repeat, reading appearance, and more • More reliable background playback and Lock Screen information • Better PDF, EPUB, DOCX, and Kindle text handling, including wrapped lines, hyphenation, sentence boundaries, and long-document language detection • Keep citations and contents visible while choosing what should be spoken • Library Insights, Select All, batch delete, folders, search, and queue tools • Clearer light and dark themes with more readable controls • Fixes for keyboard dismissal, deleted documents remaining in the player, and listening allowance reliability across relaunches Speech and document processing remain on your device. ### 1.6.3 — 2026-09-08 This update makes long documents easier to control from start to finish: • Repeat & Loop for your Listen Queue — repeat the article you're on, or loop the whole queue so it keeps playing • Chapter and page navigation is now right next to Search, always visible instead of buried in a menu • Pronunciation Dictionary and Skip Rules are one tap away from the player — no more digging through Settings • Clearer guidance when a PDF is password-protected, including exactly how to remove the password before importing • Fixed a crash that could happen when importing very large PDFs (600+ page books and scans) Your text still never leaves your iPhone. ### 1.6.2 — 2026-09-07 This update focuses on reading accuracy, based on testing against hundreds of real documents: • Fixed sentences that could get silently split across a line break and read as two disconnected fragments, including in Word documents with decorative drop-cap first letters • More Kindle e-books now import successfully, including some AZW3 titles that previously failed to open at all • Table-of-contents listings are now reliably skipped instead of being read aloud as a wall of chapter names, including in PDFs • Search inside any document: find any word or phrase and jump straight to it, with playback picking up right there • PDF page and chapter navigation: jump to any page, or straight to a chapter if the PDF has a table of contents • Dozens of smaller fixes and translation improvements throughout Your text still never leaves your iPhone. ### 1.6.1 — 2026-09-06 ReadAloud now reads your Kindle books too, and this update makes every import more reliable: • Kindle import: read your DRM-free MOBI and AZW3 e-books, right alongside PDF, EPUB, and Word documents • More reliable playback: fixed edge cases where a sentence could be silently skipped instead of read aloud, including sentences that span a page break • Clearer messages when a document can't be fully read: e-books with empty chapters, scanned PDFs that hit a page limit, and old or password-protected Word files now explain what happened instead of failing silently • Tables in PDFs are now called out instead of being read aloud as garbled fragments • More accurate chapter titles in EPUB e-books • Search inside any document: find any word or phrase and jump straight to it, with playback picking up right there • PDF page and chapter navigation: jump to any page, or straight to a chapter if the PDF has a table of contents • More accurate MP3 exports: exported audio now always matches everything you'd hear reading live, even on very long documents • Smarter automatic language detection for documents and voices • Dozens of smaller fixes and translation improvements throughout Your text still never leaves your iPhone. ### 1.6.0 — 2026-09-01 ReadAloud now reads your Kindle books too: • Kindle import: read your DRM-free MOBI and AZW3 e-books, right alongside PDF, EPUB, and Word documents • More reliable playback: fixed edge cases where a sentence could be silently skipped instead of read aloud • More accurate MP3 exports: exported audio now always matches everything you'd hear reading live, even on very long documents • Smarter automatic language detection for documents and voices • Dozens of smaller fixes and translation improvements throughout Your text still never leaves your 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