Broken
The app does not work. I scan in documents. It says it's reading them out loud but it's not.
Response from developer
Your current iOS version is outdated for the app to work properly. Please update to the latest release.
So many issues!
1. No prelisten to voices, I had to scan each time to test the voice I wanted to try
2. Very strange voices, only few are normal human male ones and their quality is much worse than in some free apps
3. Strange UI: duplicated bottom menu, I have to select “camera” each time to read the next page in book, some strange glitches
4. What camera preview shows and the image I get - the image captures wider area. I want to omit the page notation and have to aim 3-5 cm lower and hope for a blind guess
I don't see why this app has such good rating
2. Very strange voices, only few are normal human male ones and their quality is much worse than in some free apps
3. Strange UI: duplicated bottom menu, I have to select “camera” each time to read the next page in book, some strange glitches
4. What camera preview shows and the image I get - the image captures wider area. I want to omit the page notation and have to aim 3-5 cm lower and hope for a blind guess
I don't see why this app has such good rating
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Hassans review
It’s very worth the price
Not quite ready for real time OCR to Speech
09 Oct 2025: I am continually searching for app to help a severely dyslexic 83 year old person that is incapable or reading even the simplest thing like store labels, short notes, etc. This app is one of the closest that I have found that doesn’t ask the user to amputate both arms for subscribing as others do. However, it has its issues that I have outlined below.
1. Taking a picture and having it OCR converted to speech takes too long and this doesn’t make the app as convenient and quick as one would expect even though it does a really good job at doing just that.
2. It uses an unnatural computer generated (robotic in nature) voice and has no setting to alter the voice used even though translation can alter the speech a bit.
3. It only offers a monthly subscription and no annual one which may be ok for some; but, a constant annoyance to others who would use it constantly and would appreciate the typical discount for an annual subscription.
I’ll continue to check-in on the development process for this app to see if the one critical thing, speed, is addressed making it a great app for dyslexics.
1. Taking a picture and having it OCR converted to speech takes too long and this doesn’t make the app as convenient and quick as one would expect even though it does a really good job at doing just that.
2. It uses an unnatural computer generated (robotic in nature) voice and has no setting to alter the voice used even though translation can alter the speech a bit.
3. It only offers a monthly subscription and no annual one which may be ok for some; but, a constant annoyance to others who would use it constantly and would appreciate the typical discount for an annual subscription.
I’ll continue to check-in on the development process for this app to see if the one critical thing, speed, is addressed making it a great app for dyslexics.
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Response from developer
Hello, Thank you for your feedback. We've updated the app to scan pages 10x faster. Natural voice tones are being rolled out progressively. Please update to the latest version to access these features.
First app that seems to capture handwriting that I have found
I am trying to convert handwritten notes to text for text to speech use. This app is the first promising app I have found
