Talkie OCR User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience41.7% of reviews
Neutral33.3% of reviews
Negative experience25.0% of reviews

~ Based on 12 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Talkie OCR Safe?

Talkie OCR - Image to Speech appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Talkie OCR is 84/100.

This assessment is based on 49 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

87.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 47 App Store ratings for Talkie OCR.

Is Talkie OCR Legit?

Talkie OCR - Image to Speech appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Talkie OCR is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Your current iOS version is outdated for the app to work properly.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.

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.
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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

Gespeicherte Dateien

Wie kann man die Dateien „Speichern zum späteren Lesen“ wieder löschen?

Danke für die Info

Response from developer

Diese Funktion sollte in der nächsten Version der App verfügbar sein. Dranbleiben!

Smart engineering

Highly accurate text scanner, clear speech, ad free, straightforward to use, I highly recommend this app!!

Director, MDSupport.org

This app works as advertised. My only issue is with the time it takes to scan. Works well with voiceover and is comparable to other similar technology. The translation and colloquial read-back feature is nice.

Could be better

Brilliant scanner but the audio doesn’t work for me.

It works well for me

It brilliant for me because I can’t read anything more than a few words

does its job, but not a solid app

not smart enough to tell when internet connection or image quality is causing it to fail, etc., but it does scan text and read it aloud - when you can get it to work.

Response from developer

Hi, Issue have been resolved with the latest update for iOS14!

Funktioniert nicht - Finger weg / does not work - keep away

Die App funktioniert nicht, es klingt zwar wie bei einem Foto, aber danach tut sich nichts mehr. Über das Support Formular kann man auch nichts wegschicken, da man immer nur einen Buchstaben eingeben kann und dann man wieder neue auf das Bild klicken muss. Schrott !!

The app is not working, sounds like making a picture, but nothing happens afterwards. It is not possible to get in contact with the support because itˋs only possible to type one letter in the form.
stay away - lost money :-(
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Response from developer

Hi Swka, We are sorry for this issue. Your iOS version is outdated for the app to work properly. Please update the app (for free) to the new version which fixes most major issues and introduces new vision impaired mode!

Si quieres utilizarlo como lectura tienes que pagar cada mes

Me parecía, una buena opción, pero al combarlo si quiero que lea en voz alto o me guarde el documento, nos haces pagar casi 9€al mes, me parece una tomadura de pelo

Response from developer

Hi Rafi. Pricing have been adjusted for the premium options of the app!