# Talking Archiver > Text-to-speech archive manager for listening to documents and during calls. (iPhone/iPad app by 方 沈.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-archiver/id893189081 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [方 沈](https://appshunter.io/developer/882296318) - Category: Utilities, Reference - Price: $0.99 - Rating: 4.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 11.1 · 2 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2014-07-13 - Data updated: 2026-08-27 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-archiver/id893189081/reviews.md ## What is Talking Archiver? A valuable and powerful text archives manager. Listen our favorite PDF, RTF, and plain text file whenever and wherever. When this App is talking, just tap the home key or lock your device, the App will repeat talking in the background status. Input text from pasteboard, plain text files, PDF files, or RTF files. It could talk the text with over 30 international languages. The repeating talking all of archives could help us listen and go over our important archives. Edit the text archives, we could add some memo to our archives and update the archives where and whenever. With the help of the powerful pasteboard, we could copy the text from an email,text, web page of safari, or any other text as long as the text is not part of an image. Then paste all of these text to the Talking Archiver. With the help of iTune File Sharing, we could move the any text files from the PC to this App file sharing folder. In the latest MAC OS, in the finder, if we already connect our iOS device, we could open the file tab page in the device. In the file page, we could find the Talking Archiver and move the files to the Talking Archiver item. After Tap the import button at the bottom left corner and select the import file item, the open file view will list all of file in the sharing folder. All of the important text data will be saved to the Core Data Database system. One archive would be talked by one speaker. So it is very interesting to listen several speakers talk the text records one by one. As a talking app, the user also could select the talking volume and the talking speed. The user could select the repeating times of the talking. Talking solution by Long Press gesture. In the main view, long press the single table cell, the related text note will be talked repeated. The color of talked cell will be red color. At this talking situation, we long press another table cell, the current talking will be stopped. The App will immediately start talking the text of another table cell. We could stop the talking situation by tapping the stop button. Talking Solution by tapping the talking all button. In the main view, when we tap the talking all button, the app will talk the text of each note one by one. If we need to skip, we could tap the next button or the prev button at the bottom toolbar. Export the archives to the plain text file, export the pasteboard , export to the email box by sending email, export to the iCloud Drive or other App by tapping :export to remote files item in the export menu. This edition could talk the text archives to the upcoming phone call with the phone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or newer. When a phone call is coming and is accepted, then tap the all talking button in the main view or tap the talk button in the single view, after that, both sides could hear the same talking contents at the same time in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. In short, this App includes the file editor, the pasteboard editor, the database management system,the talking ability, and sending email features.As a result, wherever, we could review,create, share and listen the talking of our favourite archives. ## Key features - Listen to PDF, RTF, and plain text files - Background speaking functionality - Input text via pasteboard or files - Supports over 30 international languages - Edit archives with memos - Speak during phone calls - Adjust speaking speed and volume ## Frequently asked questions about Talking Archiver ### What file types can Talking Archiver read aloud? Talking Archiver can read aloud plain text files, RTF files, and PDF files. It can also read any text copied to your pasteboard from sources like emails or web pages. ### Can Talking Archiver speak during phone calls? Yes, Talking Archiver can speak text archives during phone calls. Both you and the person you are calling can hear the same content simultaneously at the chosen speed. ### How can I add files to Talking Archiver? You can add files by pasting text directly, importing plain text, PDF, or RTF files, or using iTunes File Sharing to transfer files from your PC. ### Does Talking Archiver support multiple languages? Yes, Talking Archiver supports text-to-speech in over 30 international languages, allowing you to listen to your archives in your preferred language. ### Can I customize the speaking experience in Talking Archiver? Absolutely. You can select the talking volume, adjust the speaking speed, and choose the number of times the text will be repeated. ### How do I stop Talking Archiver from speaking? You can stop the current speaking by long-pressing another table cell, tapping the stop button, or by pressing the home key or locking your device, as it continues speaking in the background. ### What is the price of Talking Archiver? Talking Archiver is a paid application priced at $0.99. This one-time purchase grants you access to all its features. ### How often is Talking Archiver updated? The latest version, 3.0.4, was released on June 18, 2024. Updates are provided by the developer, 方 沈, to ensure the app remains functional and improved. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.0.4 — 2024-06-18 For the first time user, the default preference for the volume of talking will be high instead of loudest. Our user could update this setting from the setting view. ### 3.0.3 — 2024-01-24 Bug fixes. Fix the bug about talking in the phone call . After fixing this bug, when a phone call is coming and is accepted, then tap the all talking button in the main view or tap the talk button in the single view, after that, both sides could hear the same talking contents at the same time in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. ### 3.0.2 — 2023-12-12 Improve performances: 1. enable talking to the upcoming phone call. First , accept the upcoming phone call, then tap the talk button. (iOS need to be 13.0 or newer) 2. enable the assistive technology settings take precedence over the property values of this app.(iOS need to be 14.0 or newer) 3. add the accessibility label for the buttons in the main view and single note view. ### 3.0.1 — 2023-11-24 Improve the performance by using iOS SDK 17.0 ### 3.0.0 — 2023-07-25 1 New feature and new update 1.1 In the export menu of single talking archiver view, add the new item: Export to remote files. When we select this item, we could export the archiver text file to iCloud Driver or other App we indict. 1.2 In the export menu of single talking archiver view, rename one item. Rename the item: Export to files to the item: Export to local files. Because when we select this item, we could export the text file to the local folder of this app. In MAC computer, from the finder, when we select our iOS device item, in the files page, select this app: Talking Archiver, we could find the files in the local document folder of Talking Archiver. the item: Export to local files will export the text file to this local document folder. 2 Bug fixes. ## More apps by 方 沈 - [Talk SMS Email Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talk-sms-email-notes/id882296315) - [Auto Cam Photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-cam-photo/id884498223) - [Auto Digital Video](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-digital-video/id884499935) - [Device Motion Detective](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/device-motion-detective/id884501447) - [Auto Audio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-audio/id884502711) - [Talking Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-notes/id886636411) All apps by 方 沈: https://appshunter.io/developer/882296318 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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