# Yomiage: Read PDFs Aloud — Text to Speech for PDF & EPUB

> Text to Speech for PDF & EPUB (iPhone/iPad app by hiroyuki matsuzaki.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yomiage-read-pdfs-aloud/id6767975524 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [hiroyuki matsuzaki](https://appshunter.io/developer/1867154216)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-08-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-17

## What is Yomiage?

Listen to PDFs, EPUB books, Word files and web articles with every core reading tool included at no cost: no account, no ads, no tracking.
Follow along as each sentence is highlighted, search and bookmark passages, and keep listening through long documents. Core reading runs on your device and works offline.

A note on voices: Yomiage reads with the voices built into your iPhone. For the most natural sound, download an Enhanced or Premium voice in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. (Siri voices can't be used by third-party apps.)


■ READ YOUR DOCUMENTS ALOUD
• PDFs with selectable text, EPUB, DOCX and TXT. Scanned or photographed pages aren't supported (no OCR)
• Web articles: paste a URL, or share from Safari and other apps
• Sentence-by-sentence highlighting that follows the voice
• Speed, pitch and pauses between paragraphs
• Sleep timer (5–60 minutes) for commutes, chores and bedtime
• Multi-part documents play continuously
• Full-text search and bookmarks
• English and Japanese voices are chosen automatically from the document's language
• Drama Mode reads dialogue and narration in different voices
• Touch and hold a word to set how it should be pronounced


■ LISTEN & PRACTICE: AUDIO AND VIDEO PLAYER
Import mp3 / wav / m4a / mp4 / mov for listening practice:
• A-B repeat for any passage you choose
• Waveform scrubbing to jump back instantly
• Speed presets
• A mini player that keeps playing while you move around the app
• Lock screen and headphone controls, background playback


■ LEARNING JAPANESE? 17,000+ CLASSICS BUILT IN
Browse and download public-domain Japanese literature from the built-in Aozora Bunko catalog (Natsume Sōseki, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa and more). The texts are in Japanese; their furigana is used to choose readings.


■ HANDS-FREE AND ACCESSIBLE
• Siri and Shortcuts to play and continue
• Spotlight search for your documents (you can turn it off)
• VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support
• An alternative for people who prefer listening because of dyslexia, eye strain or low vision
• Split view and keyboard shortcuts on iPad


■ PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account or sign-in, no ads, no behavioral data collection, no tracking
• No third-party SDKs
• Imported documents are read with on-device iOS voices
Importing a web article needs an internet connection. Optional AI features send the text you choose to the provider whose API key you set up, only after you agree, and you can withdraw consent at any time.


■ YOMIAGE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL, AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION)
Everything above works without Premium. Premium unlocks integrations for people who already have OpenAI or Speechify API access:
• Text cleanup, chapter insights and summaries, using your own OpenAI API key
• Cloud voices, emotion styles and MP3 export, using your own Speechify API key
Important: Premium includes no AI credits, API access or cloud voice time. Those providers bill you separately, and without your own API key the Premium features won't work.
Premium is offered monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy.


■ SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
• Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
• Privacy Policy: https://legal-pages-hiros-projects-fdd12c60.vercel.app/privacy#tts-reader-en

## Is Yomiage safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Yomiage.

## Is Yomiage legit?

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


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.5.1 — 2026-10-04

• Fixed: Speechify could not be selected because there was no place to enter its API key.
• New: a field for your OpenAI API key, used by AI Summary and AI text cleanup.
• Playback speed now lives in one place — the speed buttons under the player — and applies to every file.
• Shorter pauses between paragraphs.
• Fixed long chapters failing with Speechify; errors now show the reason.
• The file picker reopens the folder you used last.
• Select and delete all parts of a split document at once.
• Fixes for Spotlight, Open In, and share-sheet imports.
• Many other fixes and improvements.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-09-27

• English interface that follows your device language.
• English and Japanese documents automatically use matching voices.
• Send web pages and files to Yomiage from the share sheet.
• Drama Mode: different voices for dialogue and narration.
• Siri and Shortcuts actions to play and continue.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-09-08

■ 青空文庫から17,000冊以上をそのまま聴けるようになりました
夏目漱石も芥川龍之介も宮沢賢治も、アプリの検索から選ぶだけ。ダウンロードして
すぐ読み上げが始まります。すべて著作権の切れた作品なので追加料金はかかりません。

・作品に付いているルビを読み上げに反映します。「吾輩」を「わがはい」と正しく読みます
・あなたが登録した読みの訂正は、ルビより優先されます
・底本や入力者・校正者の情報も残しているので、出典をいつでも確認できます

■ はじめて開いたときに、すぐ音を聴けるようにしました
これまでは自分でファイルを用意するまで何も始まりませんでした。同梱のサンプル文書を
2タップで再生できるようになり、読み上げの品質をその場で確かめられます。

■ 無料プランの取り込み冊数の上限をなくしました
月5冊までの制限を撤廃しました。Apple純正の音声での読み上げは、これまでどおり
無料・無制限でお使いいただけます。

■ 音声・動画プレーヤーを搭載しました
手持ちのmp3・m4a・mp4などを取り込んで、A-Bリピート・波形スクラブ・速度調整で
繰り返し聴けます。語学のリスニングやシャドーイングにお使いください。

■ そのほかの改善
・画面を移動しても再生が途切れない常駐ミニプレーヤー
・音声/動画の分離表示、フォルダ整理、並び替え、一括移動
・画面の向きの固定設定
・不具合の修正と安定性の改善

### 1.0 — 2026-07-14

No release notes.

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