SeeNSpeak vs Open Spoken
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SeeNSpeak
This tool reads aloud text from captured images of various sources like books and signs. It also translates the recognized text into numerous languages, making it beneficial for individuals with vision impairments, language learners, and travelers.
- Reads text from images
- Translates to over 25 languages
- Optimized for vision impaired
- Supports Voice Over
- Imports and saves images
- Stores and searches history
- Exports results to various platforms
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SeeNSpeak is an easy and straightforward to use tool that can read aloud the text from captured images of books, magazines, signs, bottles, or any object with text. You can also translate the captured text to a large selection of target languages. SeeNSpeak is very useful to those with vision impairments, people just learning a new language (young and old), or those people traveling in a foreign country. FEATURES: • Recognizes text from images in just a few seconds with a single tap • Highlights words being spoken in large easy to see format • Translates to over 25 languages • Optimized for the vision impaired • Supports Voice Over • Simple and easy to use interface • Import images from camera roll • Save images to camera roll • Choose speaking voices - including those added for each new release of iOS • Stores results in history that can be recalled at any time • Search for results from history • Export images and text to email, text messages, and social media • Save results to Notes • Supports older versions of iOS • Compatible with iPad and iPhone With a straightforward and intuitive interface, SeeNSpeak was designed for simple operation but with powerful features. Make learning to read fun to your kids again by having their own books speak to them. Helpful to teachers and students who can translate small or large amounts of text in an instant. For those individuals with vision impairments, SeeNSpeak provides a tool to assist in everyday tasks such as reading a menu or reading a magazine article. For those who travel, you can translate street signs, postings in public buildings or local travel guides. Supported recognition languages: • Arabic • Czech • Danish • Dutch • English • Finnish • French • German • Greek • Hungarian • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Norwegian • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Spanish • Swedish • Turkish Supported translation languages: • Arabic • Chinese • Czech • Danish • Dutch • English • Finnish • French • German • Greek • Hebrew • Hindi • Hungarian • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Norwegian • Polish • Portuguese • Romanian • Russian • Slovak • Spanish • Swedish • Thai • Turkish
Open Spoken
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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Apple’s speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Apple’s Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Spoken at none against SeeNSpeak's 3. Open Spoken also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SeeNSpeak sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Open Spoken asks for nothing beyond the download.
SeeNSpeak ships an update every 15 months, Open Spoken every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and February 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SeeNSpeak | Open Spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Videre Applications LLC | Tal Aviram |
In-app purchases
SeeNSpeak
- 100 Credit Bundle$0.99
- 500 Credit Bundle$3.99
- 1000 Credit Bundle$6.99
Open Spoken
No in-app purchases









