Read Aloud vs Speech It

Turn documents, books, and articles into audio with Read Aloud. Import a PDF, open an EPUB ebook, add a Word document, or paste your own text. Listen while you commute, study, or take a break from the screen. Make every reading session your own: • Read more formats: Listen to PDFs, EPUB ebooks, and Word documents, including DOC and DOCX files. • Choose your voice: Use built-in system voices or explore natural-sounding premium voices with Read Aloud Plus. • Set your pace: Adjust playback speed and preview a voice before you start. • Stay in control: Pause, resume, and navigate through your reading. • Keep your place: Return to saved reading progress and continue where you left off. • Save what matters: Bookmark passages and add notes for later. From study materials and work documents to your next favourite book, Read Aloud gives you another way to enjoy the words that matter. Premium voices and selected features require a Read Aloud Plus subscription.

Speech It turns the books and documents piling up on your device into audio you can enjoy anywhere. Import DRM-free EPUBs, PDFs, text files, and web articles, and listen to them read aloud in a natural voice. Clear your reading backlog during your commute, chores, or walks. ◆ Key Features - Flexible importing EPUB / PDF / plain text / web pages by URL / clipboard text. Files can also be opened from the Files app and the share sheet. - On-device translated listening Listen to an English book in Japanese and more: translation happens while reading aloud (iOS 18 or later, supported language pairs), with the translation and original shown side by side. - Background playback Keeps playing while your screen is locked, with full control from the Lock Screen and Control Center. Playback resumes automatically after interruptions such as phone calls. - Follow along visually The current sentence and word are highlighted and kept in view. Tap any sentence to start playback from there. - Table of contents & bookmarks Jump between chapters, bookmark individual sentences, and browse bookmarks across your whole library. - Organized library Sort books into folders. Your reading position is saved automatically, so you always pick up where you left off. - Voice customization Adjust speed (0.5x-2.0x), pick from your device's voices, tune the pitch, and preview voices before choosing. - Privacy first Parsing, translation, and speech synthesis all happen on your device. The contents of your books are never sent to a server. ◆ Notes - DRM-protected e-books are not supported. - Image-only (scanned) PDFs cannot be read aloud. - Translation requires iOS 18 or later. The app shows ads; an optional subscription removes them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/