Listen 2 Reader vs BookCraft Audio

Listen2 reads your documents aloud with natural neural voices that run entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Because nothing is sent to a server, there is nothing to sign up for and nothing to keep paying for. You can try every feature free for 7 days, then buy the app once. Most text-to-speech apps give you two options. You can use the tried and true system voices, or you can pay every month for cloud voices that read your documents on someone else's computers. Listen2 runs its voice models on your device's Neural Engine and CPU instead, so the voices sound natural and your documents stay on your phone. WHAT MAKES LISTEN2 DIFFERENT Natural voices, built in Listen2 comes with 25 Phonon voices, American and British, female and male. They are installed with the app, so you can start listening the moment you open it, even without an internet connection. Phonon reads long chapters with smooth, steady phrasing and is very efficient on your device. 13 languages Download the Supertonic engine and its 10 voices speak English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Hindi, Vietnamese, Swedish and Hungarian. More languages are on the way. Apple's system voices are available too (Download premium voices for best results). Word-by-word highlighting Listen2 matches the audio to the text with on-device machine learning, so each word lights up as it is spoken and the page scrolls along with you. If that feels busy, you can highlight whole sentences instead. Import almost anything PDF, EPUB, DOCX, DAISY, Markdown, plain text, the clipboard or a web article. Share a page from Safari and Listen2 pulls out the article text. This also works for subscription sites, as long as you are signed in to them in your browser. Smart document reading Listen2 handles multi-column layouts, skips footnote markers in PDFs and rejoins words hyphenated across lines. Scanned PDFs are read with on-device text recognition. Figure descriptions When the reading reaches a chart, diagram or photo in a PDF or EPUB, on-device AI vision describes it aloud. If the document is in another language, Apple's on-device Translation framework translates the description. Pronunciation rules Teach Listen2 how to say a name, term or abbreviation without changing the text on screen. You can hear a rule before you save it, and apply it everywhere or to one document. Highlighting stays in sync either way. Built-in rules silence footnote markers. Voice tuning Adjust how Supertonic voices sound and save your favorite settings as presets. Private by design Text processing and speech both happen on your device. Your documents never leave your phone, and Listen2 has no accounts and does not track you. FEATURES - 25 built-in Phonon voices, plus 10 Supertonic voices in 13 languages - Apple system voices, including enhanced and premium voices - Word-by-word or sentence highlighting - PDF, EPUB, DOCX, DAISY, TXT and Markdown - Figure descriptions with on-device translation (PDF and EPUB) - Collections with intros, cover art and auto-advance - Web Article Collections: turn a batch of articles into one playlist - Clipboard import and Siri Shortcuts - Playback speed from 0.5x to 2.5x - Background playback with lock screen and headphone controls - Sleep timer - Elapsed and remaining time in the reader and on the lock screen - Import from Files, links, the Share sheet or other apps - Export any document as plain text - Atkinson Hyperlegible and OpenDyslexic fonts - Full VoiceOver support with rotor navigation and Magic Tap WHO IT IS FOR - Commuters turning drive time into reading time - Students working through papers and textbooks - Professionals whose documents must stay private - VoiceOver users who want a fully accessible reader - Readers with dyslexia who benefit from seeing and hearing each word together - Anyone tired of paying for text-to-speech every month Listen2 is a one-time purchase with a 7-day free trial.

BookCraft is an audiobook reader and converter, designed from the ground up with accessibility in mind. Whether you listen with VoiceOver or by touch, it makes listening simple, comfortable and enjoyable. Many formats supported • DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3 books. • Compressed ZIP archives. • Ready-made audio files: MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV. External libraries • Download books directly from your favorite websites, right inside the app. • Built-in browser that remembers your sign-in. • Download progress, with the percentage announced aloud. • Automatic import into your library once the download finishes, with spoken updates at every step. • After a book finishes, you return to the library's home page to quickly look for the next one. Smart conversion • Convert into a single M4B file. • Save space on your device, ideal for large books. • Automatic volume normalization, for steady sound across all chapters. Full listening control • Adjustable skip step, from 5 seconds up to 15 minutes. • Playback speed control, up to 3x. • Sleep timer that pauses when you pause and resumes where it left off. • Custom sleep timer: set the exact hours and minutes with sliders. • The sleep timer restarts automatically after it ends, on the next play. • The sound fades out gently before the timer stops, instead of cutting off. • Chapter and page navigation. • Bookmarks to return to favorite spots. • Two progress bars: for the book and for the current chapter. • External keyboard shortcuts for comfortable control without the screen. Organization • Status for each book: unread, reading, finished. • Quickly continue your last book by pressing and holding the app icon. Sharing • Export to M4B to send to others. • M4B files also play in Apple's Books app, as well as many other apps. Built for accessibility • Full VoiceOver support with clear labels. • Friendly spoken times. • Respects the system text size and Increase Contrast settings. • Built-in user guide. Available in Greek, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, for iPhone and iPad. If you find BookCraft useful, please leave a 5-star review — it helps us keep improving it!