Timber vs Vellichor

Timber turns readers into listeners. Anything you want to read, you can listen to instead. Paste a link, drop in a PDF, open a book, or snap a photo of a printed page. Timber pulls out the real text, cleanly, and reads it aloud in a voice you pick. There is a companion desktop app that moves your open browser tabs into your ears. Ever asked your phone to read a page aloud and had it stop halfway, or skip the part that mattered? That is not you missing a setting. Most reader tools are not built to get the whole article. Timber pulls the full text out first, before it ever starts speaking. What you paste is what you hear, start to finish. It was built by a teacher, after watching students struggle to read, who could not find one app that read well, respected privacy, and did not hold the basics hostage. WHAT TIMBER PROMISES • No account. No sign-up. Open it and read. • The core reader is free, and stays free. • What you read is nobody's business. Articles, books and clipboard text are processed on your device. What you read is never shared, sold, or used for ads. VOICES, PROPERLY • 300+ voices across 71 languages, free, spoken entirely on your device. • Every Apple voice on your device works, free, including Enhanced and Premium. • Every voice library includes a free male and female voice in your language. No teaser locked behind a trial. • Record a reference of your own voice and Timber can read in it. Created on device, never uploaded. A READER THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER • Warm parchment design. An open book under a reading lamp, not a tech product. • Every word lights up as it is spoken, and keeps pace whether you slow it right down or push it fast. • Tune the size, the face and the line spacing until it is comfortable. 30 palettes built in, plus a full dyslexia mode. BRING ANYTHING • Paste a link and Timber extracts the article. No ads, no popups, just the text. • Share from Safari or any browser. Import PDFs, EPUB, Word and PowerPoint. Follow RSS feeds. • Point your camera at a printed page and Timber reads it back to you. • Scanned chapters carry junk on every page. Timber spots a line that repeats and silences it across the whole document in one tap. • Browse 70,000+ free public-domain books from Project Gutenberg. • Translate an article on device, or get a quick summary on device. No cloud, no AI account. • Export any article as spoken audio to take with you. • Optional iCloud sync keeps your library on all your devices. FOR CLASSROOMS AND STUDY • Mark passages while you listen, then hand out what you marked as a worksheet. • MLA and APA citations built in. • A chapter becomes a lesson in the time it takes to listen to it. TIMBER PRO (optional, subscribe or pay once) The free reader is complete. Pro unlocks the full neural voice catalog beyond each library's free pair, the whole speed range, every palette, and ongoing personal-voice listening after the free 24-hour trial. Monthly, yearly, or lifetime. The trial simply lapses. It never auto-charges. Privacy Policy: https://timberreader.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Timber was made for the kid in the back row who hears a story better than they can read it, and for everyone whose eyes are tired, busy, or somewhere else. If that is you, welcome.

Turn the books and documents you already have into a private reading and listening experience. Vellichor combines a calm book reader with natural narration prepared on your device. Follow along word by word as the text is spoken, tap a passage to begin there, or put your phone away and keep listening. YOUR BOOKS, IN ONE QUIET LIBRARY - Import EPUB, PDF, and plain-text files from Files, or paste any text straight in - Keep chapters, reading position, voice, and speed together - Resume the book you were reading without searching through controls READ AND LISTEN TOGETHER - Follow the highlighted sentence and the spoken word as narration moves through the page - Tap a paragraph to start listening from that point - Move between chapters without losing your place LISTEN YOUR WAY - Choose a narrator and adjust playback speed - Skip backward or forward with familiar audio controls - Use a sleep timer for a set duration or the end of a chapter - Continue listening with the screen locked PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Book text is processed on your device, not uploaded for narration - No Vellichor account is required - No ads or cross-app tracking - Prepared narration stays with the app on your device Listening is free and unlimited, for every book and every pasted note. Start with a curated set of narrators, and unlock every premium voice with a weekly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The weekly subscription renews automatically at the stated price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Vellichor works with documents you are authorised to access. Results can vary with scanned or unusually formatted files. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vellichor.ikarza.com/privacy Vellichor works with documents you are authorized to access. Results can vary with scanned or unusually formatted files.