Text Reader: Text to Speech

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4.5
65.8K reviews
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About this app

Text Reader is a text to speech app that reads your articles, documents, ebooks, and messages out loud, word for word, in 70+ languages - so you can listen instead of read.

Why listen instead of read

- Rest your eyes and reduce screen time.
- Save battery by listening with the screen off.
- Learn and stay productive while commuting, exercising, cooking, or working with your hands.

Listening

- Listen with the screen locked - control playback from the lock screen, notification, and Bluetooth.
- Adjustable speed - from slow up to 3x for skimming or careful listening.
- Male and female voices, with pitch control to raise or lower the voice.
- Follow-along highlighting - see each word as it is spoken.
- Repeat mode - loop the current text to listen again.
- Resume where you left off - the app remembers your place.

Your texts

- Import PDF, Word, EPUB, and text files, or share text from any app to start listening instantly.
- Open with Text Reader - tap a document in any app and have it read to you right away.
- Save a library of texts and search it anytime, even offline.
- Clean Symbols - skip stray characters like asterisks so they are not spoken.
- Handles long texts - uninterrupted playback for articles, chapters, and reports.
- Generate audio from text - save it as an audio file and listen in any music app.
- Export to PDF or a text file - keep a copy of your text on your device.

More

- Dark mode that follows your device theme.
- Right-to-left support for Hebrew, Arabic, and more.
- Works on phones and tablets - smooth performance across devices.

Whether you want to read books and novels on the road, catch up on articles, or get through work documents hands-free, Text Reader reads every word so you never miss a thing.
Updated on
13 Jul 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
No data collected
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Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
63.7K reviews
Mandy
16 March 2026
This app is exactly what it needs to be. It's simple, but does the job right. You can paste in at least 11k words of text at a time (probably more!) and have it read it back to you, download the audio file, and even change the speed that the text is read aloud. Ads are minimal, the app is free and works without wifi, and doesn't seem to rely on Artifical Intelligence to do a half-assed job. Highly recommend!
26 people found this review helpful
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Nicholas Molinari
20 November 2023
I'm a writer. So when I need to read over my work I use this app so I can listen to it and make my changes when need be, if need be. It saves me a bunch of wasted time reading which gives me more time to write. And that's great when I have certain deadlines that I need to make. It's free and really cool. You can customize the pitch of the voice to higher pitch, regular pitch and lower pitch as well as customize the speed at which the text is read back to you. All in all a 5 out 5 stars from me!
227 people found this review helpful
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Ashley Harvey
13 September 2025
It had generally been doing wonderfully. However, lately, it has started skipping while reading. a bit like the sound is flickering in and out on the reading voice. It will suddenly fall silent for a bit and then suddenly pick up reading again lines later where it probably would have been if it hadn't gone silent. I'm not sure why this is happening. It also occasionally keeps reading even when I select pause. only fix is to fully stop the app, clear data, and start over.
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What's new

You can now switch instantly between the Basic and Standard players with a single tap, carrying your text across, plus minor improvements.