Speech Central AI Voice Reader

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About this app

Feature set that exceeds the competition, no subscription for the premium tier with the free tier limited by the quantity not by the quality, that is the reason why you'll love Speech Central.

The app implements state of the art features for voice readers:
◦ The best PDF support in text to speech apps - your reading flow will not be interrupted by footers, headers, footnotes and long web links as they are detected by the advanced artificial intelligence in most cases. You can even read scanned files as OCR is built-in. The best tool for academic (scientific) research papers and college textbooks.

◦ The best web support in text to speech (tts) apps - for the first time you can listen everything as both articles and headlines (including RSS feeds) are supported. Articles can be added from the headlines page for fully uninterrupted flow or from Chrome. And you can send articles from the desktop browser with the Pocket extension. On top of that it support reading of web novels and similar content like fanfic from the single page (on most of such websites).

◦ Microsoft Azure AI voices

◦ The widest support for documents/office and e-book formats.

◦ Knowledge and text annotation tools built-in.

◦ The widest choice of options to customize the voice, appearance and various other parameters.

◦ Export the text with annotations to .docx format

◦ Functions of audio buttons can be customized for high productivity and accessibility. The widest selection of tools to control the speed and browse the text that is read aloud.

◦ The app can be used with dozens of languages that have text-to-speech support on the device with automatic language detection from the content for all major languages.

◦ Export the text to the audio file.

◦ The app is tested to be accessible by legally blind users.

◦ Highest security and privacy standards. No ads and no spyware. Your data stays truly private, we collect only analytics data with no identifiable reference to the user or imported content. Just check required permissions and compare to other apps!

The app is installed on over 250,000 devices and with consistent ratings above 4 stars Speech Central it is one of the leading global text-to-speech brands. It was nominated for the best iOS accessible app in 2020 and 2017 on AppleVis, picked for the Best of Windows Store in 2014.

For many years there was a dream of the easy to use, well made and affordable app that would read the text aloud. And now you can use Speech Central to speechify the text for you!

You can save an hour each day by using the text to speech (tts) while commuting, walking, running, doing the housework, etc. You'll also save eyes for better things while having your battery last significantly longer. Keeping the screen off grants that you won't get into the internet addiction and waste your time on unwanted things, and thus it can also help to people with ADHD. As a bonus, even if your internet connection is unstable you won't notice any interruptions.

The voice reader can be used as an assistive technology and helper for people with visual impairments (eyesight problems) and disabilities like dyslexia.

Supported document types are: PDF (including scanned documents), Microsoft Word (.docx), Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx), OpenOffice/LibreOffice (.odt, .odp), .html, .txt, .rtf, supported ebook formats are .epub, DAISY and .fb2 and emails in .eml format.

Get the app now and enjoy the most convenient text to speech!

Notes:
- The free version has a daily/monthly limitation in the number of articles/books that you can add to it which is removed by purchasing the Pro add-on.
- The add-on license is valid only for the Android platform.
- DRM protected books (e.g. Kindle books) are locked to their respective vendor apps and cannot be imported into the app.

Ratings and reviews

2 features would save a lot of headaches: 1) Set default voice. I have to reset the voice I use every time because it always reverts to the same default voice when switching to a new article. It's tedious. 2) Loop feature For my purposes, it would help a lot. Also generally I would say the voices are somewhat robotic and bland, given the current state of AI I think the standard should be that they sound more expressive. Other than that, it's a great app.

This app is bugged on my s22 Ultra. Every time I click on settings, the voice randomly changes. Also, the voice will suddenly change throughout the reading. It's also hard to distinguish which voice to choose from as they're all basically named the same thing in a large voice list from your phone, so it's difficult to find the ones you like unless you memorize the exact spot. While I appreciate the owner's efforts, how can you not expect people to leave bad reviews if it doesn't work properly?

This app wows me. I am Dyslexic and accessibility professional and use my phone's reading features all the time. This is the ONE that you need. It's almost perfect. There are so many features I've NEVER seen in a reading app. You can create an audio book file, export to a docx file, and it uses super-high-quality voices that even Google doesn't offer in Play Books. Reading apps on Android have always been lacking in features. I was SO happy to find a good, accessibility focused app!

What's new

Support for Microsoft Azure AI voices