Ujiya: Text to Speech Reader

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About this app

Ujiya is a camera text reader that reads printed paper out loud. Point your phone at a letter, bill, form, medicine label, book page or sign, press the big button, and Ujiya reads the words aloud with text to speech. Each word lights up as it is read.

It is a read aloud app made for elders, people with low vision, anyone with weak eyesight, and the families who help them. No login, no account and no ads.

READ TEXT ALOUD FROM A PHOTO
• Camera OCR finds the text on the page, then the voice reads it
• Slow the voice down or speed it up, and choose the voice you like
• Large print view that can be made bigger still
• Three big buttons, large text and clear colours
• Share a photo or text into Ujiya from any app to hear it read

EXPLAINS WHAT MATTERS
• On a bill: the total, the due date and the account number in simple words
• On a medicine label: when to take it, before or after food, for how many days, and the expiry date
• Translate a paper into your language, or from it, then hear the translation read aloud

SET UP FOR PARENTS
Prepare it once on Wi-Fi: their language, their voice and a camera button on the home screen. After that, one press reads any paper.

SHARE WITH FAMILY
• Send the voice or the text on WhatsApp or any app
• Family help: one button opens the dialer with a saved family member's number, or sends them a photo of the paper. Ujiya never makes a call by itself
• Past reads are saved on your phone; star the ones you need again

PRIVATE AND OFFLINE
Text recognition, translation and the voice run on your phone. After a one-time download they work without internet, and your papers never reach us.

LANGUAGES
Reads papers printed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Indonesian, Hindi and Marathi. Translation and voice cover many more languages, including Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu and Kannada.

Use Ujiya as a document reader, a scan and read aloud tool, a camera text to voice helper, or a reading aid for grandparents.

Blurred photos and handwriting can cause mistakes. Check medicine doses, amounts and dates against the original paper, and ask your doctor, pharmacist or the sender when in doubt. Ujiya is a reading helper, not medical, legal or financial advice.

What’s new

Fixes: the top buttons no longer slide under the status bar after you share a paper into Ujiya, clearer fonts in more languages, and a better translate button.