Message Reader - Read Aloud

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About this app

Message Reader reads your chat messages out loud, so you can keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.

It works with the chat apps you already use: WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and SMS. When a new message arrives, your phone's own voice reads it aloud — who sent it and what they said — and you reply later, when it is safe.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Install and open Message Reader.
2. Allow notification access — that is what lets the app see incoming messages.
3. Turn the reader ON. From then on, new messages are read aloud.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Drive safely: every new message is read while both hands stay on the wheel.
- Go hands-free at the gym, on the bike, or while cooking.
- Accessibility: a spoken alternative to reading the screen, useful for low vision.
- Bluetooth detection: reading starts automatically when your car kit connects.
- Shake the phone to stop reading instantly.
- Ignore groups: read only one-to-one messages when this option is on.
- Play voice notes out loud (WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business).
- Pick the language, and set the volume and the speech rate as you like.
- Keeps working in the background, with the screen off.

BUILT FOR THE CAR Message Reader was designed for driving. With a car kit or a Bluetooth speaker, the app detects the connection and starts reading. When you want silence, shake the phone and it stops.

LANGUAGES AND VOICES The app uses your phone's text-to-speech engine. Inside Message Reader you choose the language; the voice itself is the one your phone provides. To change or add voices, install them in Settings > Text-to-speech output, and pick the language here.

PRIVACY No account, no sign-up. Messages are read on your device by your phone's own voice engine. The app is free and shows ads; Premium (in-app purchase) removes the ads.

QUESTIONS
- Nothing is read aloud: check that notification access is allowed and the switch is ON.
- Still not speaking: make sure Google's text-to-speech voice package is installed for your language.
- Stops after a while: on some phones you need to turn off battery optimisation for the app to keep reading in the background.

Message Reader is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by WhatsApp, Telegram or Meta. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Ratings and reviews

Failure modes: (1) When first turned on the app sometimes reads all past text messages not previously read, (2) When reading a message from a group, the app first reads every member's name in that group instead of the group name, or the message author. (3) the app is very intrusive, it reads a message while the phone is being used. Wish list: (1) a black list (never read). (2) don't read URL's, (3) a way to only read if a headset is connected,

Fantastic app. However, it suddenly stopped reading messages from Facebook messenger groups. "Ignore groups" isn't checked, but it just refuses to cooperate. I drive a lot, so it used to help me keep up with group conversations. It was my entire reason for searching and downloading the app in the first place. I've even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. If it weren't for this (major) issue I would give it five stars.

App no longer works for Pixel 3. I used it for years. Never a problem. Today I missed tons of messages and back to having a hard time keeping up. Since the update it refuses to read anything. I've spent hours. Downloaded uninstalled reinstalled opened a ton permissions. Googled it. Absolutely no luck. Any hints here cause I loved this app. It's a absolute must have.

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