Read Aloud: Documents & Books

PearMobile Ltd.

About this app

Turn supported documents into spoken books and keep local audiobooks in the same library. Universal Reader lets you listen, choose available voices and continue from your saved place.

READ DOCUMENTS ALOUD
• Open PDF, EPUB, FB2, DOCX and other supported formats.
• Recognize text in supported scans and images on your device.
• Choose one or more available reading languages.
• Preview installed voices and hear samples of reading styles.

PLAY LOCAL AUDIOBOOKS
• Import an audio file, several tracks or an entire folder.
• Open supported ZIP bundles and local playlists with accessible tracks.
• View the available cover or a book title on a decorative background.
• Navigate chapters and tracks when chapter information is available.

CONTROL YOUR LISTENING
• Pause, resume and jump backward or forward by 10 seconds.
• Save playback speed individually for each book.
• Use background playback, a home-screen widget and Android media controls.
• Switch between the cover and readable text for text books.

KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED
Imported books, extracted text and playback positions stay in your local library. Search your collection, filter by format and mark favorites. Choose a light, dark or system theme.

Languages and voices depend on the installed text-to-speech engines and voice packages. Some voices require a network connection or an additional download. Additional recognition models download when needed; recognition runs on your device. Offline use requires offline-capable voices and installed recognition models.

DRM-protected books and protected Audible AA/AAX are not supported. Supported extensions do not guarantee every document or codec variant can open. Playlists need their referenced files. Ten-second jumps in synthesized speech are approximate. Lock-screen appearance and controls depend on Android and your device.

Open a book, choose a voice and continue listening from where you left off.