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      Pdf to Speech Pro

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      Make an increasing number of content sources Audible !

      Pdf-to-Speech Pro uses text to speech to play your text documents and books

      Listen to your your office documents, books, articles and research papers while you drive, run, or walk the dog. Here are some example use cases:

      Productivity:
      Absorb more content while doing other tasks like walking, driving or basking in the sun.
      Proof-read your papers.
      Learning:
      Use it to help you improve your reading of other languages.
      Accessibility:
      Includes Features for visually impaired users

      Pdf-to-Speech runs in the background so you can do other tasks while listening to documents. It works like a music player.

      Supported formats:
      Text files (txt)
      Portable Document Format (pdf)
      Electronic books (ePub) (DRM eBooks not supported)
      Microsoft Word documents (doc)
      Microsoft Power Point (ppt)
      Microsoft Word XML (docx)
      Microsoft Power Point XML (pptx)
      Web pages (URL link)
      Images with text (jpeg,png)

      Website-to-Speech:  Pdf-to-Speech can read website pages.
      Ideal for articles and blogs. Improved to extract just the text related to content.

      Download and save your PDF files and plain text file Attachments from the gmail app and other apps. The downloaded file is placed in the Download folder.

      Replace Text tool: Replace words or phrases to avoid repetitive, unnecessary phrases. Use it to replace foreign words with more phonetic alternatives. Use it to omit symbols. or to unfurl acronyms. It can also be used to replace names or words with funny substitutes.

      Support for Bluetooth media buttons (single click skips sentences, double click skips pages ).

      Gestures: Use gestures to quickly flip pages, advance sentences, and to play and pause the reader. A menu help option informs of the available gesture instructions.

      Support for SVOX, IVONA text-to-Speech and other High Fidelity text-to-speech synthesizers.

      Integration with Google Drive and Box.com*** makes it seamless to hear files and Google docs stored in GDrive. Also compatible with Drop Box using their app so you can open files from other cloud drives as well.

      Accessibility: Pdf-to-Speech has been tested to work with talk-back for eyes-free use. The use of hardware buttons such as a Bluetooth headset is recommended to pause the reader before browsing the app using talk-back. Another trick is to use different text to speech engines for talk back and Pdf-to-Speech Pro to distinguish one app from the other.

      Theme selection**: Switch between a bright and dark themes depending on the time of the day.

      Play over media: Enable this feature to play Pdf-to-speech along a music player to have background music while you listen to a document. Switch the audio stream to adjust the volume of Pdf-to-Speech and the music app separately.

      Widget Buttons: control the pdf-to-speech from the home screen using a widget.

      Notification Buttons**: copy sentence to clipboard or pause the player from the notification box.

      For two-way feedback, discussion and feature requests... follows us on Google+
      https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103037044611920202429/103037044611920202429/posts

      Use this Reddit page for feature suggestions and rate other user's suggestions
      http://www.reddit.com/r/practicalandroidapps/

      For errors (bugs), send us an email.

      More video tutorials available on YouTube
      http://www.youtube.com/user/PdfToSpeech?feature=mhee

      ** Features available for Android 4.0 and up
      *** Feature available on Android 17 and up.

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      3.5
      825 total
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      4 155
      3 75
      2 54
      1 197
      Natalie pierce-shult
      Great app I'm a cross country trucker and need something to keep me awake as I drive. Storage is a minimum in my truck for countless audio books so I got this app. It reads .pdf files for me so I can listen while I drive, without tons of bulky cd's. It's one of the best reader programs I've found. Well worth the price. It crashes occasionally and won't read all file formats but still deserves 5 stars.
      Jason Harris
      Great App I love this app. The only thing that keeps me from giving 5 stars is that some times it loads for long periods of time in the middle a page. It'll say 72 out of 71 lines and showing the loading symbol. When it finally finishes loading the line # fixes itself. If you can fix that issue, I'll give 5 stars immediately! Galaxy S5
      Brian McCormick
      Glitchy I'm taking grad classes that require a lot of reading. This app allows me to use my time effectively, and keeps my brain engaged with the material. The app is a little glitchy, there are some bugs that need to be worked out.
      David Escamilla-Lakey
      Awesome! This app works great! once you make sure the document your uploading is good/compatible it works Beautifully. I have ADHDizzle and can't focus on a book long enough to read so this reads it for me while I listen and do something else.
      Junior Hernandez
      OK, this reader deserve 4 stars The developer fix quickly some problem that crash the app. Working great with my PDF's books. Does the job it should do and does it very well, but needs to improve the user interface, it's horrible. I'll give 5 stars if it improves the UI.
      jpnm81
      Pretty good, it has got better over time and still has a few hiccups. Still a great app and super useful. Would not be able to get through all the reading i need to given my work schedule.

      User reviews

      Natalie pierce-shult October 27, 2014
      Great app I'm a cross country trucker and need something to keep me awake as I drive. Storage is a minimum in my truck for countless audio books so I got this app. It reads .pdf files for me so I can listen while I drive, without tons of bulky cd's. It's one of the best reader programs I've found. Well worth the price. It crashes occasionally and won't read all file formats but still deserves 5 stars.
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      Jason Harris November 13, 2014
      Great App I love this app. The only thing that keeps me from giving 5 stars is that some times it loads for long periods of time in the middle a page. It'll say 72 out of 71 lines and showing the loading symbol. When it finally finishes loading the line # fixes itself. If you can fix that issue, I'll give 5 stars immediately! Galaxy S5
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      Brian McCormick October 16, 2013
      Glitchy I'm taking grad classes that require a lot of reading. This app allows me to use my time effectively, and keeps my brain engaged with the material. The app is a little glitchy, there are some bugs that need to be worked out.
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      David Escamilla-Lakey July 12, 2014
      Awesome! This app works great! once you make sure the document your uploading is good/compatible it works Beautifully. I have ADHDizzle and can't focus on a book long enough to read so this reads it for me while I listen and do something else.
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      Junior Hernandez November 9, 2014
      OK, this reader deserve 4 stars The developer fix quickly some problem that crash the app. Working great with my PDF's books. Does the job it should do and does it very well, but needs to improve the user interface, it's horrible. I'll give 5 stars if it improves the UI.
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      jpnm81 September 8, 2014
      Pretty good, it has got better over time and still has a few hiccups. Still a great app and super useful. Would not be able to get through all the reading i need to given my work schedule.
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      April 9, 2015
      needs work. will not load my .pdf files, and only reads the page numbers without reading the text on the page. not very user friendly. will be asking for a refund very soon if this isn't fixed. as of now, very useless app.
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      Sergii G November 1, 2014
      Doesn't work at all. Doesn't work on my Samsung note 3. Can't even start the program after the installation. It is sad.
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      Andrew Lavender May 28, 2015
      Great App, needs a few fixes The best app I have found for pdf to speech. It is easy to use and work really well, especially when paired with a good voice.I would like it to be more consistent in its 'recent documents', but more importantly, I would like an option for "don't read abbreviations" and "don't read punctuation" since some words become unintelligible if they have a lot of macrons and omacrons as in a sanskrit name. Finally, and probably most easily, It should pause when the headphones are removed! This is a key feature.
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      Marc Taylor October 8, 2015
      Finally, I have stumbled onto an app that does what I have been looking for, for quite some time. Great app, and look forward to this app evolving over time...great work to all who was involved.....
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      A Google User August 10, 2014
      Works and getting better I love this app listened to some school books i have in pdf. And using IVONA voice engine. I can recommend this app to anyone. My not work great on phones with less than 1ghz processor.
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      Doug Thrush January 1, 2015
      Does what it says it does! I have a text reader that cost me over ten times what Speech Pro cost, but this is way simpler to use. And I am very happy with it's performance!
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      Joshua Peart March 31, 2014
      Keep going. Potential value This software worked thr very first time. Since then, I cannot remove, or change the file used. Work needed.
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      Niall Reynolds October 23, 2013
      Stopped reading outloud... Was working great. Please help me troubleshoot. The app is totally useless now.
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      A Google User September 10, 2014
      best money I ever spent. a little glitchy but nothing too serious. two thumbs up
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      Chris Cooper December 17, 2013
      May work well for Dr. Seuss, but... Could not pronounce very simple words correctly, so I had to read along just to understand what was being said, which defeats the purpose .
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      Alejandro Macia November 18, 2014
      Not so bad I used to have an iPhone with Voice Dream which is almost perfect. The developers of this app should take a look at that program an get ideas.
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      Dan Gustafson July 16, 2016
      When I try to open a PDF on my android I get an error message that reads "an error happened while trying to open the pdf file on android". Searching Google doesn't give any results.
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      William Ritter October 1, 2014
      Great program But will not let me access my box account when fixed will raise to 5 stars.
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      Michael Short June 3, 2014
      Disappointed Anything in quotes reads out as random letters, numbers, and characters but what's worse, it now only reads out page numbers, one after the other, until it reaches the end of the document.
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      Brian Williamson March 1, 2015
      Brian Williamson This app is absolute garbage. This is the first app that I've purchased from Google Play that flat out does not work.
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      J Toma February 14, 2014
      Awesome This is an amazing e book reader that works excellently and flawlessly, I have been looking for something like this allowed my life. Thanks to guys for making such a great application free.
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      scott dewolfe August 23, 2016
      Doesn't load Works for couple hours then fails. Uninstall reinstall doesn't work. Not ready for prime time.
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      Joseph Herrera June 2, 2016
      This APP is Beta. It needs filters for NUMERICAL DATA., BRACKETS, etc. It must display the page it reads. The display of read material is poor. Only a few lines are displayed with large Spaces. Does not Comare to TEXTALOUD.
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      Randa Trott October 4, 2016
      Terrible Gets stuck regularily. The paragraph shown on screen does not match the reader's voice.
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      Carey Haskins November 23, 2014
      It doesn't work even, if you transfer pdf Into app. So disappointed.
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      Charles Roberts May 23, 2014
      Necessary tool I'm a visually impaired user. I find this app a key tool, absolutely necessary. It has proven dependable, consistent and easy to use.Kudos and thank you to it's creator
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      Chelsea Smith January 25, 2016
      Sound of Speaker The voice is irritating. I cannot study with this
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      Jesse G. Brough November 28, 2013
      Great app! Great app! Put on 3 of my smart phones so far and worked seamlessly on all 3. Use it all the time to read my Google drive docs when I'm driving.
      Full Review
      Mimi Miller-Blauen August 23, 2016
      Does not work Constantly loading and not reading my documents.......I want a refund.
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      Nate Moore February 26, 2014
      Do not purchase svox voices. I purchased the US English female voice from the app recommendation list. I set the speech engine to svox classic tts and I get nothing fron the audio.
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      Sean Reitmeyer May 7, 2014
      Just doesn't work Tried it several times on my xiaomi 2s. Simply doesn't work
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      Anand Varma December 30, 2013
      One of the best app of android I can surely say this can be graded as one of the best app of androd. One can read books while doing other works. It helped me a lot.
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      Jamey Lemar December 5, 2015
      It needs more work! Some of my PDF wont read on this app only the page numbers and I don't know why.
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      Michael Haber May 14, 2014
      Day four It's worked beautifully since installing.
      Full Review
      Little Leatherwood Church July 10, 2014
      Great app This is do helpful with reviewing journal articles while commuting
      Full Review
      Keith Tan October 10, 2016
      Fine to Bad Working fine, but now skipping a few paragraphs. Please help!
      Full Review
      A Google User August 6, 2014
      5 STARS Love it- Bought in 2011,still loving it in 2014! ( Microsoft is so BEHIND)
      Full Review
      Robert Patton May 15, 2015
      Doesn't read my PDF files when the free @Voice does. Will request a refund.
      Full Review
      murphy wilson October 14, 2014
      Can't get it to work
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      What's New

      17.7 Beta
      *Unified User Interface from Android 2.2 to 4.3, KitKat
      *Nitro Drive File Manager now available on Android 2.2 up to Android 4.3
      12.6.5
      *Support for encrypted Pdf's
      *Fixed bug when reading some ePub files

      Additional information

      Eligible for Family Library
      Eligible if bought after 7/2/2016. Learn More
      Updated
      October 13, 2013
      Installs
      10,000 - 50,000
      Current Version
      12.7.1
      Requires Android
      2.2 and up
      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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