Speaking Email - voice reader

BEWEB LTD

In-app purchases

About this app

Speaking Email makes use of Google speech technology and applies it to email reading to give you more time in your day.

No time for email? Most people spend 1-2 hours a day in their inbox. With the help of Speaking Email during your daily drive to work, you can cut this in half. Get more done, stay on top and keep a clean inbox.

Download now and get our Premium Edition (all the features) free for 7 days. It will automatically downgrade to the Basic Edition after 7 days, with no commitment.

Save time by having your email read to you on the move. Voice commands and simple gestures designed to be safe to use while driving give you the ability to archive, flag or even reply on the go.

Clear your email inbox before you even start the work day!

You can use it while driving, crammed in commuting, exercising, or doing housework. Enables blind, dyslexic and visually impaired people to stay in touch with loved ones and work email at speed.

Smart content detection skips over disclaimers, reply headers, and email signatures to speak only the content without the clutter.

Free basic version. Upgrade to premium for only US$5 a month (approx, depending on currency). Premium includes multilingual, multiple accounts, reply dictation, forward, delete, attachment reading, filtering, folders, compose, and more.

Ratings and reviews

A bit underwhelming. Has some features on by default that I find annoying (scrub scrolling, reading time/date/sender, not reading in background, stopping every 5 seconds) and lacks features that I would have assumed to have been vital (highlighting text being read, controlling which part is being read by clicking text).

This app does not deserve it's lack luster rating. It has a feature rich verbal command set and the voice recognition is quite good. There is a learning curve, just like using any new technology. If the user is for a sight impaired individual, I suggest that a companion become familiar with the s/w before giving it to that individual. It can be frustrating when the app asks for a command and the user doesn't know what to do. With a little patience and help from an experienced friend, it can be valuable assistance to the visually impaired.

Let me start this review by stating that I am a premium user. The price is really reasonable and worth the extra features. I use this app almost daily to read out very long emails, and it works very well, but does have a few issues. For one, the playback controls don't really work. Rewinding or fast forwarding doesn't function as intended. The app must stay in the foreground in order to continue reading as if you leave it, it will slow down and eventually stop, and there is no Bluetooth control.

What's new

- Compatible with latest Google Play subscriptions
- Ability to switch off reading out sender name and "unread email"
- New option to set up 'Dictation Auto Replace Expansions' which will replace any phrase you choose with your custom replacement