Simple Text Reader - Text to S

3.7
371 reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

TTSReader's goal is to be a super easy to use app that reads out loud written content for people who like to listen. For people who like to read while having their eyes and hands free. Reads out loud plain text, text files and web pages. Uses iOS's natural sounding voices.


To start simply tap the 'Play' button. That's it.

Main features:
1) Editable text
2) Import web pages
3) Shows images
4) Multiple languages and voices
5) Set reading speed
6) Tap anywhere to set reading location
7) Caches & bookmarks reading location in the most recent 5 documents, so you can continue listening where previously stopped, for up to 5 files.
8) Accepts shared text from any other app.
9) Accepts shared web page urls from your browser.
10) Internal browser to search and play web pages.
11) Import text files from device storage.
12) Highlights and follows the sentence currently being read, so you can follow easily along.

Contact us - we'd love to hear from you. Shoot us an email to [email protected] or visit the main menu to find our feedback form.
Tap the top pencil icon to edit the text.

Tap the top flag icon to select the language to read and tap 'done - select voice' to switch between different voices (eg male/female) within that language.

Tap the other buttons to learn what they do.

Important tip
You can share any text and website with TTSReader, directly from any browser or editor. On any app actually - you can simply tap 'share', then select TTSReader from the list. TTSReader will immediately import the text or web you shared with it - so it is a super convenient way to listen to any text on any other app on your device.

Types of content it can handle
Plain text inserted and edited by the user

Text and html files from device

Text shared with TTSReader from other apps by select & share

Web pages opened directly on TTSReader

Web pages shared with TTSReader from any browsers

Images within websites
Updated on
Jan 12, 2020

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
349 reviews
Corrin Bielawski
September 3, 2024
Review edit, from four stars to three. Keeps regularly removing/deleting my preferred voice package, and forcing me to reinstall. This is really annoying. A solid, well-functioning little program, that does exactly what it says. Light-weight and easy to use, but could be improved by and option to turn off its actually saying 'asterix' or 'greater than' whenever it hits * or > or other symbols. Either way, I love it.
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Michael Hammerschmidt
February 18, 2021
Best tts app with one huge issue: Whenever you press the edit text button, or leave then reenter the app and, in the editing mode, press enter to insert a linebreak or you simply press on the text, your cursor is instantly moved to the beginning of the text. This means if you left the app to copy some text which you whished to paste into the app, you can't paste it without being moved back to the beginning and are forced to scroll all the way down. This gets tedious very quickly.
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Ragnok Ulfbhert
January 3, 2023
It has worked great for me and the voices that come along with it are good. My only complaint is on sites that require accepting of cookies or had a pop up prompt get stuck in a loop of loading the existing data cache instead of the simple page refresh and being able to select to accept cookies again. But a quick uninstall and reinstall does fix it at least for the selection pop up to continue listening
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What’s new

Small fixes found in previous release.