# Aura: Text to Speech Reader

> Listen to your documents privately with on-device speech, offline after setup.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aura.reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aura.reader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.aura.reader`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Masmoudi
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 11
- **Version:** 1.0.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25
- **First published:** 2026-09-24
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 116 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-06
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aura.reader)
- **Website:** [https://aura-reader.app](https://aura-reader.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://masmoudi.dev/app/aura/privacy](https://masmoudi.dev/app/aura/privacy)

## Description

Turn documents into a private listening experience with Aura.<br><br>Import text, TXT, EPUB, DOCX, and supported text-based PDFs, then listen with clear on-device speech. Aura keeps your documents and generated audio on your device. After you download the speech model and a voice, you can listen without a connection.<br><br>Read your way<br>• Import text or files, or share supported documents directly to Aura<br>• Continue from your saved place, with sentence-level follow-along<br>• Play, pause, skip sentences, and choose a comfortable speed<br>• Keep listening with notification and background controls<br>• Choose from available voices and narration languages; Aura can help identify a document&#39;s language<br>• Save a local narration as an M4A audio file<br><br>Work with text in more ways<br>• Extract editable text from a photo or camera image<br>• Translate supported text on-device after downloading the language pack<br>• Use Aura in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic<br><br>Private by design<br>Your document text, filenames, reading position, and generated audio stay in Aura&#39;s private app storage. Aura does not use a cloud text-to-speech service. Model, voice, and optional language-pack downloads require an internet connection; offline availability depends on the items you have downloaded. Purchases are processed by Google Play and Aura&#39;s purchase provider.

## Rankings

- #2,890,787 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.aura.reader.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aura.reader)