# Listen AI: Text to Speech

> Read Aloud Any Text, PDF or Doc. AI Text to Speech, Voice & Podcast Maker

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.codespaceapps.listeningapp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.codespaceapps.listeningapp)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.codespaceapps.listeningapp`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Deep Flow Apps
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 6,915,917
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (124,274 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2024-09-20
- **Publisher country:** AE
- **Size:** 184 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codespaceapps.listeningapp)
- **Website:** [https://www.codespaceapps.co/](https://www.codespaceapps.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://static.listenai.app/Codespace\_Listen\_AI\_Text\_to\_Speech\_Privacy\_Policy\_ENG.html](https://static.listenai.app/Codespace_Listen_AI_Text_to_Speech_Privacy_Policy_ENG.html)

## Description

**Listen AI turns text into spoken words**. Read PDFs, books, web pages, and articles with natural AI voices — a versatile text-to-speech reader, AI voice generator, and personal learning assistant.

**Features include** hundreds of natural voices, OCR to text capture, dictation, offline audio export, and dyslexia-friendly reading with adjustable speeds. Perfect for students, commuters, professionals, and content creators.

## Rankings

- #18,910 — Overall
- #39 — Productivity (Gross)
- #7 — natural language processing
- #12 — speech
- #17 — listen
- #18 — text to speech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_CUSTOM_AUDIENCE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.codespaceapps.listeningapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`

## Review summary

User reviews praise the app’s value and listening capability but report recurring reliability, performance, pricing, pronunciation, and integration issues that hamper usability and overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Good value for price
- Reliable and efficient listening when it functions
- Well-suited for audiobook-like listening
- Overall positive sentiment when it works

### Cons

- Frequent reliability and performance problems (lag, crashes, endless file loading)
- Pricing and trial terms feel deceptive or costly
- Pronunciation inconsistencies and language mispronunciations
- File loading/processing issues
- Google Drive integration and permissions problems

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