Callout: Read Messages Aloud

Your messages, called out. Keep your hands on the wheel while driving, and your rhythm while exercising.

Callout reads your WhatsApp messages, SMS, emails and calendar reminders aloud the moment they arrive, through your earbuds, your car's Bluetooth or the phone speaker. Whether you're driving, cycling, running or exercising at the gym, you hear who's messaging and what they say, without picking up your phone. No ads, no account.

MADE FOR BUSY HANDS
• Driving: messages and calls announced through your car's Bluetooth, starts by itself when the car connects. Eyes on the road, phone out of your hand
• Exercising: cycling, running, walking or working out at the gym, hear what's new in your earbuds and keep your pace
• Working, cooking or doing chores: your phone stays in your pocket
• Small screens hard to read? Just listen

YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU HEAR
• WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business, Messenger, Signal, Telegram, Teams and SMS: who it's from and what they say, with the group name for group chats
• WhatsApp voice messages: announced, then played in your earbuds (Pro)
• Email from Gmail, Outlook and more: sender, subject and the first lines, without signatures or quoted replies
• Calendar reminders and invitations: "Upcoming event in 15 minutes: Team meeting"
• Incoming calls: "WhatsApp call from Sanne"
• Everyone, only the people you choose, or everyone except a few

QUIET WHEN IT SHOULD BE
• Always, only with a headset, or headset + car
• Respects Do Not Disturb, stays quiet during calls, video and while you're using your phone
• Quiet during calendar meetings with other people; calls still come through (Pro)
• Pause for 15 to 90 minutes with one tap
• Shake to skip: a quick shake stops a message you don't want to hear

SOUNDS NATURAL
• Your phone's own text-to-speech voices, in 15 languages
• HD voices: Google's most natural voices, with your own free Google Cloud key (Pro)
• Up to 5 languages: each message in its own language and voice (Pro)
• Music fades down while Callout speaks; podcasts pause and carry on after

SHORT AND CLEAN
• Long messages shortened; links, emoji and shared social media links skipped
• Verification codes never announced
• No repeats, no repeated names

MORE
• Battery & charging: hear when you plug in or unplug, when your phone is fully charged and when the battery runs low
• Talking clock: the time or a soft chime every 5 to 60 minutes, for interval training
• Home-screen widget and stats: your day's callouts per hour
• Works with TalkBack and large font sizes; proper layouts on foldables and tablets

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no ads, no tracking. Nothing is sent to us. Messages are handled on your phone and never stored; only if you switch on HD voice does the text go to Google Cloud, under your own key.

FREE AND PRO
Try everything for 14 days. After that, WhatsApp messages and calls stay free, in one language. Callout Pro unlocks email, calendars, voice messages, HD voices, meetings quiet and every other app. One payment, no subscription, yours on every Android phone with your Google account.

Callout needs "Notification access" to announce notifications, and only uses it for the apps you switch on.
Callout is independent and not affiliated with WhatsApp, Meta, Telegram, Signal, Microsoft or Google.