# IPA Reader > English pronunciation for any PDF or web page: IPA phonetics, tap to hear Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ipareader.ipa\_reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ipareader.ipa_reader) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.ipareader.ipa_reader` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** 2008-horse - **Category:** EDUCATION - **Downloads:** 166 - **Version:** 1.0.9 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-08 - **First published:** 2026-06-06 - **Publisher country:** CN - **Size:** 58 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-13 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ipareader.ipa_reader) - **Website:** [https://2008-horse.com](https://2008-horse.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://2008-horse.com/products/ipa-reader/docs/app-privacy-policy](https://2008-horse.com/products/ipa-reader/docs/app-privacy-policy) ## Description IPA Reader adds IPA phonetic transcription to English PDFs and web pages.

Tap any word to hear how it sounds and see what it means, without leaving the page. Reading in English gets slow when you are unsure how a word sounds, and stopping to look it up breaks your concentration. IPA Reader keeps the phonetics, the meaning and the audio in the same place as the text.

READ - BROWSER, PDF AND READER MODE
- Built-in browser with Bing or Google search, plus a PDF reader, both with automatic IPA annotation
- Every line of a PDF is annotated, including tightly spaced body text
- Open PDF files from your file manager, from email or from any other app
- In-document search, outline navigation, go to page, and PDF display themes
- Reader mode strips the clutter, with adjustable fonts, spacing and themes
- American and British IPA, switchable with one tap
- A common-word filter hides annotation on words you already know, in browsing, reader mode and PDF

UNDERSTAND - WORD LOOKUP AND TRANSLATION
- Tap a word once for its pronunciation and its dictionary definition together
- A bundled offline dictionary, with definitions in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and English
- Translate a whole article on the web, or the current page of a PDF
- Long-press a sentence to play it, copy it, collect it or attach a note

LISTEN - TEXT TO SPEECH
- Sentence-by-sentence playback with the current sentence highlighted
- Speed from 0.4x to 2.0x, for every level
- Voices filtered to your accent preference, with previews before you choose
- Auto mode selects the highest quality voice installed on the device
- A guided four-step setup helps you install and enable the Google English voice

PRACTICE - SHADOWING AND REVIEW
- Record yourself reading a sentence and get a pronunciation score
- Flashcards for saved vocabulary and saved sentences, in separate modes
- Spaced repetition schedules each item for the day you are about to forget it

TRACK - GOALS AND STREAKS
- Daily goals, learning streaks and reading time
- XP, levels, quests and achievements
- Progress insights across everything you read and practise

ORGANIZE - COLLECTION, NOTES AND BOOKMARKS
- Save words and sentences, and attach colour-coded notes
- Bookmarks, browsing history and an archive organised by source

WHO IT IS FOR
Students working through academic papers and textbooks, readers of English news and novels, and anyone preparing for TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge or GRE. Useful at any level: beginners lean on the annotation and the audio, advanced readers use it to settle stress placement and unfamiliar technical terms.

PRIVACY AND LANGUAGES
- Everything is stored on your device. No account and no registration.
- Network access is used for the pages you choose to open, for translation when you ask for it, and for subscription checks
- You can clear local browsing and archive data from Settings
- The interface is available in 51 languages

FREE AND PRO
Free every day: 2 article translations, 15 word lookups and 5 saved items. One tap on a word costs at most one lookup, replaying audio from the definition panel costs nothing, and sentence playback is always free. Pro removes the daily limits.

Support: https://2008-horse.com/products/ipa-reader/docs/app-support/
Privacy: https://2008-horse.com/products/ipa-reader/docs/app-privacy-policy ## Rankings - #1,782,796 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.ipareader.ipa_reader.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [XPhonetics: AI IPA Transcriber](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.anhtrinh.xphonetics) — 660 users - [English IPA Dictionary](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.Polylingua.EnglishIPADictionary) — 62 users - [Unalengua IPA Translator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.unalengua.ipattstranslator) — 46,000 users, 4.05 / 5 - [pimReader - read and learn](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pimreader) — 11,041 users - [AI Reader: Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ai.speech.voice.generator) — 2,945 users - [PDF Reader: Listen to PDF](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.listentopdf.texttospeech) — 98,567 users - [Read For Me -PDF's,Images,text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ingine.readforme) — 46 users - [TTS Reader -Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kavysoftech.tts_audio_converter) — 17,966 users - [PDF Audio Reader : Listen PDF](https://chrome-stats.com/d/texttospeech.pdfaudioreader.listenpdf) — 92 users - [Aloud Reader Text/ Web/ PDF](https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.tim.communicatorsprachassistent) — 17,940 users - [INSTANT READER](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.reader.lora) — 1,309 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ipareader.ipa_reader)