# Text to Speech - Read Anything > Listen to articles, PDFs, eBooks & scans. Natural voices with word highlight. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.redfleet.readanything](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.redfleet.readanything) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.redfleet.readanything` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Red Fleet - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 8 - **Version:** 1.0.1 - **Last updated:** 2026-10-23 - **First published:** 2026-09-30 - **Publisher country:** PK - **Size:** 17 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-10-31 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redfleet.readanything) - **Website:** [https://readanything-text-to-speech.blogspot.com](https://readanything-text-to-speech.blogspot.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://readanything-text-to-speech.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy.html](https://readanything-text-to-speech.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy.html) ## Description Read Anything turns any text into audio. Paste an article, open a PDF or eBook, save a web page, or scan a printed page, and listen in a natural voice while you walk, cook, commute or rest your eyes. The sentence being read is highlighted word by word, so you can follow along or look away.

LISTEN TO ANYTHING
• Paste or type any text and press play
• Read the clipboard in one tap
• Save web articles from a link: page clutter is removed, only the story is read
• Open PDF, EPUB eBooks, Word (.docx), TXT, RTF and HTML files
• Scan printed pages with your camera, or pick photos: text recognition turns them into text
• Scanned PDFs without a text layer are recognised automatically
• Share text or links from any app to Read Anything
• Select text in any app and choose "Read aloud"

A READER THAT FOLLOWS YOU
• Sentence and word highlighting as the voice reads
• Tap any sentence to jump straight to it
• Skip back or ahead by sentence or by 10 seconds
• Chapters and sections for eBooks, PDF pages and article headings
• Your place is saved automatically; pick up exactly where you left off
• Adjustable text size for comfortable reading

YOUR VOICE, YOUR PACE
• Speed from 0.5x to 3x, with quick presets
• Pitch control
• Choose any voice installed on your phone and preview it first
• Offline voices keep working without internet
• Pronunciation list: teach it names, brands and words it gets wrong
• Skip web links and citation markers like [12] automatically

KEEP LISTENING
• Background playback with the screen off
• Controls on the lock screen, in notifications, on headphones and Bluetooth
• Sleep timer for bedtime reading
• Up next queue: documents play one after another
• Save any document as an audio file (WAV) to play anywhere

YOUR LIBRARY
• Everything you add is saved on your phone, ready to resume
• Search, filters for in progress and finished, and favourites
• Rename, edit, share or delete any document

LISTENING INSIGHTS
• Minutes listened this week, day streaks and finished documents
• See what you listen to most

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account and no sign-up
• Your documents are stored only on your phone and excluded from cloud backup
• Files and photos open only when you pick them; no storage permission needed

Read Anything is free and supported by ads. Ads never play over your reading, and you can go ad-free for 24 hours by watching one short video.

Light and dark themes. Made by Red Fleet. ## Rankings - #2,876,709 — 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.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.redfleet.readanything.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Text to Speech: Read Aloud](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.havrylash.textospeech) — 1,450 users - [Text Reader: Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ReadTheTextForMe) — 8,682,694 users, 4.52 / 5 - [Text To Speech: TTS Reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mls.TTS) — 23,746 users - [PDF Reader: Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.nativespeech.reader) — 31 users - [Easy Reading: Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.easyreading.app) — 875 users - [Aloudy - Text to Speech Reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.aloudy.android) — 107 users - [Read Aloud - Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.iteddy.readaloud) — 115 users - [TapListen: AI Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.audio.speech.taplistener) — 387 users - [ThinkReader: Text to Speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thinhan.thinkreader) — 364 users - [SReader: text to speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sreadertts.app) — 18 users - [ReadAloud](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bless.readaloud.app) — 193 users - [ReadAnything Text to Speech AI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/in.readanything) — 962 users, 4.67 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.redfleet.readanything)