# Big Text

> Real time speech to large text

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1517801432](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1517801432)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1517801432`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Gaskill
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (589 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-08-21
- **First published:** 2020-07-08
- **Size:** 16 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/big-text/id1517801432)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.davidgaskill.com/big-text-app](https://www.davidgaskill.com/big-text-app)

## Description

Big Text turns live speech into large, readable text in real time, helping you communicate in noisy environments or when your face is covered. It supports typing or speech input and saves transcripts in a message library for instant recall.

With customizable colors and fonts for readability from a distance, you can save and share transcripts, and replay messages with typing and banner animations.

## Rankings

- #68,573 — Overall

## Review summary

Users broadly praise Big Text for turning written text into large, readable output and for enabling smoother communication for deaf or nonverbal users. Several reviewers describe it as life-changing and family-friendly, especially compared with subscription-based options. Additional positives include a simple, one-time purchase model and the app’s use of iOS accessibility voices for speech. Some users note issues with stability and privacy on launch, and others mention small usability gaps (no easy screen clear, pinch-to-zoom, typing while someone is speaking). Overall, it’s valued as an effective, approachable AAC-like tool with room for reliability improvements.

### Pros

- Life-changing communication support for deaf/nonverbal users and families
- Large, readable, full-screen text display for easy reading
- No subscription; simple one-time purchase / affordable
- Uses natural-sounding iOS voices for speech (e.g., Zoe)
- Shake-to-speak and quick access to speech enhances usability

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1517801432)