SpeakBook: Read Books Aloud

Every book you own, read aloud for free. Lifelike voices run right on your iPhone, so there’s no subscription, no credits and nothing to sign up for.

SpeakBook reads your books out loud to you, for free. Its lifelike voices run right on your iPhone, so there’s no subscription, no credits, and no limit on how much you listen. The words light up on the page as they’re read, so you can follow along.

It's made to be simple. Open a book, tap a paragraph, and it starts reading from right there. Tap pause to rest. Tap play and it carries on from the same spot. That's it.

FREE, AND IT STAYS FREE • The voices live on your device, not on a server, so reading aloud costs nothing — today and always • No account, no sign-up, no internet needed once a voice is downloaded

LISTEN TO ANY BOOK YOU OWN • Reads ePub books, PDFs, Word documents, and plain text files • A natural-sounding voice that runs right on your iPhone or iPad. No internet needed once it's downloaded • Or use Apple's built-in voices, ready straight away • Make it faster or slower, jump between chapters, and set a sleep timer for bedtime reading • Keeps playing with the screen locked, with controls on your Lock Screen

SCAN A PRINTED BOOK • Tap + and Scan Pages to turn a paper book or handout into one you can listen to • Pages are caught automatically, and an open book's two pages are read in order • The words are read right on your device. No page limits • Scanned PDFs work too

FOLLOW ALONG • The words light up as they're read, and the page scrolls by itself • Choose a light, sepia, gray, or night page, whatever is easiest on your eyes • Choose easy-to-read fonts, OpenDyslexic or Atkinson Hyperlegible, and add space between letters and lines • Teach the voice how to say a name, and it says it right every time • Search inside a book and add bookmarks • "Back to" takes you back after a jump, so you never lose your place

NEVER LOSE A THOUGHT • Hold the microphone button and say what you're thinking. Let go, and it becomes a written note • Press and hold any line to save it as a quote • All your notes for a book live together on one page • Curious about a passage? One tap copies it and opens your favorite AI app to ask about it

SAVE ARTICLES FOR LATER • Share a web article from Safari to SpeakBook and listen to it like a book

ALL YOUR DEVICES, TOGETHER • Connect your iPhone and iPad once, and they keep your books, notes, and place in step over your home Wi-Fi • Your books live in a SpeakBook folder in the Files app

PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your books, notes, and voice notes stay on your devices. Syncing goes straight from one device to the other and never through our servers

A GENTLE START A short welcome tour and a little practice book show you everything in a couple of minutes. Nothing can break, so try anything you like.

SpeakBook reads books you already have. Books with copy protection (DRM) can't be opened.

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