Plain Read: Text to Speech

Listen to PDFs, articles and printed pages in your iPhone's voices, with every word highlighted. Your first 3 page scans are free. No account, no subscription.

Plain Read reads aloud whatever you give it, in the voices built into your iPhone, and highlights each word as it goes. Paste text, open a PDF or document, or bring in an article from a web address, then press play.

LISTEN TO ANYTHING • Paste or type text, or open PDFs, text and RTF files from Files • Bring in an article from a web address. Plain Read keeps the article and leaves the menus behind • Scanned PDFs are read too: their pages are recognized on your iPhone • Scan printed pages with your camera or pick photos of pages. Your first 3 scans are free, and Pro makes scanning unlimited

FOLLOW ALONG • The sentence being read is highlighted and the spoken word is underlined • Tap any paragraph to read from there, or skip a sentence back or forward • Speeds from 0.5x to 3x, and larger or smaller text • Plain Read remembers your place in everything you save

YOUR VOICE, YOUR WAY • Choose any voice installed on your iPhone, including the free Enhanced and Premium voices from Apple • If you have made a Personal Voice, Plain Read can read to you in it

KEEPS GOING • Keeps reading with the screen locked or while you use other apps • Play and pause from the lock screen and Control Center • A sleep timer for reading in bed

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. Text is spoken by iOS on your iPhone and pages are recognized on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no analytics. When you bring in a web article, the page is fetched directly from that website.

FREE AND PRO Listening, voices, speeds and the sleep timer are free for everyone, and the free library keeps 5 items. Everyone gets 3 free page scans to try reading printed pages aloud. Plain Read Pro is a single one time purchase that unlocks an unlimited library and unlimited scanning from the camera and photos. It is not a subscription and never renews.

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