# Text to Speech: AI Book Reader

> Read PDFs, Docs, Photos Aloud

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id739280962](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id739280962)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id739280962`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dzionis Brek
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (668 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-27
- **First published:** 2013-11-19
- **Size:** 125 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-speech-ai-book-reader/id739280962)
- **Website:** [https://text2speech.co/](https://text2speech.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://dzionis.by/tts/privacyPolicy.html](https://dzionis.by/tts/privacyPolicy.html)

## Description

Turn on-screen text into natural-sounding speech in seconds. This AI-powered reader supports 38 languages and 140+ voices, with adjustable speed and pitch. Import text from PDFs, DOCs/TXT, or photos via OCR, and export audio for easy sharing or offline listening.

Ideal for students, accessibility, and multitasking, it helps you study, work, and focus by listening instead of reading. Premium unlocks unlimited speech, OCR, exports, and ad-free listening.

## Rankings

- #66,356 — Overall
- #22 — text to speech
- #26 — speech
- #60 — reader
- #85 — speech to text

## Review summary

Users praise the app for reading long texts and offering voice customization, making it useful for pronunciation and writing. However, frequent criticisms include robotic voices, intrusive ads and monetization, crashes and lag, tough navigation, and text-sync/scrolling bugs. Overall, it’s seen as useful and flexible but hampered by reliability and UX problems.

### Pros

- Helpful for pronunciation and writing practice.
- Wide range of voices with customization (voice selection, pitch, speed).
- Can read long-form text effectively (e.g., paste entire emails).
- Overall positive reactions from some users (e.g., 'Amazing app', 'Best text to speech app I've ever used').

### Cons

- Robotic or unnatural-sounding voices.
- Intrusive ads and paid upgrades / value concerns.
- Crashes, stability issues, and glitches (lag, crashes).
- Poor UI/navigation with small controls and usability challenges.
- Scrolling and text-paragraph sync issues during playback.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id739280962)