# Text to Speech - Speaky

> Read aloud Web, PDF & Docs

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id754061898](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id754061898)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id754061898`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sandratra Razafindralambo
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (861 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.108
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2013-11-21
- **Size:** 5.83 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-speech-speaky/id754061898)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.sandratra.com/ressources/apps/Speaky/PRIVACY.pdf](http://www.sandratra.com/ressources/apps/Speaky/PRIVACY.pdf)

## Description

**Speaky** is a text-to-speech reader for listening to web articles, PDFs, documents, and scanned text. Import files, paste website links, or use your camera to extract content, detect languages, and hear text read aloud with natural voices.

Choose from voices in 40+ languages, adjust playback speed and accents, organize content in listening queues, and use Smart Cleanup to format text automatically. Speaky supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, ODT, EPUB, and popular image formats, with background playback and offline access. Speaky Pro adds unlimited listening and additional scanner languages.

## Rankings

- #59,277 — Overall
- #31 — text to speech
- #44 — speech
- #50 — speech to text

## Review summary

Reviewers consistently praise Speaky for its ease of use and for turning web articles or news into listenable content on the go, with several noting years of reliable use. Recurring drawbacks center on pricing—updates shifting to a paid model and higher Pro prices—and on content-reading limits, where only a small portion of text is read from URLs or pasted text. Overall sentiment is positive on usability, tempered by pricing and reading limitations.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, intuitive interface.
- Great for consuming web articles and news on the go (including in the car).
- Long-standing, reliable app used by many reviewers for years.

### Cons

- Pricing model changes: recent updates make it a paid app and Pro price has increased; subscriptions are a point of frustration.
- Content-reading limits: sometimes only a small portion/paragraph of text is read from a URL or pasted text.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id754061898)