Speech Central – Voice Reader is a productivity app developed by Labsii Ltd..
Download Statistics
Speech Central – Voice Reader has been downloaded 280 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 3.6 thousand times.
User Ratings
Speech Central – Voice Reader is rated 4.29 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
Speech Central – Voice Reader is FREE to download. The last update was on August 6, 2024.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2019.
Description
Speech Central is a Text to Speech (TTS) reader that reads aloud PDFs, web pages, eBooks, and documents — built for serious reading, privacy, and control.
If you’re looking for a read aloud app, TTS reader, book reader, or a reliable way to read PDF aloud, Speech Central is designed for long-form listening.
No subscription. No ads. No data collection. By human, for humans.
Unlock unlimited use with a one-time purchase. Speech Central is also free for blind users when TalkBack is enabled and in managed school environments (used in 100,000+ managed school deployments across platforms).
TEXT TO SPEECH FOR PDF, EBOOKS & WEB • PDF TTS reader with accurate reading order and navigation • eBook reader for EPUB, plus common document formats • Web reader for full articles, headlines, and RSS feeds • Share from your browser or other apps to “Read aloud” • Read-it-later with Instapaper integration
OPEN VOICE PLATFORM: OFFLINE + AI/CLOUD • Use Android system voices and compatible third-party voices offline • Optional AI/cloud voices with your own API keys: – OpenAI and compatible open-source or self-hosted services – Microsoft Azure Speech – Google Cloud Text-to-Speech – xAI TTS platform • Proprietary enhancement improves voice realism, high-speed comprehension, and streaming reliability
FAST, POWERFUL, AND FLEXIBLE • Instant Mode for quick “tap and listen” • More than 80 settings and customization options for full control • Custom layouts for phones, tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks • Full UI customization, including complete color control • Optional automatic archiving
ACCESSIBILITY THAT ADAPTS • ADHD and Dyslexia modes that adapt text layout, highlighting, and behavior—not just fonts • Automatic adjustments when TalkBack is on, including low-vision mode without setup • Advanced accessibility for different vision, attention, and reading needs
STUDY + EXPORT • Bookmarks, comments, and text highlights • Export annotated text to .docx • Optional audio export with compatible offline voices
PRIVACY BY DESIGN Speech Central does not track you or collect your data. Period.
Notes:
* The free version limits the number of articles and books you can add daily/monthly. The Pro add-on removes these limits. * A purchased license is valid only for Android. * DRM-protected books (such as Kindle books) are locked to their vendor apps and cannot be imported. * AI-based features may not work as expected in a small number of cases.
Text to speech for serious reading. Your PDF, eBook, document, and web reader since 2014.
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Comments on Speech Central – Voice Reader for Android
★★★★★Diana Wilson· Jan 31, 2026
Hello. I have been using speech Central for a few years now. Currently on Pixel 6. Your recent upgrade (was it late 2025?) has really thrown a wrench in main use of the app. I can no longer figure out how to edit my pasted text. I listen to PDFs that don't read properly when imported directly, so I have to copy and paste them. Do I have to upgrade to get this feature back? POSTSCRIPT: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR QUICK REPLY. I did not know about that long press feature. That fixed my whole problem
★★★★★Carlos _· Sep 28, 2025
Convenient, can paste text by clicking + New and select paste text, can export web articles to the app, but Google now sends to a search link, so can open with Google Chrome first, and then export to this app for later reading, app switches voice on each article, voices and language preferences can be selected in settings, when exporting an article to speech central have to make sure it attached the article, it does not include save text to voice and converting to MP3, flac, nor ogg,
★★☆☆☆Sergiusz Golec· Apr 22, 2026
Biome Pro (e ink phone): OK. The most annoying feature: random voice changes reading few paragraphs, even when Random is not selected. Pixel 9 Pro (default phone): Used twice. Now: Cannot use. Constantly hangs. A guess that the problem is caused by another app or data corruption. Please invest what I've paid in a better app version. Fix at least the random voices reading each paragraph in a different accent. I cannot use it like that. Cannot focus on the content. Every time I need time to adopt
★★☆☆☆c telliez· Jan 25, 2026
Overall I really like the voices, but the text extraction has a big problem : I constantly have paragraphs in the middle of sentences which makes the voice pause and makes listening very exhausting. Could that be fixed? As a temporary workaround I would take the option to define the pause length after a paragraph and after a sentence, so that I could just make all pauses after paragraphs just as short as between words.
★★☆☆☆Michael Z· Jul 11, 2026
Saw this app as one of the option to read some text aloud, choose it and the women's voice that was activated was so mind-numbingly horrific, I immediately set out to find out with the app was even called, so it could immediately be Uninstalled. I was successful but had to share my views first. It wouldn't be fair to call this app useless, but in this day in age when you can get an app built in minutes by an Agent, I'm amazed this product is still available for download. Yikes
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