Text to Speech: Local TTS

Local TTS is an offline text to speech reader. It reads your notes, PDFs and EPUB ebooks aloud with natural neural voices (Piper) that run on your phone, plus your phone's own system voices, in 26 languages. Download a voice once, then listen with no internet and no account. Your text is turned into speech on your device.

WHY PEOPLE PICK LOCAL TTS
• Works offline: download a voice once, then listen on a plane, on the subway or with data off.
• Light on your phone: about 60 MB for the first voice. Runs on Android 9+.
• Private by design: your text becomes speech on your device. No ads, no account and no sign-up.
• 26 languages, 37 voice packs: English (US and UK), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Arabic and more.

READ ALOUD PDFs, EBOOKS AND NOTES
• Paste or type text, or import TXT files, PDFs with selectable text and EPUB books. Use it as a PDF voice reader or an ebook reader that talks.
• Follow along with word highlighting while the voice reads aloud.
• Change the reading speed to listen faster or slower.
• Keep listening in the background, with lock-screen and notification controls.
• Sleep timer: pause playback automatically when you fall asleep.
• Share text from any app, or select text and choose Listen with Local TTS.

A NOTES LIBRARY BUILT FOR LISTENING
• Save every text as a note with a title and tags.
• Search and filter by tag to find any note fast.
• Pick a language and voice per note; the app remembers it.
• Handy for proofreading, studying, language practice and long articles you paste in.

VOICES YOU CAN HEAR BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD
• Natural neural voices (Piper) that run fully on your device: 110 British English voices, 126 French voices, 52 Dutch voices, plus Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and more.
• Voice previews: listen to a short sample before you download a voice, with real-time download progress and resumable downloads.
• Favourite voices: star the ones you like and pin them to the top.
• Extra packs are optional downloads, so you only store what you use. In some languages the app uses your phone's built-in voice.

PRO WHEN YOU NEED MORE
The Basic version reads notes up to 500 characters with the first voice in each language. Local TTS Pro unlocks:
• Full-length notes for long chapters and documents
• Every voice in every language
• Audio export: save or share any note as an M4A audio file, like a small audiobook
• Monthly plan or a one-time lifetime unlock

GOOD TO KNOW
• The first voice download needs internet. After that, listening works offline.
• PDFs need a text layer. Image-only PDFs can't be imported.
• Analytics and crash reports are opt-in, and you can turn them off anytime.

Questions or feedback? Email localtts.support@umberlab.com.

Recent changes:
• Direct file sharing: Open PDF and EPUB files directly from other apps into Local TTS.
• Smarter PDF import: Improved compatibility with restricted and encrypted documents.
• End-of-chapter sleep timer: Automatically stop playback when the current chapter finishes.
• Expanded language support: Added voices and UI support for Indonesian, Turkish, Russian, and Vietnamese.
• Performance improvements and bug fixes.