Read Aloud For Me PRO

Point your camera at a page and listen. Read Aloud For Me PRO reads printed text aloud: books, letters, worksheets, menus, PDFs and screenshots. It works without internet, your pages never leave your phone, and there are no ads.

READ ALOUD, ON YOUR DEVICE

- Scan pages with the document camera, choose a photo or screenshot, open a PDF or text file, or paste text.
- Each word is highlighted as it is spoken, and the text scrolls along, so you can follow.
- Tap any paragraph to start from there. Skip forward or back a paragraph.
- Choose the speed, from slow to twice as fast.
- Keeps reading with the screen locked, with play and pause on the lock screen and your headphones.
- Detects the language and picks a matching voice. Sounds best with Apple's free Premium voices: the app shows you how to download them in Settings.
- Scanned PDFs are recognised too, not just PDFs that already contain text.
- Everything you read is saved in Recent, so you can listen again later.

TRANSLATE AND SUMMARIZE

- Translate a text into another language with Apple's built-in translation (iOS 17.4 or later; works offline once the language is downloaded).
- On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, get a short summary of a long text and listen to it.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Text recognition, speech, translation and summaries run on your iPhone. No account. Your pages are not uploaded and not stored anywhere but on your device.

WHO IT HELPS

People with dyslexia or low vision, language learners, students with long readings, and anyone who would rather listen than read.

A CATALOG OF 640+ AI TOOLS

The second tab is a searchable catalog of more than 640 AI tools in over 100 categories, with free and open-source tools flagged. Tools marked Test Inline open in a panel inside the app.

NO ADS

PRO is the ad-free edition of Read Aloud For Me: one payment, no subscription, no ads anywhere.

The tools in the catalog are made and run by their own developers; their names and trademarks belong to their owners.

FOR SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Read Aloud For Me PRO is built for classrooms and shared devices:
- No ads and no account needed: students open it and start reading.
- Text is recognized and read aloud on the device, and it works offline.
- Scan worksheets, textbook pages, PDFs and photos, then listen with word-by-word highlighting.
- Adjustable speed and voices for each student.
- Helps students who learn better by listening, including readers with dyslexia, low vision or who are learning English.
Schools can buy and deploy PRO through Apple School Manager, with a 50% education discount on purchases of 20 or more copies.