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The Best Text Reader for Android You Should Know

Well, reading the tiny text on a mobile screen is never a pleasant experience at all. Especially when you guys are using an Android device along with a super bright screen. Plus, visually impaired or elders might also have problems in reading web pages, ebooks, PDFs, and other files. In those situations, you guys can also make good use of text to speech apps in order to listen to text files, ebooks, and web pages rather than reading. In this article, we are going to talk about The Best Text Reader for Android You Should Know. Let’s begin!

If mentioned otherwise, then most TTS apps on Android uses the built-in Google Text-to-Speech engine. In general, most of the Android devices have Google Text to Speech preinstalled and turned on. So, you guys don’t have to worry about it.

Well, it is also a blessing for the visually impaired, physically challenged, dyslexic, and at times elderly people. We have prepared a list of some of the best text to speech software for the Android platform. That helps you to make your daily commute smooth whenever you intend to handle a lot of texts as well.

The Best Text Reader for Android

TK Solution

TK Solution’s Text to Speech is a really minimal and straightforward app that can effectively convert text to speech as well. Just install the app, enter the text, and click on the play button in order to listen to it. You guys can load or save text directly from the app as well. Just like that, you guys can also dictate text through tapping on the Mic icon.

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Moreover, you guys can change the speed and pitch of the TTS (Text to Speech) voice. Unfortunately, there is no way you can change the voice, you are stuck with the default one actually. If need to, then you can save the TTS audio as a WAV file so that you can use it offline or share it along with your friends or family.

Price: The app is absolutely free and has ads. You can also remove ads with an in-app purchase of $0.99 as well.

Download – TK Solution

Native Text-to-Speech Feature

I guess you guys did not know this already, however, turn out, such as macOS Android also has a native Text-to-to-Speech feature, that actually works in selective Google apps. In order to use the native TTS feature, simply choose any piece of text say in the Chrome browser, and then click on the translate option. (Then you might have to install Google translate app if you do not see the translate option).

Well, a new pop will open, make sure the language is set to English as well, and then click on the small speakerphone icon on top of the output language. And that’s just it. Your phone will then start reading out text for you. You can even translate it into a different language too. But, there are few shortcomings such as the audio stops as you turn off the screen and lack further customization actually.

By default, it is already turned o n in most stock Android but you can always enable this feature. Just go to Settings > System > Language and input > Text-to-Speech, or simply do a search for ‘speech’ in the settings actually. Well, from here you can also change the pitch as well, select a different TTS engine (Google being the default), etc.

Talk FREE | text reader for android

Talk Free is another famous and minimal text to speech app. Using your internet connection, Talk Free can convert the text into many languages as well. Also, keep in mind that Talk Free makes use of the built-in TTS engine. If you have it disabled or uninstalled, then you have to install or enable it before you guys can use Talk Free.

Native Text-to-Speech Feature

Just like most text-to-speech apps, Talk Free prides itself on its ability in order to convert text files into voice files in many languages. You guys can use the app to either import text or directly read web pages actually. Then, you can save the converted file in .WAV file format for offline sharing as well.

But, also note that Talk Free utilizes a built-in text-to-speech engine. So, to work efficiently, the app must be duly installed and turned on. Also, the fact that this app basically uses a built-in text-to-speech engine means that adjusting the voice or pitch of your voice files needs to change the settings of the engine.

Download – Talk Free

Narrator’s Voice

Narrator’s Voice supports different languages, that allows you to convert your text into a language of your choice. However, that’s not the only thing to love about this app as well. The app also allows users in order to add different voice effects to their audio files. Some of the sound effects that you guys can apply. That includes Echo, Gargle, Speed (to speed up or slow down the voice), Flanger, Compressor, and Chorus as well.

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Narrator’s Voice comes with a share button that you can tap to share the converted audio file automatically and in different formats. The share button also permits you to convert the audio into a video, export it to your timeline, or simply save it on your device as well.

Price: The app is free of cost and contains ads. In order to remove the ads, you can upgrade to the pro version for a whopping $15. Just like that, you can buy in-app coins and use them to remove ads for a certain number of days.

Download – Narrator’s Voice

iSpeech Translator | text reader for android

The human quality that comes along with the iSpeech Translator tool has helped it to rank among the best text to speech apps that are currently available on cyberspace actually. This handy tool is a must-have if you guys are looking to hear and translate digital words, phrases, or sentences that include SMS or emails into multiple languages.

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You can also expect to find sponsored ads on this free software however, you could always upgrade to the premium app version if you want to remove them. You can even copy and paste translated text from the ispeech app to use on other digital platforms as well.

Price: iSpeech Translator app is completely free on the Play Store and also it doesn’t have any ads.

Download – iSpeech Translator

T2S – Text to Voice

The next app, T2S basically implements text-to-speech in a more practical and efficient way. You guys can create or open a text file and also convert the words to speech instantly. This app also lets you record and export the speech as an audio file too. It also uses Google Text-to-Speech Engine as its primary API however, you can change that in Settings. You can adjust the Pitch and Speech rate to your liking and also decide on a phrase segmentation mode as well.

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A PDF or text file opener, also a converter for text files into audio versions. Along with an inbuilt web browser are some of the features that you can expect in order to find on T2S Text to Voice. One of the best text to speech apps developed for mobile systems as well.

This remarkable TTS app will automatically convert and also read out any text you input. It is also highly customizable so that you can select in order to adjust the speech output to your taste.

Price: T2S is free on the Play Store and has ads as well. You guys can remove the ads through purchasing the Pro version for around $2.

Download – T2S

Pocket | text reader for android

This is actually a Pocket; a brilliant app that can you can describe as one of the best text-to-speech apps for foremost Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac systems as well. More than fourteen million folks around the world already use the Pocket app in order to capture and read website articles aloud.

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You guys can also use Pocket in order to adjust the speech speed. Turn on sleep or night modes for nocturnal users, and even have your documents read aloud to you in offline mode as well.

Price: Pocket is a freemium app, but, the fully functional TTS features are available in the free version as well.

Download – Pocket

Voice Access

Well, much like Pocket, Google’s Voice access is not exactly a TTS app actually. The app is made by Google for visually impaired folks.

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If you guys are looking for a TTS app that lets you control your whole phone via voice, go for Voice Access. When you install, the app displays a Voice Access places a number next to each element on your screen. You guys can just tell the phone to “tap [number]” and it will automatically do it for you as well.

Price: Voice Access is free to use along with no ads. But, the app is in beta mode for the past 2 years, so that your mileage may vary as well.

Download – Voice Access

@Voice Aloud Reader | text reader for android

Well, I personally use this app for all of my TTS needs. Just like all the other TTS apps in the list, you guys can not only share a web page from your browser however, it also supports all of the major text formats. Such as ad– TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, EPUB, MOBI, PRC, AZW, and FB2 ebooks as well.

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You guys can increase or decrease the playback speed. I’ve tried to listen to some really long articles (almost a book) along with Voice Aloud Reader and it works fine. You guys can also pause and play the audio even after a day. And if you guys are someone like me who listen to articles before going to bed. Well the good news is, the app also comes along with a night mode and sleep timer.

Price: The app is absolutely free to use and it also contains ads.

Download – @Voice Aloud Reader

Conclusion

Alright, That was all Folks! I hope you guys like this “text reader for android” article and also find it helpful to you. Give us your feedback on it. Also if you guys have further queries and issues related to this article. Then let us know in the comments section below. We will get back to you shortly.

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