TTS Reader: reads aloud books

Read your books back to you out loud in a human voice, voice reader

TTS Reader is a powerful all-in-one text-to-speech (TTS) and book reading Chrome extension designed to bring your books to life with natural human voice playback. It supports a wide range of book formats including EPUB, MOBI, PDF, FB2, and more, allowing you to listen to your favorite books and web pages seamlessly. Features include customizable speech speed, pitch, volume, and expressive breaks, plus background listening and Bluetooth headset compatibility.

Beyond TTS, TTS Reader offers robust book management tools such as building libraries, filtering by author or genre, bookmarking, note-taking, and adjustable fonts. It also allows saving audio to WAV files, supports various TTS engines, remote bookmarks, and has a built-in file manager. Whether you want to convert ebooks to audio or enjoy hands-free reading, TTS Reader is a versatile and user-friendly solution.

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By:: Librera
Downloads:: 1,834,386+ 3.89K
Rating:: 4.26
(9,639) 13 new ratings
Version:: 8.9.183 (Last updated: 2024-11-21)
Version code:: 6207
Creation date:: 2019-01-15
Permissions:: android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
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Size:: 24.52M
Email:: li*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Google Play Store
Updated:: 19 hours ago

Ranking

# 42,128 ▼ 19

User reviews

Users appreciate TTS Reader's support for various book formats, customizability, and its ability to remember reading positions. However, frequent crashes, lack of cursor control for starting reading points, absence of text highlighting during playback, and navigation inconsistencies are recurring issues. Users desire improved interaction features such as highlighting, better navigation controls, and options to exclude headers and footers for a smoother listening experience.

Pros

Reads aloud as advertised supporting multiple file formats like PDF, EPUB, and FB2.
Remembers the position where the user stopped and can continue from there.
Highly customizable with various settings including voice adjustment and sorting features.
Minimal ads and free to use with ability to use external TTS engines.
Allows users to listen to books while multitasking, enhancing convenience.

Cons

App occasionally crashes or closes immediately upon opening, causing frustration.
Lacks an easy way to start reading from a selected point or cursor within the text.
Does not highlight the text currently being read aloud, making it hard to track reading position.
Issues with navigation such as inconsistent page turning and difficulty recentering page after swiping.
Problems with handling headers, footers, and inability to exclude them from reading, disrupting flow.

Recent reviews

It does read aloud as stated. I have tried multiple times to tweek my library the way I want it and get no where. I'm so frustrated that I believe I should just delete the app. Grrrr!

Michelle Calvin, 2024-12-31

It was amazing, but since some months, I've had a problem it closed immediately after opening with the following message: Something went wrong with TTS Reader TTS Reader closed because this app has a bug. Try updating this app after its developer provides a fix this error. Got it I did update, but there is no benefit . Please could anyone help me ?