NaturalReader - Text To Speech

Name: NaturalReader - Text To Speech
Rating: 4.50638 (782 reviews)

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NaturalReader - Text To Speech

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User Reviews for NaturalReader - Text To Speech

Best option for free text to speech

Not 5 stars because so much of the functionality is restricted to the paid version. But even the base version has a decent AI voice to read digital PDFs at any chosen speed for free. Content syncs across devices so you can upload a file from your computer and the books shows up on your phone. Unfortunately, it doesn’t track progress well across devices so you have to make a note of where you are every time. Also, the iPhone app forces you to use iCloud to upload books. Since I use OneDrive, that’s why I have to go to my computer to upload my books. In sum, a lot of little annoyances but it’s worth it being the only decent free service for listening to digital books.

bureyj, Jun 23, 2022

Works great but only in certain situations.

It’s very easy to upload documents to NR through the desktop app and access them on my devices, but there are inconsistent results.iPad Pro 2020: Documents will load but will not play. I have an imperfect workaround where I’ll play docs through NR on my phone and read along on the iPad in NR or Acrobat (if I need to annotate the doc), but it would be nice to be able to read/listen all from one device.iPhone 11: Documents uploaded to NR through desktop will load and play, but audio playback will often timeout when I’m away from WiFi and using my data plan — this happens both when the device is locked and unlocked. This can be frustrating when I’m listening while driving/biking and I would have to pickup and unlock my phone in order to resume audio playback on NR.iOS generally: It is difficult to share documents accessed originally through iOS devices to the NR app. I can easily share articles, webpages, etc. to other apps I use like Instapaper or Evernote, but in many cases it’s not possible to share directly to NR (especially through Chrome for iOS). Hopefully these issues can be addressed in an update soon. The text to speech (particularly the Plus voices) with NR is second to none and has made grad school obligations and my ADHD so much more manageable. I just wish it was a cleaner solution on devices/iOS.

Debtwhiler, Oct 21, 2020

This app is an incredible valuable tool

I am amazed by the quality of the voices, how close they got from listening to a real person actually reading, far from those artificial text to speech voices we are use to hear. I got the premium and it has been worth every penny . I can listen to ebooks that I never read before for lack of time. The possibility of listening to a book in pdf, kindle or even just from a internet website has been a life saver. Also, the same subscription can be used on my phone and my laptop. On my laptop is even easier to use because I just press the icon of Natural reading and it reads anything with voices very close to natural voices, as the name of the app says.

dianasilva, Jul 29, 2022

The best of the best, but not perfect

This has got to be the best voice reader I have ever found, and trust me, I’ve searched a lot. The voices in the premium are miles better than anything any other company produces, most certainly better than comes standard on my laptop. That is why I give this five stars, because this app deserves it. That being said, it’s still not perfect. I use this primarily to read back my work while I am writing. It’s incredibly helpful to do so, to separate my mind from my work. However, the reader does not distinguish the purposes of punctuation, such as quotation points or ‘...’s (I cant for life of me remember it’s name), nor does it hesitate when it jumps from paragraph to paragraph. Then again, I do understand why it works like that (most people use this for reading articles or things like that). All I’m asking for is perhaps an option that allows the reader to change between the normal reading and the ‘writer-story’ reading.

Dragon story review, Sep 08, 2020

Huge disappointment

I’ve used every version of NR since version 4. On my phone. On my desktop. On my laptop. I used the paid version and bought the premium voices. In short I loved most everything about It. Last week I upgraded my phone to an iPhone 12Pro and most apps transferred seamlessly except for Natural Reader. It did transfer sort of but my library was erased and new books wouldn’t load so it was essentially useless. I went to the App Store and downloaded the new version. It’s cloud based and the interface is much different and of course it is now subscription based. I hate that but whatever I use it regularly especially when I travel so I purchased it with a year subscription. I’ve tried to use it several times now and it regularly locks up after reading a few paragraphs. Today I stuck with it through several lockups and it reached the daily 20 minute limit for the unpaid version and it displayed the upgrade screen. What? I just paid $60 for a yearly subscription. I checked the profile page and it says I’m logged in but it won’t read anymore. I haven’t called customer service yet and am disappointed that I even have to. NaturalSoft the online version needs a lot of work. Please make the personal version available on the iPhone.

popfly38, Nov 25, 2020

Best in the store

I've been trying about 6 different text reader apps this month, and this is far and away the best one- paid or free. The plus voices are superb, I've found nothing else like them, and even more expensive paid tiers on other services have nothing comparable; meanwhile the free voices are decent, in fact in line with the paid voices on some others I used. The fact that you can directly input URLs is also huge. It also has zero issues so far parsing special characters like em-dashes, which I've encountered in a lot of other apps. Cannot recommend this highly enough if you truly are looking for the power to turn anything into a decent-quality audiobook.

rangaty, Apr 24, 2022

By far the most reliable app I’ve used for both work and entertainment

To put things simply, I use this not only for work, i also use this to read my stories i write to my family, this app is more than a tool in my opinion. It barely has a limit on how much you can type.The only thing I wished wasn’t there was the mp3 installation thingy, I’m kinda disappointed you have to pay money for that, perhaps one could be added that you don’t have to pay for and will have the non premium voices, just a thought, but I can hardly complain about this app.

Rockzilla2020, Feb 19, 2022

Great for studying lots of reading material.

I can listen in the truck when running errands, to school readings, and use it to proofread my writings. Great app with voice options so you don’t get burnt out or annoyed with one voice. Plus version gives me access to plus voices which is so much less agitating than the robot voices. I like to think myself to be very frugal and seriously debated on if this was worth the money. After trying out other apps I came back to NaturalReader and bit the bullet and paid for a year’s subscription. I don’t regret it. This has been worth the money. Saves me studying time and gives me access to listen anytime.

rokymtnkowgirl, Feb 09, 2022

Love everything but lacking a few features

To start this is a 9/10 product. Moved away from speechify premium to this app. This has great voices, no capping on voices (when you pay for premium) and it registered pdfs and websites better than any other tts app. I also love the ccs that come with the view so you can follow along in the original doc or the word by word view.The annoying part is saving files. It’s capped at 1 year of storage even with premium. I would pay more to keep my files saved longer or have a archive of files that are need to be reuploadedI also want to save websites and articles from my phone… we spend more time on our phones these days so it’s a critical flaw in the tool. The only workaround is to view all articles on your computer then save them to the mobile device. Annoying when you are on the go, but better than nothing

sirge s, Feb 22, 2022

Works great, just a few minor rough edges

Only few minor issues.First, sometimes it is challenging to set the borders of the page so it ends up reading titles/footers, skip forward to the rescue. Second, some OCR may miss and you have to pause and look at the page to comprehend. Third is when playing from my phone over Apple Car Play while also having maps read directions. When the map reads directions, NR does not resume similar to music apps. Instead, I have to hit play again to get it to resume reading. Ideally, it would resume like music apps and/or it had a car mode similar to Audible where the buttons are large to be more accessible while driving.

TimGris, Jan 19, 2022

Description

Have your books read aloud to you! NaturalReader - Text To Speech is a mobile app that can read aloud your text, documents, and books, allowing you to listen instead of reading. Listen to books, webpages, pdfs, cloud documents, images, notes, e-Learning content, and more with NaturalReader - Text To Speech.

Our app was created to help our users save time, be more productive, and assist with reading. Finding time in a busy schedule to sit down and read can be nearly impossible, but with NaturalReader you don’t have to! Just like a podcast or audiobook, our app lets you be productive anywhere with your mobile device. Complete readings laying in bed, during your daily commute, or walking around campus. By listening on the go, you create more time to do what you love. NaturalReader is also an essential reading tool for those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. By presenting the text both audibly and visually, readers can focus less on the act of reading, and more on the content they are reading. We also offer a dyslexia-friendly font for closed captions and within our text box. HOW IT WORKS: Listening to our app couldn't be easier! Simply choose the document type you wish to upload, select you’re desired file, and you are ready to start listening. For the best experience, remember to choose your favorite speaker’s voice and optimal listening speed. Here are just a few of the reasons why our 1,000,000 monthly users love using NaturalReader - Text To Speech: -- Camera Scanner: Listen to physical books and notes by using your mobile camera. Convert any piece of physical text into audio, which reads aloud to you. Just take a picture of the pages you wish to upload and you’re ready to start listening. -- Natural Voices: Enjoy over 100+ Voices across 15+ Languages to choose from, including our plus voices, the newest and highest technology of AI voices. Plus voices enable fluid, natural-sounding text to speech that matches the patterns and intonation of human voices. Plus voices are available through our Plus Subscription plan. -- AI Text Filtering: Choose to filter out distracting and unwanted text such as URLs and text within brackets. Our advanced AI technology will detect these types of text and ignore them, limiting any distractions. -- Customizable Experience: We have loaded our app with features built to create the most natural listening experience for our users. Choose your preferred speaker voice and optimal reading speed for the best experience. Other features ways to customize include a dark mode, word highlight, closed captions and an advanced pronunciation editor for new or unusual words, or to improve the readability of acronyms. -- Cross-Device Compatibility: A free NaturalReader account gives you access to our Mobile App, Online Reader and Chrome Extension. Run out of time? Seamlessly continue listening from your desktop computer to your mobile device. Supported Formats: PDF, MS Word (.doc & .docx), MS Powerpoint, Mac documents, RTF, TXT, DRM-free EPUB eBooks, image files (png, jpg...)