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Speechify – Text to Speech PDF Positive Reviews

Beware Monthly Word LimitWhile this a good service and app, things could definitely be improved. My biggest qualm so far is that there is a monthly word limit at which point you are unable to use most of the voice options and are stuck with a robotic sounding woman’s name. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts while I work or multitask and so I was excited to use Speechify to listen to books that do not have Audiobook companions, pdfs, and online content. Within about two weeks I hit the monthly word limit and am now unable to really use the service because the non-enhanced/premium voice option is not very good. Secondly, while this service does have a broad range of voices in English some are better than others in terms of sounding less robotic or monotone when reading aloud and so there are really only four or five that I found myself using regularly. Some of the voices sound more natural and are good with pacing and understanding how to read a document and others not so much. For example, occasionally a word or two will be skipped by the voice or a part of a document will be read more literally than it is meant to. For example, when “….” is used to imply a pause the voices are likely to pronounce “dot dot dot” at the same speed and pacing as the rest of a document or e-book. I will wait and see what if any improvements are made to the service to determine if I will keep paying for it once the renewal date comes up..InwashVersion: 2.29.2

Audible or Speechify?I spent hours comparing text to speech apps, and by far, Speechify has some of the best premium HD voices. I even considered dropping Audible, so that I could pay for an unlimited amount of HD voice listening time; however, while the HD voices are great, they’re not reliable enough for me to consider them as a replacement for Audible just yet. At times, they’re slow to load or glitchy. I wasted a good 200 or so words listening to Gwyneth lisp her way through sentences as if she was lapsing into a different language. I fiddled with her speech rate trying to remedy the problem, but it was to no avail. I had to switch to Michael. Michael read through everything perfectly, but he too had trouble staying on task. Even though I had plenty of of HD listening words left, he would intermittently cut out and be replaced by the British Male speaking voice. With all things considered, this is an app worthy of downloading. It does a respectable job transferring words from pictures—better than most. Sometimes, to my astonishment, it can read my handwriting. It hasn’t crashed, and apart from the HD voices, the standard voices seem quite reliable. I like that I can earn HD words the more I listen, and that there’s enough to stay entertained with in the free version. With a bit more perfecting, Audible might find itself facing the boot in favor of this nifty little app. For now, Audible is safe from the chopping block..ManxiepooVersion: 2.18.5

I love speechifyGonna be honest. I have only ever listened to fanfiction read to me off ao3. The amount of fanfiction I have listened to in the past two years with this app is staggering and probably not healthy. But I work a job where I have to wear a head set to protect my hearing and listening to music gets boring after listening to the same stuff for so long. So, yes, sometimes the AI lady pronounces something silly or wrong and sometimes formatting an author will do on a piece can screw with the AI but honestly nothing has bothered me enough to stop using it and I don’t exactly have a lot of patience with stuff that doesn’t work. If you have a link to a pdf of literally anything it’ll read it to you and you can even turn your phone off while it does. The ONLY and I mean ONLY issue I have with speechify is it drains your battery TERRIBLY. When I originally started using this app I had an older iPhone 12 and whewww it just did not last I had my phone constantly on charge. I have a new iPhone 15 now and though it still does drain the battery it’s not as quick but my phone still ends up on the charger before I leave work. Not to end this on a bad note, I recommend speechify to anyone I know who talks about how they don’t have time to read or has trouble with sitting and reading something. It’s genuinely exactly what I was looking for in a read-it-to-me app! I highly recommend!!.FunfaxwithkaitVersion: 3.3.2

AwesomeI too have dyslexia. And I hated school for this reason. I couldn’t read stuff like my friends. I was always behind. I took so long to do homework because of it I couldn’t go out and play with my friends. I hated it. I cried and fought with my mom a lot. They put me in a special reading class to try to teach me how to turn the letters and words around. I even reverse numbers sometimes. When I was in first grade I had a teacher who would yell at me for not being able to read instead of trying to help me. So my parents held me back and put me in a different school. Where the teacher had seen it before and knew the signs for dyslexia. And I was tested and found out that’s what it was. I appreciate so much you creating this app. I do wish it didn’t cost so much. I understand you have to pay for the development and to keep it up to date. But that is a lot. I did teach myself to read and I do read books. But it does take me a lot longer than everyone else because of the dyslexia. But I do it anyway and even enjoy reading now. When I was a kid you would never see me read. But again thanks for creating an app that helps with that. I just wish the cost was lower I can’t afford that much a year at one time. Or if you had smaller monthly costs too that would be better for someone like me. Thanks again. I will use the free version for now. 👍🏻.B clark IPhone 6Version: 2.10.0

WOW!So helpful with ADHD. It tells you how many minutes it’ll take to read, taking away SO much of the intimidation I get from having to read anything. Pause at any time. It highlights the full sentence it’s on and follows along word-by-word “double highlighted.” It allows for dark mode. Love that for my light sensitivity! Tap the word you want it to start reading at if you’re skipping around. It’ll do exactly what you ask it to do. I wasn’t expecting it to be so good. I scanned two pages of my textbook. It even got the fine print and didn’t skip around to different paragraphs in a dumb way—even though the margins and pictures are designed in an awful way even for a human to read (thanks, dear engineers too cheap or stupid to hire real graphic designers with typography skills). It even read “g/mm^3” as “grams per cubic millimeter,” not “g slash m m carrot 3.” To top it off, the voice isn’t entirely annoying. The best automated voice imo, and believe me I’ve tried a ton. Maybe you can change the voice, but idk bc I just started playing with the app. Now I’m writing this review when I should be reading my textbook. Anyway, go ahead and download this app if you’re even on this page considering it—which ofc you are if you’re reading this rn. Good day. Edit—a few minutes later 🙃: Yes, you can change the voice. There are MANY to choose from! Excited to try them..SleekbeansVersion: 2.18.5

No LIEThat’s the absolute truth I’ve had severe ADHD and as you get older… i’m a 55 year-old still teaching part-time teacher… And it’s very hard for me to read because I’m 25 steps ahead now I’m naturally 100% auditory/visual learner… I’ve been an artist since I was four years old prodigy… And I’m not bragging, but Dev this program you can process and I write now to professionally… Can you believe that I barely graduated high school because my reading comprehension was terrible… Actually, my high school as well as many other Towson like Raven high school very myopic in the administration in the upper levels extremely poor… Baltimore at that time had one of the worst reading scores, but as Einstein says books are a mass production to scheme…. He was terrible at math, but love physics and you think I’m to see three dimensions just like my Angelo… And many other great people who have studied in the 3D world…. of the mindset that all of us have the ability to leave our monkey mind sets behind completely once we hit about 20% of our brain usage. It’s like magic… The government in the military knows this and they are keeping us in a state of war and they are trying to keep the world and this is not just the US. This is everybody…. and entrance and vines these we don’t need in sleeves just sitting behind the desk all day long….. anyway check out Stephen Greer, Dr. Stephen Greer..Davemeta2Version: 3.0.2

Worlds greatest AppI just wish I had Speechify when I was a young girl I found out I was dyslexic when I was taking eighth grade over for the second time. They knew I couldn’t comprehend they knew I could read but the problem was I wasn’t retaining it and it was extremely difficult but their practice and wanted to show that I’m not stupid even though I was in special ed classes as well I started reading more and more and more two books at the same time then I got up to three books at the same time finishing them and just expanding my mind today because I was not in school and work you’re on a computer I’ve kind of gone backwards but I’m trying again I’m back in college and 53 years of age to get a bachelors degree not in my first choice and love but it nonetheless it is still business and I look forward to this the only problem I have is the price that needs to come down so that more people can use it because I’m doing the three day trial but I will not be able to afford the price of the whole program if I can get it together I will but anyone that reads this it’s a great app and it does work and for those children that need the help it’s worth of money and it’s worth the money for me I just cannot afford it on a fixed income thank you and God bless..KKC ILVersion: 2.19.6

Never Reading An Article On My Own Again....This was my first time using the app, it can be hard for me to read because of my neuro-divergence and this app worked wonderfully for me. I tried to read an article that I was really interested in by myself three times and could not get through it. So I search text to speech apps, found this and I just finished the article. I am so thrilled to have read it and I retained the information. Now I am formulating my thoughts on the article and I figured I would come over and rate the app because it was really wonderful for me!! The narration (or text to speech) was very realistic, it was not super choppy or very “AI- ish”. It pronounced everything very well even things I thought it would mess up ... this article I just read would be a doozy for most text to speech apps and this one BREEZED right through. I LOVE the MULTIPLE playback speeds, as I could change it for an article that I want to pay closer attention too, I can slow it down even more. I also really appreciated the sentence being highlighted and the current word being double highlighted, it really helped me focus!! Cliff really put tremendous thought into this app and it shows. I think I might even pay for the premium sub to get the narrators voice ...I really liked him LOL..AsdfkcsyilvdtiveyjsVersion: 2.4.6

Awesome Creation!This is most definitely one of the most effective and productive process assisting programs ever created! It’s absolutely incredible! You can increase your ability and triple or quadruple your productivity in a matter of hours and get leaps and bounds ahead of your goals, expectations and colleagues with amazing results and accomplish your tasks in fractions of the time! It’s creators like this that make programs like this out of shear desperation and necessity that are absolutely required by so many that just need that one tiny bit of encouragement that really just doesn’t exist until it’s created like this so that they/we can become successful and surpass even our own wishes, ambitions and dreams which we thought impossible! Thank you for all your pain and suffering! All your hard work and misery! All your ambition and frustration! All your aggravation and accomplishments! All of your failures and triumphs! All your pain and dedication! You are: “ONE IN A MILLION”! This will help so many that have hidden in the dark on the sidelines for so long for fear of discovery! They will now come running out of the shadows to enlighten the world with their light and knowledge to show everyone their strength, ability and capabilities because of you and because of this! Thank you!.Mile HughesVersion: 2.18.4

Studying Efficiency DoubledFor a long time I’ve been actively looking for a better way to study. Among my strategies is a time consuming, “actually reading aloud” important notes and sometimes whole passages into a handheld voice recorder. Many times, I have to review and replay small sections. I either have to record in small bits to select small sections or rewind and scan through large whole passages guess-timating more or less what I want to review. It can become a tedious process and makes for inefficient study but with this app I simply select the section I want to replay by touching the screen, along with the playback speed and tone and accent of voice choice. At $12 a month and as an active duty military member, a part time student, and a law abiding citizen trying to keep up with world news the premium for the app was contemplated for all of 20 seconds. I didn’t want to do it but I’ve made way worst financial decisions in the past. WHY NOT! If you don’t get the app you will be making a tiny mistake in your life. Also I must mention that there are free aloud readers out there but everything needs an active internet connection. Having the freedom to carry my smartphone and headphones around without being attached to a laptop is worth its weight in gold..GmanGeniusVersion: 2.18.1

So helpful, but also disappointingI use this app all the time and have for the past year or so. It used to be so great, but it just keeps getting worse and worse. They removed the search feature so I can't look for a word in a document. They removed the editing button so I can't edit a document once I've created it. And this is extra annoying because when I paste my textbook lessons into it, it'll paste around 3/4 of the lesson and then paste the entire thing. If that doesn't make sense, basically I'll be listening to a lesson and it'll suddenly start over so I have to fast forward and find the spot I was in. And I can't edit the document to remove the 3/4 of the lesson at the beginning. So annoying. It also messes up words all the time now. I don't know how it's possible that the AI got worse, but it did. One time there was a formula and instead of reading the formula it just said, "Eeeee" in what sounded like a slowed down E.T. voice. That kind of thing happens all the time. It doesn't say something wrong, it says something incoherent. Customer support was good when I contacted them a few months back about still wanting to use the search button; they quickly changed my app to the older version. But it updated again and it's so much worse now. I miss the old Speechify..Sofie HelenVersion: 2.29.4

LIFE CHANGINGOkay I know that title is super hyperbolic, but as a filmmaker and YouTuber this app has truly made my workflow much more seamless and fun. First off I never was a good reader growing up and even as an adult. I have to read to scripts for my work and honestly I have a hard time focusing on each script, but with Speechify it helps me stay focused on the script and allows my eyes and fingers to follow along the scripts. It really feels like a table read to me and give me the mental capacity to follow along and get into the script. Now as a YouTuber Speechify has allowed me to no longer have to rely on recording my own audio and having to study lines and fumble of the sometimes lengthy scripts for my videos. And how Speechify does this is I have recorded my personal voice with the AI feature and honestly the AI voice even fools me at times listening to it read the scripts I write out. I don’t ever have to fumble over lines or feel the pressure of recording myself in front of the camera and deliver a perfect performance, but now I focus more on the edit and the creation of my videos and leave the talking parts to AI. If any of this sounds like it could help you, then I would urge you to spend the money and make your life much more productive and entertaining..MattybeavsVersion: 3.2.4

Great app.The whole Speechify suite has really matured in the last 1-2 years. I feel like it does a lot better with academic textbooks and journal articles where it previously had struggled. The fact that highlighting as it reads is also available across multiple platforms is fantastic. There’s really only one thing that impedes the overall workflow when using it for academic reading… no highlighting (or note taking) capabilities. While this may slow down the overall process, being able to highlight a sentence to go back to (even if it isn’t a full PDF editor experience) would be awesome. Right now I often have PDF Expert or Zotero open on my iPad for highlighting while the same document is on my laptop for actually reading to me. This takes away the very, very, very user friendly aspect of highlighting the sentence being read (and slightly darker highlight for individual word), which I think is where the app really shines in making speed reading more attainable for a broader audience. I hope they continue to improve and innovate (and maybe give us some highlighting function :). My only other gripe is lack of feature parity across web, iOS and desktop apps… It’s been getting better, but I wonder why “auto increase speed” isn’t available on iOS or desktop..Tripp88Version: 2.27.7

This has helped me SO much!As a dyslexic college student, drowning in the required readings and endless emails thrust upon pupils I have found myself trying anything and everything to increase my comprehension and reading speed. I simply don’t have time to reread a medical review 500 times as my brain unyieldingly demands! This app has been a savior to my grades, comprehension, confidence, and has boosted my craving for reading and knowledge! I would recommend this to anyone and everyone! Also, you can put books, yes real actual books you read for entertainment, into the app and create your own audiobooks! This app hasn’t only helped me in my college life, it has gotten me back to reading again! Love it!! The only negative thing I would say about this app is the premium version is EXPENSIVE. I tried it out to get a voice more personable and engaging but I found the cost more than I could justify. I love the premium voices (especially Harry!!) but as a broke college kid I just can’t afford it. Would you maybe consider making a free voice that is a little less monotonous? Maybe y’all could make Harry free? Yes, the latter request is a bit far reaching but it was worth a shot😅. Anyway - love the app and would recommend time and time again!!.P.GracieVersion: 2.18.4

I’m loving it!I always read really slow compared to others and I always tend to read better with someone/something reading it out loud. On this app though I can just easily take a picture of my book pages and it loads within a minute which is really fast and amazing and I just listen to it. It does mess up on some of the words which is understandable that’s why I’m glad I can just edit the text from what ever it messes up. I love how you can just add folders because I’m separating my book by chapters because that’s easier and to make it a whole lot easier I just add it in a folder with the book title as the folder name. It’s easy to add series also because I can add folders within a folder and I find that absolutely amazing. I’m glad I found this app so I can actually read better and read more of what I love! I already been suggesting this app to a lot of people and I only got it yesterday. I love this app already! I’ve been listening to my book all day while doing some work without buying things like some ebook apps even though they're some things you can buy like translation and voices which I might actually buy soon! ❤️❤️❤️Thank you so much! You’re such a life saver! I’m glad this app exists!❤️❤️❤️.Mika MaiyazuVersion: 2.3.3

Deleted filesUpdate: adding back some stars because customer service eventually got my files restored. I never write reviews, but I’m making an exception because of the absolutely awful experience I have had. When I signed up for a premium subscription I had unlimited access to AI voices and I used the app heavily for months. At some point, Speechify introduced a word limit on AI voices without notifying Premium customers. I was not happy about this but I still didn’t think it warranted a negative review. What got me here was the fact that I messaged customer service about an issue I was having with the app freezing while reading epub files. A chatbot responded telling me to uninstall and reinstall the app. I did this then signed back in and restored my Premium subscription. Bafflingly, doing this resulted in all of my files being deleted and my listening history being reset to 0 minutes and 0 words. I had listened to over 5.4M words and was in the middle of a long document. Contacting customer service resulted in another message from a chatbot telling me my history should be backed up with iCloud and the restore would happen automatically. Well I’m backing up the app with iCloud and my history isn’t restored. I also wasn’t warned that doing this could result in all of my files being deleted. $160 headache..DRBouquinVersion: 3.2.4

Works, but needs editing to work well!I often listen along while reading to provide multi sensory input to improve my reading comprehension and memory, but the long time while editing can be counterproductive at times. Most of the documents I need to read, such as academic papers and textbooks, have multiple columns, text boxes, charts, etc. per page. For this to work correctly on Speechify, I find I must go through each page to edit the columns and mark each text area. This isn’t too bad, but the editing feature can be finicky and hard to line up if you don’t have neat columns for the entire page. There is only one “template” for up to 4 columns, but this doesn’t always align well with whats on the page. Columns and text boxes are doable, but charts not so much yet (but those are usually for visual studying, anyway). Additionally, it will miss spaces frequently and so bunches several words together, causing speechify to spell out the block of text letter by letter instead of interpreting the words. For this reason I often have to edit the text while reading/listening, too, to add the spaces or correct the punctuation. I find this app helpful for my needs (I have ADHD and autism and am in grad school with tons of heavy duty reading), but it requires a bit too much extra work for the high cost of the app!.MadelinehaffVersion: 2.16.1

Helps simulate a classroomI recently got back into school and I quickly found out how much I miss normal in-class sessions. All my classes are online and while I thought all classes were zoom-calls or at least video lectures, I was wrong. Most of my lectures are typed out and between that and a book I find myself really struggling to understand it without hearing it. Now once I found Speechify and saw how many voice options there is I knew it would be perfect! As soon as I got my documents downloaded I was able to take notes while listening like a normal class lecture. It’s even better in some ways because I can actually go back and repeat parts I missed or didn’t understand quite yet. I think the only thing that would make this app even better is the ability to view Speechify in split-screen. I’m not sure how it works for different platforms but I have an I-Pad Pro. So far I have just been viewing the lecture on the Files app in split screen while I type notes in the other. I’d like to be able to interact with Speechify in split-screen instead. Thank you for making this app though! It helped me get back on track for college!.AprettyrockVersion: 2.19.9

I love it but there are issues!It pains me to give this app only 3 stars, because I love it so much. I’ve listened to 9.3 millions words (that is 698 listening hours) using speechify over the last 8 months. However, I’ve had significant issues with my premium subscription that can’t be overlooked. I got the year-long premium subscription about 8 months ago. With that subscription, I’m supposed to get 150k words of the premium HD voices every month. I love the HD voices, they sound amazing. So what’s my issue? My HD words don’t automatically renew every month. The first time I noticed it, I was able to contact customer service and they were able to manually renew my HD words. But that really shouldn’t be necessary! I shouldn’t have to contact customer service every month just to get what I paid for! I have found a non-HD voice that I like pretty well and sounds reasonably natural (I use British Female). So ultimately I’m not so bothered by this issue to stop using the app. But there’s clearly a major issue with their subscription system. Update: newest update is terrible! Now there are audio ads. I’ve gotten 4 ads in the last 10 minutes! That’s about every 2.5 minutes which is pretty much an unbearably annoying frequency of ads! Going to go listen to an audiobook instead..Huda'Version: 2.23.0

Good, not great for booksPaying subscriber here. I’ll start by saying that the technological leap in AI voices is truly astounding and I won’t overlook that in this review. The technological feat that Speechify has accomplished (at least when using the more refined voices) is close to magic in how well it handles a variety of text, including historical books with odd names and pronunciations. That said, there are problems. 1) The voices are all over the place in terms of quality and “listenability.” Most of the English voices are annoying, but also sound more robotic than others. There are some gems though. Benjamin is my favorite and is clearly just better than most others at tone and pronunciation. I wish there were more useable voices that I actually want to listen to for a whole book. 2) Whole books are difficult to navigate. Good luck to you if need to get to a specific place to resume reading. You have to drag a slider through the whole thing, pausing and wondering “did I read this part already?” Lacking are even a basic table of contents pulled from chapters and headers and there are no bookmarks. I’m assuming that Speechify is optimizing more toward short form content, but you really gotta nail the basics in my opinion..ZombieZebra2Version: 3.0.4

Minor DyslexicI love this! I have always thought I have been a bit dyslexic... I can read but I read slower and mess up some words sometimes. I told my parents that I think I have a small case of dyslexia but they always said no. They always said you just need to practice reading more. They were right. Kind of! If I work really hard at it and am in a quiet place with no distractions, I can read a book. I’m not fast. I’m not sure I comprehend everything I should but I can read. I never liked reading until I got into high school. That is when I finished my first chapter book with out anyone reading to me. My dad would always read to me for my “lit circles” or text book assignments. I love him for that! He is one of the reasons I graduated at the top 10 of my class in high school and first two years of college! He never gave up on me and he was always there to help me no matter what I needed help with! He is my hero! Mom too! She was not very good at reading either but she did better at math. I am now attending my 3rd year of college online to become a teacher and I love to read. Speechify will just speed things up for me a bit is all! Thank you! ❤️.Joosty16Version: 2.1.8

Trying to time itAll through elementary school junior high and high school when we would take turns reading I would skip ahead and figure out which chapter I was going to have to read. I will go over it and over and over in my head of course by doing this I had no idea what everybody else had read because I was so focused on trying to be able to read and not in barest myself and burst out crying. When somebody got skipped for the teacher changed the order I would go into a complete panic and then I would’ve fake illness or the bathroom break. When teachers would just call upon students to read the whole time I would be looking down trying to be as small as I possibly could and saying over and over in my head please don’t call on me please don’t call on me I have always felt dumb I have yelled at myself why are you so stupid and then I found out I too have dyslexia and ADHD I love audiobooks I want to learn and know about everything but there’s so many books out there that are not audio thank you so much for making simplify you have changed my unknown dark reading world into a magical fantasy sincerely Melissa.ThegirlranVersion: 2.19.5

The Logic is SolidThe Logic is solid. Media is easier to digest when experiencing it through different mediums and senses that double down or reinforce the content being conveyed. In other words, listening is beneficial to understanding word. I don’t mean just hearing it ether. A word can be heard and not properly listened too, just a word can be read and not listened too, because listening is about actually retaining and being able to utilize the information conveyed. Think back to the last time you were asked to do something by a family member or loved one and ended up completely missing the mark. This is one example of hearing without listening. Interacting with that same information through both mediums enhances the average persons ability to listen. That being said I give the review four stars because I don’t exactly know what you pay for with premium. It’s not made clear until fiddling with the software some, and guessing at which features are and are not available to you. The UI could use improvement for intuitive use, but the logic is solid. Can’t wait to see how this app and idea improves..B-cubed for benjaminVersion: 2.16.3

This Is A Total Game Changer!!!🙏🙏🙏This is really good, like really really good. I’ll be able to get through a text book a week if not a day! With this app. It’s just so breath taking. When I watched the creators YouTube videos about the app it seemed too good to be true and I thought it was a scam, but low and behold it’s a freaking gold mine! A major arbitrage opportunity! This has just become my new secret weapon, straight A’s here I come..Mord107Version: 1.9.30

Not good not badThis app is on such a roll with where it’s going, but it needs a lot of work. I thought I was all set with my chrome extension but the app just seems to really lag and struggle too many times. One thing that is a major issue is that with online school there are a lot of powerpoints with information. If you open the PowerPoint online, it will not read it. Highlighting the text also does not work. This will likely be the reason I do not stick with this application as it can’t truly read everything on a web page. I have put way too much effort into trying to get it to work when it’s supposed to help save time and be efficient. I look forward to where this technology goes but for now it’s just not really that helpful..ScottieJ17Version: 2.16.3

SpeechifyI’m dyslexic and this is help me very much throughout school and just in general it is not only help me and improved my reading but I also recommended it to my family members and that is very well speak if I had also taught me words I didn’t know that honestly existed so thank you speechify for helping me😊.QzptmVersion: 2.4.8

Unreal, best experience so farThis Text-to-Speech software is worth your time. Try it free, on different platforms. I am currently using the "Narrator" (beta) voice and starting at 160 WPM speed for better retention. My school notes now have the same vibe as a BBC documentary and it's a vibe. The price for premium is steep for one year but honestly time is money and the amount of time you'll save once you train yourself to use this program efficiently outways the price. I am currently restructuring my school notes formatting so that it can be read smoothly with this app. I think that I have it figured out and the time learning to work with this program already seems worth it. Check it out..Brayden ChuraVersion: 2.16.0

My world changed todayI cannot begin to write the depth that Cliff’s story and mission reverberates with my notion of what a meaningful piece of software both in intent and execution can do. I will edit this further with specifics. Pankaj Chand, MD.ER PhysicianVersion: 1.9.31

Just got it and love it already!!I don't know why this app isn't first in the search results.. It does exactly what I was hoping for! I rarely leave reviews, let alone leave one within minutes of getting an app, but this is a special case. Thank you so much Cliff, you the real MVP!!.Iona81Version: 1.9.28

This app is basically (indirectly) giving me a job.I’m a college student and I need to read a lot of things for research and other assignments. Without this app I wouldn’t be able to finish any of my assignments, there are other apps similar to this one but this one is DEFINITELY the best one! I would not be passing school if it weren’t for this app. It’s also a handy tool for getting through long boring emails or readings. If anyone is wondering if they should get this app the answer is yes!.ShnangVersion: 1.9.26

Omg thank you Cliff this awesomeOmg thank you Cliff this is awesome. Make reading easy and fun . Really appreciate this app, and it free too. I use it to read my text book. Thank you.ZnsunmertVersion: 1.9.22

Best App I have downloadedThis app has been so useful to me. I use it to read books to me for school that I can't keep up with or the ones that just put me to sleep! This is literally life changing for me! Thank you and I would recommend downloading..BindeesVersion: 1.9.6

So happy with itIt could convert from pictures . I am so satisfied with it. Thank you sooooooo much.Parisa RafiVersion: 1.8.14

WowI have a disability that messes with my reading. The support staff were so helpful and generous I just want to give a big shout out to this company 💕. I can finally read my books again that I love so much. Thank you 🙏.Miss Charlotte SwansonVersion: 4.0.3

Je découvreParfait pour l’instant, je découvre cet outil..Quebec ÀVersion: 4.0.2

So helpful to retain so much info !I love this system! I have a upcoming test for my CHA with the American Hotel and lodging association. Unfortunately the study guide for this is all PDF documents, over 1000 pages. I was able to easily load each study guide and read along. With ADHD This helps tremendously to help retain all the information needed for the test. I had a couple issues , however Ian with tech support was super helpful. Only down sides I had was my documents have columns with paragraphs and some would be merged together when read. This did not happen often . I did send a message to the enhancement team and they are already looking on ways to solve this! Also a monthly subscription would be very beneficial instead of yearly it is quite costly but way better than any other app I have tried!.AshleykierVersion: 2.29.0

AMAZING!I absolutely love speechify It helped me so much as a student and i still use it to this very day.Kings3013Version: 4.0.2

Love this App!Great app! Very easy to use!.RtibbVersion: 4.0.2

Improved my readingIt improved my reading & listening score in school and now I’m getting straight As!😝.MangoACESVersion: 4.0.1

Follow up to previous reviewI have skip headers, footnotes and all that stuff turned on. Still reads the friggin headers and footnotes. Very disappointing. NOT WORTH $40/month….Student293847482Version: 4.0.1

Algis KeršulisI am excited to hear, learn and grow. Your application will make me feel better about myself. It will allow me to help my children be better people and in turn increase their self esteem and confidence. Thank you..Alker_montrealVersion: 4.0.1

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Speechify – Text to Speech PDF Negative Reviews

Audio Book ListeningI want to start off saying I’ve only used this app to listen to two audio books, I have not used the other features and from what I hear it sounds like the other features work fine. But, I don’t think I can muscle through using this app for another audio book ever again, and to be fair I’m probably not the target audience of the app in the first place. -Frequent app crashes. Frequent. -When pausing an audio book and opening the app later, the app regularly jumps to another paragraph in the chapter or ahead a couple of chapters. Sometimes I’d pause it for fun and hit play right after to see how many words or sentences it decided to skip. -I found that if my iphone is in low power mode, the audio will completely stop playing after a couple minutes and I have go back into the app to hit the play button, which then almost always jumps the audio reading to another section (see issue before). -Tapping the forward or reverse buttons, in other audio book apps (I know this isn’t an “audio book app”) this allows the listener to jump ahead or behind a few seconds, not this app. Sometimes it feels like jumping to a paragraph behind or ahead. Maybe it takes you to the beginning of the sentence. Sometimes it will just jump an entire chapter of the book. Once it restarted the book entirely; that filled me with an emotion I thought I had experienced before but after this experience I realized I had never truly tapped into the full potential of this emotion..ElkeivoVersion: 2.26.3

Promising app but disastrous updates hinder performanceThis is a really promising application but unfortunately the last several updates have damaged the functionality. Early versions of the app stored files on your phone and downloading them was lighting fast and when you opened your app later to finish reading your downloaded files they were instantly there for you to read. A few updates ago the application was changed so that files you download now sync with servers in an attempt to allow you to view your files across the Chrome app (this is what the devs explained to me when I pointed out the new updates’ problem), however this syncing requirement means when you open the app it takes absolutely ages for your files to load, sometimes over an hour. I have not cancelled my premium subscription yet because I know this app can function better, because it used to prior to the damaging updates. I communicated these concerns to the developers and I’m patiently awaiting the next update to see if this issue is addressed. But since these new updates I’ve had a really hard time using the app and I’ve been searching for a replacement that doesn’t have these issues. UPDATE: I have cancelled my subscription as the app experience continues to get worse. My saved files now mostly won’t sync and are thus not accessible usually for about 15 minutes after the app loads. This server sync delay is unacceptable in a subscription product.FoolishkdjdjdjVersion: 2.17.3

Word limits!!I originally was planning to give a 5 star review. I had previously been using a horrible text to voice app that sounds like the free voice in this app, but I listen to some lengthy texts when driving, working, cleaning ect. I had adored this app. Once you find the voice that best suits you (the premium voices) it would read it very naturally other then the few miss pronunciation which you can easily catch. Here were my issues with this app though. It doesn’t charge you monthly. I initially wanted to test the app out since I had a previous one that I was still using, I DID like this app but I was horrified to see how much I was charged in one sitting after going past my trial period and had paid around $120 for a whole year. I would’ve preferred to pay month to month but what can you do… Additionally, I had recently increased my volume of reading drastically to then find there is a word limit!! I am floored. In the middle of my listening it had cut to the worst robotic voice which was one of six “free” voices. To think I paid so much for a text to speech app just to get throttled. Once I had contacted customer service their response was to give me 50k more words (mind you that had only lasted me under 2 hours of listening) and they also said they are in the works to create a premium with the option of more words/ unlimited words. So I’m gonna have to pay even MORE?? I’m not sure if it’s just me but I find this absolutely crazy.Izabella1315Version: 3.2.6

Go back to when you cared about your customers more than money:New review: I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS for a yearly plan. If it was for life, maybe it would be worth it. To not even change the rate to be faster than 1.1 without paying over a hundred bucks annually hurts my soul. I’m a student and it’s a travesty that they don’t have some type of educational discount or understanding. Rude and avaricious. Old review: I absolutely love this app. I’m very slow and ADD when I read, but reading along with the app’s voice helps so much. I feel like I can actually read long articles and understand them in a normal amount of time. It’s also great when I’m getting ready and unable to read traditionally, as it helps to give a refresher from whatever text to comprehend it better. For school, it has been great to submit my papers and find inconsistencies bc of how it sounds here compared with my own voice. I love the functionality, too. It’s so handy how you can submit text or pull straight from the internet, and the fact that it’s on the “share” menu on my phone is incredibly convenient. I accidentally purchased the free trial and then was charged the full year amount for the premium version of the app, and when I reached out to their customer service they were so understanding and gave me a refund right away. I do wish the premium wasn’t so expensive for the extra voices, but literally everything else about speechify has been more than useful thus far. Highly recommend!!.TopangaTangoVersion: 2.20.8

Misleading advertisement and glitchesCant tell if its mostly terrible marketing or horrid customer service or what but the 450,000 word limit was never disclosed in the marketing then when you mention that you can’t access to premium voices (b/c you didnt know about the limit), they mention the 450k limit as if you’re an idiot for not memorizing the entirety of the terms of service. Just put a figgin word counter on the dashboard that tells people how many words they have left, and explicitly say it in your marketing (website, videos, training, free trial, ads, etc.) BEFORE people spend well over $100 for the app. Plus it’s going to crash every couple minutes anyway so what’s the point? The app gets worse with each update which you’d have no way of knowing because all the update descriptions just say they added Gwynth Paltrow and Snoop Dogg. We already know! That was in your marketing a year ago!! Who ever is in charge of marketing, customer service, and project management needs some additional formal training. I have defended this app for a while now but every day the reviews get worse and the developer responses are increasingly passive agressive and patronizing. Please stop apologizing to people because THEY allegedly did something wrong, take some accountability, and fix the problems before adding new features. It’s getting old and bordering on predatory marketing at this point..A.D.HewittVersion: 3.2.1

I used to love this app!! Then was charged $160I was Speechify’s #1 fan!! But lately, the app has been glitching, and when I deleted & redownloaded it, I was charged $160 without warning. When I reached out to Speechify via email, they said I had to reach out to Apple. When I reached out to Apple, they said I was ineligible for a refund, potentially because Speechify had already received the funds. It looks like this has happened to other people too, and it’s a huge bummer because this app has so much potential & has been really helpful for me in the past. See below for my old ~glowing review~. *** Old Review: I’m in grad school & this app has made working through readings not just easier & faster, but has also allowed me to retain more information & understand my readings better. I usually play the readings on my phone using Speechify & then read along, which makes me feel like I have someone sitting there, reading my homework to me (which I guess, in a way, I do). As a Black person, I appreciate that Speechify has begun to include a diversity of voices to choose from (currently listening to Mr. President but fingers crossed for more) and as someone who has to read a lot of longer texts, I’m psyched about the new option to upload Kindle books. Thank you, Speechify! This app has been a game changer for me. *** Hopefully they get back on track! That was a whopper on my bank account though, so they might have me as a fan again, but maybe they’ll have you?.AytharpeVersion: 2.27.8

Waste of Money - full of issues! Don’t fall for it.My woes started for the second I downloaded this up. Frist, I signed up for the trial and was immediately charged the full years subscription price. Great. So I surmised “I guess I have to use it now.” Boy was a wrong. I have been “using it” if you can call it that. This app never works properly. It cuts off intermittently for no reason. I turned off all power saving settings, set my screen the NEVER lock and am on 1GB fiber WiFi. Optimal setting, right? Think again. I’m plagued with constant pauses and random full stops. But wait there’s more! I use this app to read my textbooks to me, which I purchased through the Kindle app. Yea it does support kindle, but with limited features. There are no options to skip in text citations, tables or graphs. This thing reads ever word on the page including the page number, which is in a line of text. Being as my texts are medical and written in APA with full in text citations, you can see how this is an issue. The words “et all” have been spoken more than “the” or “a”. Further, the cadence of voices is very odd. Random pauses to take a very fake breath, continuances that run right over periods, and sometimes just plain strange pronunciations. It’s makes listening a chore! I’m honestly shocked this app costs $130 for something that functions so poorly. Do yourself a favor and use the built in reader in your phone. It actually functions round equal to this rip off..ForeverDecemberVersion: 3.3.2

Speechify customer rep may need his own product more than me!Tried to access a 3 day trial, instead they pulled $175 from my account on a Thursday evening, told me they couldn’t initiate a refund and I had to go through Apple. Left me with $18 (still haven’t gotten a refund), my bank deactivated my card because I filed the claim as fraud. Missed several monthly payments and so now my credit will be impacted, and “Ricky” decides after 3 days to tell me that I somehow had a trial over 2 years ago and that’s why I got charged….??? The offer even has a slider button that says NOTIFY me before I am charged. That was selected and it still didn’t happen. What I remember is that 2 years ago they were using G. Paltrow’s voice and that it sounded choppy and uncomfortable. I don’t remember any free trial, just listening to a sample. I could be wrong and would have declined a subscription at the above price and looked at other options. The point is that there were no options offered. There still aren’t and they are still contacting me after I requested that they NOT. To make it worse, they aren’t contacting me to make amends for what happened, they are continuing to tell me why this is somehow my fault…..Potentially amazing product with absolutely no concept of customer relations much less customer service. Someone should tell Snoop as that is their new hook. Major disconnect, really negative experience and no feeling of concern from them. Thanks “Ricky”……🤦🏻‍♀️.Frogee1Version: 2.27.2

Not worth 1 star to meI canceled my free 3 day trial and the 2nd day. I went in the app to do so and it directed me to the website to proceed to cancel my subscription and because this happened to me 4 days ago with a different app and they refunded me because they did unrightfully charged me the year subscription. Unfortunately speechify did the same to me today and withdrew $160 as form of subscription yearly payment even after I honored the terms and conditions agreement that they would not charge me if I cancelled within the 3 days of the free trial. Witch I did and yet they couldn’t follow there own terms and conditions verification. Unprofessional and not even doing what they can to correct the problem other then saying sorry but apple support will need to assist me and sends me a link that’s I had completed before I reached out to them to inform them of what they wrongly did to me. I even did a survey following me canceling and confirming my cancellation of the free three day trial before trial is up answering the question they asked about why I was canceling and didn’t want to pay for the subscription charge after my free trial was up and I said it’s not reasonable or worth $160 for a year because the AI’s wouldn’t say the right words that where in the literature and books i chose them to read for me as well as couldn’t pernounce 40% of the words it was reading to even slurring words together. Poor quality performance in so many ways!.NessaM333Version: 2.27.2

Putting a cap on premium voices did me in.I admit that I was blown away when I first heard some of the voices Speechify had. I have been using Voice Dream since 2019 and with their move to a subscription-based price scale, wanted to see what other options I had. The voices from Speechify sound so much better than VD’s! I almost had a heart attack when I saw the yearly price. $160 for premium PER YEAR. I would have strongly considered it if it had been a one-time fee. I was strongly considering it anyway until the last day of my admittedly short trial when the audio I was listening to repeatedly kept stopping. And then I read the reviews about a monthly cap on words read by premium or HD voices. I reached out to Speechify to confirm and yes, the premium voices are capped at 150K words per month, but you can listen to their “other” voices all you want. I can listen to “other” voices for free on VD. To put it into perspective, I listened to 3 novella length books during my trial, at a total word rate of 92K. At this rate, I could listen to about 5 novellas before I’m capped out. So…4 days. 4 days of premium voices for $160 a year, in addition to audio that cuts out. Yes, it’s much easier to import books directly via the Kindle app (which also allows me to listen to KU titles) but that’s pretty much the only added functionality Speechify has. If they got rid of the word cap, I would probably subscribe. As it currently is, it’s a big nope..Wollen_KittenVersion: 3.0.6

It’s not worth this kind of moneyI truly wonder if they are charging this much for this app strictly because they think students will spend their loan money on something like this, only to have it be crappy and not be able to get their money back. I’m on day 2 of the free trial and I found that I need to sit in front of my computer and follow along with the reading because if I get up and move away from the screen whatever the app is supposed to be reading will continue on another page and the speech doesn’t continue, it goes to whatever pictures or boxes are on my textbook page that it was reading and starts reading those in basically gibberish because it tries reading the actual pictures: maps and what not. I was sitting here, waiting for the desktop app to open my history book and I got up and went to the door to look outside and the narration started. But when I got closer to the sound, I heard that it was literally just gibberish so I took a video to send to the developers. I couldn’t see where the narrator was supposedly narrating from and couldn’t find it but I heard it saying letters over and over and over again and like erroring out. This is probably happening 50% of the time I try using this program. Considering they want $140 for this, I’m canceling my free trial early in case it charges me before I expect to be charged. Good luck..Firecat72Version: 2.18.5

Flashy ads, crappy product. Pretty big rip off.UPDATE: March 2022– I can’t emphasize enough — don’t waste your money on this app. They still haven’t figured out basic things like “Mr.” or “Dr.” is not the end of a sentence. They need to spend less money on ads and actually bring their product up to speed with basic technology. It’s better than nothing— but not by much! ORIGINAL REVIEW This app seems like it was rushed to launch with the technology and features not ready for prime time. I want to like this so much. And if you’re driving and need to hear an article, it’s better than nothing. But the best voices sound extremely computer generated. And the better sounding voices (there’s one that sounds a lot like David Attenborough) just don’t work well. Pauses where there shouldn’t be pauses. Mispronunciation of extremely common words. (It calls Fauci “fau-sy…like how do you not update your software to recognize insanely common proper names?) And again, I cannot overstate how impossible it is to comprehend an article when the AI reader puts random pauses in places where there are no grammatical pauses. If you need something to read you an article in a punchcard fine. But it’s not worth the money just yet. They need to work out the technology before justifying this kind of price. Maybe use some of the money you’re paying for slick advertisements and use it to develop this product more. Because right now, you’re overselling it..DanGalloVersion: 2.19.3

Seriously?I am a student in high school trying to cram study the night before my unit exam for my medical class. I downloaded this app to help me because I have a hard time reading documents on my phone, so I needed it to be read to me. I gave this app two stars because during my “seven day free trial” the readers voice I selected and the speed at which it read was all very nice, until it told me the voice I had selected (after two minutes of reading) is now a premium voice and I have to switch to a more AI sounding voice. Which then I thought okay, kind of annoying since I did think I would have this available for seven days but whatever. So, I again go back to listening and then the highlighted words that was supposed to tell me where the reader was at kept bugging out and wasn’t correctly following the words. After all of this I was six minutes into my nine minute long document and it then told me that my words had maxed out, and I will have to buy the premium version in order to keep reading. At this point now, I’m very frustrated since I was just looking for an app to read to me and help with my assignments (like it said it was going to at the start of my “seven day free trial”). I will definitely be going back to coping and pasting my texts into google translate and listening that way. No hate, just really disappointed. :(.-adriannAVersion: 2.23.0

Taking advantage of people with disabilitiesThe idea is great and could really help someone like me with dyslexia. However, the lack of open dyslexic font, the app crashing, and the highlighted words not at all staying with the voice, it’s just sort of a unhelpful app based in a great idea. I’m a good reader for the most part and I read offer, I just wanted something that could help me work on my speed or at least decrease my fatigue. Unfortunately this app is just not there. The price is another thing which feels like it’s trying to take advantage of those with a reading disability. Like I get they need to make money, but I feel that the price is insulting. The founder apparently has dyslexia and instead of helping us he is trying to profit from us. As a teacher, I really wanted a great way to help my students with improving their reading, but I could not with good conscious suggest an app that will charge them $140 every year! There are far too many people who price gouge people with disabilities and it’s the same for people with learning disabilities. It’s awful and it makes me sad that this is considered acceptable. The makers of this app should be ashamed for taking advantage of people who are just trying to find a way to make life easier for themselves and others. Subscriptions are not a ethical way to charge customers, and they know it. It’s just about money to them and people with a disability are easy targets..JillyT13Version: 2.20.1

From excellent to non-functionalFor graduate school reading for the past 2 years, I’ve used this app intermittently while also using Apple’s native reader for reading textbook and journal articles. I was originally satisfied with the app but noticed that this app has progressively gotten worse with its new changes, not better. You would hope for improvement not regression. First they added too many voices and half the time it wouldn’t load the voice I selected and would switch to different voice mid-read. That was at least functional. After returning from summer break, I discovered that Speechify has become non-functional for academic work. It will automatically import the PDF but it can’t handle the reading. It jumps all over the place. I tried with 2 different documents. Although their prior system was time consuming, I did not mind completely processing the documents or complex textbooks myself if it ensured the reading order was correct and unnecessary text was removed from being read. It’s clear that they did not do appropriate level of user testing before releasing a system to “automatically” read that cannot handle all types of text. Minimally, they should have a kept a a manual import option to override these problems. If you are a college student, do not get Speechify look into other applications or Apple’s text to speech works relatively well for many things..Jane PlainerVersion: 2.27.0

A Solid Text-to-Speech App But Terrible PricingI appreciate the functionality of the app; however, I find the pricing structure insane given the imperfections in some voices (they’re not terrible just not perfect and pronounces some words wrong). While I value the quality of two particular voices, the overall variety doesn’t align with the cost. I’m not paying crazy amounts for a text to speech app where I’ll only use two or three out of all the voices they have. Me saying two is me trying to be nice and not be negative. But honestly I could use only one voice and be satisfied. Paying that much for this app is counterintuitive. A more reasonable pricing model would encourage me to commit to the app. I recommend incorporating a feature that allows users to individually purchase the voices they prefer. Subscribing to the entire app, especially when one’s usage is confined to only a couple of voices, appears less logical. Introducing a selective payment option for specific voices would offer users a more flexible and cost-effective choice. Currently, I literally keep finessing the app and repeatedly using the free trial. I’ve been doing this for a long time now. It’s wrong. I don’t want to do that, that’s why I’m writing this. I think you guys do donations for dyslexia so I would much rather pay but until a reasonable pricing model I’ll have to continue that..KIDSHREDVersion: 2.28.1

No hate for the creator but...The text recognition needs a lot of work, I imported a book of which all of the pages are formatted into 2 columns, the app registers each new line as a new sentence, and for words that continue on the following line, the app registers those as two separate words. When there's actually a new sentence the app would often fail to register that a new sentence has started, but instead continues to read the passage at a constant pace from before the new sentence has started, making comprehension difficult. If you plan on listening to this app while you're doing other activities, you can forget about that, you'll have to be reading your text while you're listening to understand. This isn't an issue with me not paying for the premium service, this is an error at the very fundamental level of the software. The app provides voice options such as Arnold Schwarzenegger & Gwyneth Paltrow, which are some fun features, but they're offset by the subpar text recognition. The app also mispronounces simples words like "creativity" as creativi-tie. The skip forward/backwards button doesn't work properly. The app does not provide the option to import book from the files app, instead the document must be uploaded into a cloud storage platform to be accessed from the app. This app needs a lot of work, do not pay for this unless you don't mind being ripped off..RsnblVersion: 2.11.1

I used to love speechify..I’ve had this app in the past, I loved how I could just scan pages, as someone with ADHD I find it miserable to read long chapters and liked I could listen to my textbooks as I did other things. However it’s changed since I re-downloaded it. If you’re using the free version it interrupts SO many times to advertise the paid version, I understand the need to advertise but it’s so pervasive that I can hardly justify the time it saves me because it is so distracting. It made me want to find a new app more than pay for the Speechify subscription. Now however the app won’t download files I add, it won’t process them, I thought it was because I had about 50 pictures worth of files, however I deleted that version after 3 days of seeing if it was uploading (meanwhile having a good WiFi connection over multiple networks) and it was still at 0%. I retried and did half as many files and it did the same thing, then I tried just one and it still isn’t working. Despite maybe some technical difficulties on the app’s end, after all of that I really lost a lot of time and faith in this app, it’s just not reliable and the “mission statement” of the developer wanting to help others save time and help those with issues reading long passages just doesn’t ring true to my recent experience using it..A happy Co-WriterVersion: 2.19.0

Buggy, distracting, waste of timeI am a nurse practitioner student and I downloaded the app and paid for a subscription to help me be more efficient with my multiple reading assignments each week. I saw that this app was supposed to help with such a thing so I tried it. Unfortunately, in order to help with etextbook readings you have to scan the individual pages into the app, which is incredibly time consuming especially if you are studying medicine or nursing. The time it takes to scan multiple pages of a etextbook (or a regular textbook) I could have just sat down and read it like I normally do. I wanted to give the app a try anyway, so I scanned/took screenshots of three pages of my etextbook. When the program started to read it to me it switched voices AND languages (from English to Spanish) FIVE times on ONE page. How incredibly distracting! Not to mention that the website is buggy as well. I couldn’t get the payment dashboard to load to cancel my subscription. Thankfully, I used PayPal to subscribe and was able to cancel through them. I didn’t need the free trial to decide if the app was right for me. I downloaded the app, signed up for the trial, gave it a try, then quickly canceled my subscription and deleted the app, all within one hour. That’s an hour I could have spent actually reading the material or helping a patient. Save yourself the time and frustration. Skip this app..NickyAnaisRossoSVersion: 2.18.3

Working worse & worse since purchasingI purchased this the first week of January 2023 to support my graduate school reading. The learn best with a combination of listening and following along in the book and am also a slow, easily distracted reader. I utilised the 3 day free trial (short) to assure that the app worked effectively with journal articles and textbook photo uploads. It worked well! Not perfect but it really was saving me a lot of time and i was learning to count on Speechify each week. About twi weeks ago the app stopped reading my articles and allowing me to batch upload pages (this was a trouble shooting solution a tech gave me), the app became slow and had to buffer after just a sentence or two, frustrating and irritating, it stopped properly reading sentences from uploaded text reading simple words like “the” as “T” and making listening impossible. I have reached out to the techs with out response or response with blanket responses like “please re download the app” I am frustrated because i got to enjoy the app and experience it working well. I have used it on the computer, iphone and ipad and all versions now are inferior to my experience prior to two weeks ago. I paid for a year membership and now am strongly considering disputing this because the app is proving to be useless and an actual waste of my time now..Hazel rainVersion: 2.24.2

Shoves “try premium for free” down your throatI’m trying to use this app to help my reading speed and be able to multi task but every few minutes I listen to the audio it suddenly stops and puts up an ad advertising “try premium for free” speechify premium subscription plan. This happens consistently as I’m trying to listen to the audio and I have to manually close the ad in order to resume the reading. I should not have to deal with my audio CONSTANTLY STOPPING just to have this app slap me in the face with “TRY PREMIUM FOR FREE, TRY PREMIUM FOR FREE, TRY PREMIUM FOR FREE, TRY PREMIUM FOR FREE!!!!!” Over and over and over and over again. It severely increases the time it takes me to get through a reading because I have to keep resuming the audio every time. For an app that preaches to help “save time reading” it does a horrible job when it constantly stops you. Having that “free premium subscription” trial shoved down my throat does not come off as a well meaning app. It feels more like someone stopping you on the street and yelling at you to give them your money. It makes using this app more of a hassle than a time saver. If any of my friends asked me about speechify and if they should try the app for free I would tell them they should look for something else as this app will constantly badger them for paying for a subscription. Horrible app. STOP HAVING THE PREMIUM TRIAL AD STOP THE AUDIO. It’s beyond annoying.Didix 101Version: 2.19.0

Glitchy product, bait and switch trial periodI am really disappointed in my experience with this app. When I did the three day trial initially, I was very impressed with this service. But conveniently, the second my payment went through for the actual premium membership, the app started having all these glitches. The first limitation I noticed was that it stops reading Kindle books randomly. I thought, OK, fine, I mostly just use it to listen to PDFs anyway. But then it started having issues while reading PDFs. It skips numbers entirely. Scary, demonic voices start playing out of nowhere. The voices randomly elongate vowels or pause in the middle of sentences. And now the speech abruptly drops at the ends of sentences, leading to a very choppy, robotic listening experience that is the opposite of what I paid for. As a consumer, especially in America, we’re regularly charged exorbitant amounts of money for subpar goods and services. Companies use these exact bait and switch tactics where they give you the optimized version of their product upfront. But once they get your money, you’re served up a nice cold dish of reality. I wouldn’t be so upset except this app is so expensive and this is not what I paid for. Save your money. Or at the very least, don’t be fooled by the quality performance of the trial period. It won’t last..MJthewriterVersion: 3.0.5

Over pricedI give this app a try to read me Microsoft word documents and possibly to replace my web page reader. First I tried using connect to desktop method to transfer docx files to app. Every time I tried to open one the app crashed. Then I transferred using the OneDrive method. The file opens put possibly 1 word in 10 was missing a letter that was present in original doc changing how word was read. Needless to say I didn’t listen to the gibberish for long. Then I tried it for a fan fiction book on a web site. This was complicated because app does not have any web browsing ability. 1st I had to bring it up in Safari then share it with app. The app actually did a better job reading it then my current were page reader app. But then I reached the end of the short chapter and could not just click on the button for the next page. To read next page requires you to go back to Safari go to next page then share again go to app find new shared doc and open. I mainly use my web page reader while driving for my truck driving job. The complexity involved in just getting to the next page. Would prove to be an unsafe distraction if I was driving while trying to use this app to read web pages. So with the trouble I had trying to get this app to properly load Word docs and the complexity involved in reading web pages I can not recommend this app especially with its high subscription price..HuntjdVersion: 2.1.9

Fraudulent. Don’t let this company have your dataWill attempt to recharge your card (with zero communication) despite your subscription being set to “do not renew” after the year is up. Shady company that is committing fraud, on an already extreme expensive product. Support is very bad, and contacting them makes clear their backend systems & operations are a mess. Your data and financial info is not safe in their databases Definitely do not let a company like this have data on every single thing you read and access to your browser history. EDIT: interesting Speechify’s “leadership” response seems to be blaming Apple and washing its hands of re-charging people’s credit cards without authorization despite documentation of do-not-renew. To be more explicit—Speechify has been sending me emails about re-charging my card hundreds of dollars without authorization after the conclusion of a 1-year subscription, and complaining the charges are declined. When I reached out to customer support saying renewal is turned-off, and to please delete my data/info, they responded with *five* emails, including asking me for my credit card info/trying to pitch me Speechify. They ignored my request to delete my account and data (violating state law) and then blamed me for a 3-day trial? Do they think I re-signed up for 3day trial following a 1year subscription? That’s not even a possible flow..Rome4112Version: 2.24.3

Could be great, but wasn’t able to fulfill its purpose for meIt sounds like a really great idea. I went through the trouble of getting a textbook through the kindle app so I could listen to it on my commutes to work and school. If you didn’t know, textbooks are pricey, even e-books, so that was already a commitment. Unfortunately, when I tried to listen to it, it told me that the licensure limit had been exceeded and that I needed to buy another copy or delete it from a device. The problem is I had deleted it from every device and it still wasn’t able to download it in the speechify app. This app does claim to connect to the kindle app, so there shouldn’t be this issue. I actually tried to download and undownload on different devices and it let me immediately download on those devices through the kindle app. However, when I tried to download on the same device through speechify it wasn’t having it. I did test novels on on speechify through kindle and it worked, but that’s not what I got this app for. If I wanted to listen to a novel, I would have used audible. I wanted to listen to a textbook with no other audio version. That was the entire reason I got this app and subscribed to the premium version. I can see how it could be useful, but they should fix these problems. I wasn’t able to use it for the purpose that I got it..MEGANBABY<3Version: 2.27.7

I prefer CaptiIf you found this too expensive consider Capti..800lzVersion: 2.2.7

3 day trial then - boomYou get a 3 day trial then, it’s $184.99/year. Who is going to pay that?.Ch@rl¥Version: 2.2.2

Money grapTrial period is a joke! Reads 200 words and stopped. For the money they asked, need to see more of the software..WwwentVersion: 2.2.2

15 something a monthNot worth downloading. Monthly subscription or almost 200$ a year or 15$ a month instead of purchasing the app. Ridiculous! I do not purchase subscriptions I buy apps I like. I could buy a program for the computer that would be a lot cheaper & upload it to my google drive & use it on my phone. Rip off!.Just my opionVersion: 2.1.2

Well..So I get that things cost money to develop. It takes more time and effort than many people understand. But charging 189$ for a app a year is ridiculous. Not having a option for Month to month is just as silly. I feel if this app charges less people would be more inclined to purchase this app and just by mass this app would generate more money. I would have purchased it if it was 50$ a year and I bet many other people would do the same. But I won’t pay near 200 for this. So sale lost and I bet many other people would be in the same boat..Coolish11101Version: 2.1.2

DisappointingI tried the free version of this app based on all the positive reviews, but was incredibly underwhelmed. I tried to import from the "Books" app by sharing the file as instructions suggest to no avail, and eventually resorted to copy/pasting individual pages until suddenly it told me I'd reached my 200wd limit for the day??? They definitely just want you to buy the full version and it's not intended as a truly accessible resource. I'll keep searching..BrydhsonVersion: 2.1.5

Awful AppI tried using this app, I was so excited about it, but it came out as gobble gook, couldn’t understand anything it was reading to me 🤬.TracieileenVersion: 2.1.9

Clickbait freemium garbageThe app would be great and encouraging for struggling readers if Speechify was transparent about their freemium model from the beginning of the app’s experience. I scanned an entire book and a few paragraphs into reading it at 1.6x speed, it slowed to a snails pace and went to some robotic voice. What a crock. Really takes the wind out of your sails to find that it’s 180$ a year when this is supposed to be a tool to help struggling readers. What a shame. This app has the potential to change lives through the way you read but has essentially made itself inaccessible, or at least completely useless, to a large portion of the population who might use it. Shameful..TcaspersenVersion: 2.17.1

You are too greedy.You are too greedy for an app that is way overpriced and by the way your customer service is pretty bad..Invisible WatersVersion: 1.9.36

Not worth the priceThe concept of this application is great if only it worked properly. So many bugs. Commonly the screen going white and all the words disappearing while it continues to read or goes blank while editing and all your edits get lost. The phone app and destop app dont seem to crossover unless you delete your app from your phone and re-download it. It is a process though since they make you go through the entire welcome tutorial before giving you a chance to sign in. I think this app might work better for pleasure use or soley reading directly from the internet (however finding online university sites with modules are not compatible). Customer service has been fine, not much for the servicers can do with a buggy app! I would not reccomend this app if you are planning on scanning textbooks in and using for school as more frustration than its worth. Continuing to use only because I already paid the $200. *working on 2021 macbook air and iphone11, all software up to date..Rlgr12Version: 2.20.6

Not greatI got this app from positive reviews on social media. Looked great it’s free but the voice is hard to understand and gets all the words wrong it’s so much faster to read without the app in my head. Don’t recommend..Nicky89$7Version: 2.5.0

Price is crazy200$US for a year, this is madness. And it is supposed to be inclusive ? Lol..FloramvgVersion: 3.3.1

Disappointed and Misled by Speechify Premium SubscriptionI regret subscribing to Speechify Premium. The app seemed promising, but I quickly discovered that the subscription plan is extremely misleading. Nowhere in the subscription details do they mention the 150,000 words per month limit. For an app marketed towards avid readers, this cap is laughably low—it barely covers a single book! What’s worse is the lack of transparency. I expected unlimited access given the hefty subscription fee, only to find out about this limitation after paying. This feels like a blatant bait-and-switch tactic. To add to the frustration, customer service is unresponsive and unhelpful. I reached out multiple times to address my concerns, but all I received were generic, uninformative responses. Speechify may work for casual users, but for anyone who reads more than one book a month, it’s a rip-off. Save your money and look for a more honest, transparent service. Speechify is a major letdown, and I would not recommend it to anyone..E7YG4M3Version: 3.1.3

Scam. Horrible and Deceptive business practicesDon’t buy. Expensive and deceptive. This company does not follow Apples policies. When you “sign up” for the free trial, there’s nothing in your “my subscriptions” settings which allows you to cancel before the trial ends. If you try to cancel in the app, there’s no confirmation. So if you assume you’ve cancelled, you probably didn’t. Then you get your credit card bill of for almost a $200 US dollars…..for an APP. I contacted them and they were not willing to repeal their fraudulent charges which of course don’t show up on your bill until after the “trial period” ends. This app is a complete rip off. I will be taking further action. Complete scam..HordijjjVersion: 3.1.3

Didn't translate words properly from pics and is basically uselessDidn't translate words properly from pics and is basically useless.HughjacokVersion: 2.11.1

Unbelievably overpriced$40/month, $180/year..MatthxVersion: 2.1.5

😂 $199 for a year!😣.NEMISIS381Version: 3.3.1

Too buggy to be usable. DO NOT BUY! SCAM!!!The first epub I imported was a complete fail. For some reason the app left out the first letter in every paragraph. Useless. 

It’s super scummy to claim there is a free tier to the app then try to sell users on an over a thousand dollar lifetime licence, before the user has ever tried the software, by a startup that may not exist in another year. If it was worth the price the developers would not need to manipulate users into such purchase before trying the software. I suspect the positive reviews for tis app are fake. Apple should investigate..Matt from TorontoVersion: 2.22.3

Actually wastes timeThis app is SO GLITCHY that it actally wastes more time than reading. COMPLETE WASTE of $200!!!!.AReynoldsonVersion: 2.19.9

Lagging none stop, word limitEven after buying the highest paid account there is still a word limit, not worth a penny, none lagging and vioce glitches, worst reading app to date.Dustinlee1997Version: 2.18.6

AddsTo many premium adds if I want to stick to the free version stop interrupting my reading a or I’m gonna find another app..NoName27474Version: 2.17.1

140$? Like really??😂💸💸140$? Like really??😂💸💸 140$ for a computer voice and a glitchy app. It keeps cutting off on me. Not sure who you paid for those 5 star reviews.. maybe if you gave me 140$ a year I’d consider increasing the star rating, and since we’re talkin big numbers how about 1400$ a year? Or 14,000$?.Top 5OOVersion: 2.16.3

The worst!It’s the worst if you are taking pictures of the text!!!! It copies it out of order!!! So annoying when your trying to study..SusieqmmVersion: 2.11.1

Charged the Highest SubscriptionI wanted to try the 3 day free trial. I forgot to cancel - and right away got charged over 200 dollars. That’s insane. For a monthly or yearly subscription. And instead of having the lowest option linked - they charged me over 200 dollars. Haven’t used it since. I couldn’t even submit review before finding an unused nickname..MarsyK1224Version: 2.16.0

SpeechifyBull”tweet” I’m trying to use this app but I am getting a run around and too many prices with different free&expensive option I couldn’t try it out..Santa-CalgaryVersion: 2.1.3

Wanted to loveI wanted to love this, and the first day that I used it I did. Second day, it started reading the sentences, all jumbled up, like sometimes backwards or the words in random orders that don’t make sense. It’s not listenable. There is no update for the app so I’m not sure what happened.Luuuuuuuu22O4Version: 4.0.3

FrustratedThis was working great until tonight ! It’s reading all my school work to me all scrambled! It’s not even taking pictures of my papers properly. Not sure I would recommend but has been working great until now.HairykenballsVersion: 4.0.3

Eh….Well it looks like a really fun good app but I have a iPhone 7 and you have to have a IPHONE 11! Why is there a phone you have to have so bro 2 STAR! if you have a iPhone 11 get this app! If you don’t…..just cry go ahead.Jdowbzhd dkffndudoekeyyyyeoVersion: 4.0.3

1 starIt skips words and doesn’t pronounce some of them correctly.Trenttttt 999Version: 4.0.3

This isn’t going to work out between us.Let’s face it. What you offer is no longer unique or much better than a lot of new players entering the field. AI is exploding and users have many options to choose from. The only real problems is figuring out how to sort through the options. The biggest costs involved include web storage and traffic. When you compare your prices to other similar providers, your pricing is now much more than your offering is worth. You guys hit the market near the first, and it’s been expensive to produce what you have, so I understand the unwillingness to change any part of your business model. The thing is, keeping it as you have it will not benefit you or contribute to your sustainability. People are simply looking elsewhere..Rbloch66Version: 4.0.3

Pay wall blockedThe app claims to help people with learning disabilities but 100%of the free voices are impossible to follow and are worse for learning. Some things I understand having to pay for but having at least one legible voice would make this app worth while.Omg12EthanVersion: 4.0.1

SubscriptionPrices are very high. $200 a year is seriously gouging customers. I have found an alternative for free! Don’t be so damn greedy!!.Wikki01Version: 4.0.1

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