Audiobooks
Book to audiobook
Yes. Photograph its pages one after another and they become a book read aloud in a natural voice. Up to 50 pages go into one book, so a long book becomes several.
Guides. Every way to add a page, step by step.
Seven ways to bring a text into Outloud Reader, each with a guide of its own: what to tap, what to choose and what reads best. Each ends the same way: the page read aloud in a natural voice, each phrase highlighted as it’s spoken.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Quick answer
Start a new book in Outloud Reader and choose how the text comes in: Camera or Gallery for a page, handwriting or a screenshot, PDF for a file, Text to paste it, or AI stories for a new story at your level. It’s read aloud in a natural voice, each phrase highlighted as it’s spoken. Choose another language first and it’s translated before it’s read.
Eleven guides,
for every way in.
Pick the one that fits what you have to read. Up to 50 pages go into one book.
Paper books
Photo to speech
Photograph page after page. The app finds the page in each photo and crops it; you can adjust the frame or use the photo as it is.
Gallery
Picture to speech
Pick a picture of text from your gallery, a screenshot, a slide or a saved image, and hear it read aloud, each phrase highlighted.
Letters
Read text from an image
Have the text in an image read aloud as each phrase lights up: a letter, a form, a worksheet or small print. Slow it down or repeat a line.
Camera
Text to speech from a photo
No typing or copying: photograph a page and hear it as text to speech in a natural voice, in 14 languages, translated first if you like.
Camera
English text from a photo
Learning English? Photograph a page or a sign and hear the English read aloud, each phrase highlighted. US or UK voices.
E-books
PDF to speech
Have a PDF read aloud: open it, choose which pages to listen to, and crop away headers, footers and page numbers you don’t want read out.
Articles
Text to speech
Paste an article, an email or your own notes. It’s split into pages and read aloud like any other book.
Spanish, A2
AI stories at your level
Pick a topic or tap Surprise me: an AI story is written at your level, A1 to C2, then read aloud as you follow.
Lecture notes
Handwriting to speech
Photograph handwritten notes, a letter or a recipe, and hear it read aloud, each phrase highlighted. Clear handwriting reads best.
Chats
Screenshot to speech
Pick a screenshot or a picture of text from your gallery, a chat, a post or a slide, and hear it read aloud, each phrase highlighted.
Your next page, read aloud.
Outloud Reader for iOS and Android. Your first 2 pages are free.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Questions, answered.
Something else? Write to support@outloudreader.app and a person will answer.
Can it read a photo I already took?
Yes. Choose Gallery and pick the photos; each one becomes a page of the same book, read aloud with each phrase highlighted.
Can it read a PDF aloud?
Yes. Open a PDF, choose the pages you want, and crop away headers, footers and page numbers. Up to 50 pages go into one book.
Can it read handwriting?
Yes. Photograph the page or pick a photo, and the handwriting is recognised and read aloud with each phrase highlighted. Clear writing works best; very messy writing may not be recognised.
Can it read a screenshot aloud?
Yes. Choose Gallery and pick the screenshot; the text in it is recognised and read aloud with each phrase highlighted.