Paper books
The book on your shelf
A paper book with no audiobook: photograph its pages one after another and listen to it like one.
Photo to speech. Photograph a page, hear it read.
Photograph pages one after another, or pick photos from your gallery. Each photo becomes a page of the book: the text is recognised, translated if you want it, and read aloud in a natural voice while each phrase is highlighted.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Quick answer
In Outloud Reader, start a new book and choose Camera to photograph a page, or Gallery to pick a photo you already took. The text is recognised and 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.
How to read text
from a photo aloud.
From the page in your hand to the voice in your ears, in four steps.
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Choose Camera or Gallery
Start a new book in the app. Choose Camera to photograph pages now, or Gallery to pick photos you already took.
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Photograph page after page
The app finds the page in each photo and crops it; adjust the frame or use the photo as it is. Each photo becomes one page, and up to 50 pages go into one book.
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Choose the language to hear
Choose the page’s own language to hear it as printed, or another one to have it translated first. Then choose the voice.
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Tap Create and listen
The text is recognised and read aloud in a natural voice. Press play, and the phrase being spoken is highlighted as you listen.
Tips for a good photo. Flat, well lit, all in the frame.
A clear photo reads best. A few things help most:
- Lay the book or the sheet flat, so the lines are straight.
- Find good light, without your own shadow or the book’s across the text.
- Keep the whole page inside the frame, and let the camera settle before you take it.
- Photograph one page at a time; a two-page spread of small print may not fit on one page.
- Page won’t read? Paste the text yourself instead.
Picture to speech,
for the pages around you.
Whatever is printed on paper, photograph it and listen.
Textbooks
Textbook pages and handouts
Photograph the pages for the next class, or pick the photos of a handout you took in the lecture, and revise by ear.
Letters
Letters and forms
Hear a letter or a form read aloud while each phrase lights up, so it’s easy to keep your place.
Menus
A menu in another language
Photograph it and choose your own language: it’s translated in natural sentences, then read aloud.
Your next page, read aloud.
Outloud Reader for iOS and Android. Your first 5 pages are free.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Questions about photos.
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.
Does it translate the text in the photo?
Only if you want it to. Choose the page’s own language and it’s read as printed; choose another one and it’s translated first.
“No text found on this page”
Usually the page is at an angle, in its own shadow, or the phone focused on the edge of the book rather than the text. Lay the book flat, let the camera settle and keep the whole text inside the frame — or paste the text yourself.
What happens to my photos?
To recognise, translate and read your pages, the app sends the photos and text you add to our server, where AI and speech services process them. Photos are deleted after processing, and your data is never sold or used for ads. The details are in the privacy policy.