When you open websites on your phone to read articles or even when you open a PDF, an ebook or any other reading app, it can be really useful for those who do not see us well, for the elderly and visually impaired to be able to hear the reading aloud. written text.
Even those who are comfortable with their eyesight could find this solution very comfortable, especially if the smartphone has a screen that is too bright in the evening when the eyes are more tired.
Reading lowercase text on a cell phone screen is never a pleasant experience.
To make sure that the smartphone (Samsung, Huawei and all Android) can read what is written on the screen by voice, one of these TTS (Text To Speech) applications can be used.
The best Android apps that read text aloud use the Google text -to- speech engine, an app that is already included in the system that also speaks Italian .
You can configure the Google TTS (Text to Speech), if it does not work properly, in the phone Settings, usually finding it among the Accessibility functions.
READ ALSO: The best free and Italian Text To Speech to convert written words into spoken voice
1) Text to Speech (TTS) is a very essential and simple app that can effectively convert text to speech synthesis.
Just install the app, enter the text and tap the play button to listen to it.
With this app you can change the speed and pitch of the TTS voice.
You can save TTS audio as a WAV file so you can listen to it again whenever you want.
2) Talk FREE - Text to Voice is another text-to-speech app that can convert text to speech. many languages.
With this app you can import text or read web pages directly from the app.
The app is free and contains advertisements that can be removed by paying for the pro version.
3) Narrator's Voice is the most downloaded and popular TTS application, which
As you can see from the name itself, Narrator's Voice uses normal voice in text-to-speech conversion and you can also add various effects such as echo, reverb, compressor, chorus, and several others.
You can also choose the voice with which you must speak, female or male among which there are those such as Cortana and Steven and other amusing ones.
Narrator reads the text loaded on the app by voice and allows you to save it as an MP3 file if you want.
The app is free and contains fairly invasive advertising, which can be removed with the upgrade to Pro (but costs like $ 15).
4) T2S: text to speech is a practical and efficient application that allows you to open a text file to listen to its reading.
The app also allows you to record and export speech as an audio file.
This application has a feature called Copy to Speak, which allows you to copy text from any app or website and convert it to speech.
The best feature of this app is however the browser mode, to read the text of a moving web page by voice. Just type in the URL and tap play, start reading the text from the web page.
5) Pocket is the popular application for saving articles on the internet for later reading, which also has a reading mode.
When sharing the web page in the Pocket app, it can be listened to aloud via the built-in TTS engine.
The TTS features are available without limitations in the free version.
6) @Voice Aloud Reader allows you to read web pages and all types of text files and documents, including TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, EPUB, ebooks and many others.
You can increase or decrease the playback speed and there are no limits to the length of the text to be read.
You can pause a reading and play the audio even after a day, ideal for those who want to listen to articles or stories before going to bed.
The app also has a night mode and a sleep timer.
7) Google Voice Access is made by Google for the visually impaired who can read everything that appears on the screen.
Once installed, the app displays voice access next to each item on the phone and just ask by voice to be told what a number is.
The problem is that receiving voice commands are in English.
8) Google Translate, can be included in this list for its voice interpreter function already explained in another article.
19) To listen to the reading by voice of the websites, you can use the Google Go browser, which is very light and can replace the Google app.
READ ALSO: How to listen to audiobooks on Android and iPhone
Even those who are comfortable with their eyesight could find this solution very comfortable, especially if the smartphone has a screen that is too bright in the evening when the eyes are more tired.
Reading lowercase text on a cell phone screen is never a pleasant experience.
To make sure that the smartphone (Samsung, Huawei and all Android) can read what is written on the screen by voice, one of these TTS (Text To Speech) applications can be used.
The best Android apps that read text aloud use the Google text -to- speech engine, an app that is already included in the system that also speaks Italian .
You can configure the Google TTS (Text to Speech), if it does not work properly, in the phone Settings, usually finding it among the Accessibility functions.
READ ALSO: The best free and Italian Text To Speech to convert written words into spoken voice
1) Text to Speech (TTS) is a very essential and simple app that can effectively convert text to speech synthesis.
Just install the app, enter the text and tap the play button to listen to it.
With this app you can change the speed and pitch of the TTS voice.
You can save TTS audio as a WAV file so you can listen to it again whenever you want.
2) Talk FREE - Text to Voice is another text-to-speech app that can convert text to speech. many languages.
With this app you can import text or read web pages directly from the app.
The app is free and contains advertisements that can be removed by paying for the pro version.
3) Narrator's Voice is the most downloaded and popular TTS application, which
As you can see from the name itself, Narrator's Voice uses normal voice in text-to-speech conversion and you can also add various effects such as echo, reverb, compressor, chorus, and several others.
You can also choose the voice with which you must speak, female or male among which there are those such as Cortana and Steven and other amusing ones.
Narrator reads the text loaded on the app by voice and allows you to save it as an MP3 file if you want.
The app is free and contains fairly invasive advertising, which can be removed with the upgrade to Pro (but costs like $ 15).
4) T2S: text to speech is a practical and efficient application that allows you to open a text file to listen to its reading.
The app also allows you to record and export speech as an audio file.
This application has a feature called Copy to Speak, which allows you to copy text from any app or website and convert it to speech.
The best feature of this app is however the browser mode, to read the text of a moving web page by voice. Just type in the URL and tap play, start reading the text from the web page.
5) Pocket is the popular application for saving articles on the internet for later reading, which also has a reading mode.
When sharing the web page in the Pocket app, it can be listened to aloud via the built-in TTS engine.
The TTS features are available without limitations in the free version.
6) @Voice Aloud Reader allows you to read web pages and all types of text files and documents, including TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, OpenOffice documents, EPUB, ebooks and many others.
You can increase or decrease the playback speed and there are no limits to the length of the text to be read.
You can pause a reading and play the audio even after a day, ideal for those who want to listen to articles or stories before going to bed.
The app also has a night mode and a sleep timer.
7) Google Voice Access is made by Google for the visually impaired who can read everything that appears on the screen.
Once installed, the app displays voice access next to each item on the phone and just ask by voice to be told what a number is.
The problem is that receiving voice commands are in English.
8) Google Translate, can be included in this list for its voice interpreter function already explained in another article.
19) To listen to the reading by voice of the websites, you can use the Google Go browser, which is very light and can replace the Google app.
READ ALSO: How to listen to audiobooks on Android and iPhone
