Native · iPhone & iPad
Your books, read aloud — entirely offline
Import a book as text, EPUB, PDF or a web page and OpenRead reads it to you — in 31 languages, from English, Spanish and Japanese to Arabic, Hindi and Vietnamese. Speech is generated on your iPhone: no account, no sign-in, and no internet once a voice pack is installed.
Free · iPhone & iPad · iOS 16+
The multilingual voice pack reads English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Vietnamese and 20 more. OpenRead recognises each book’s language and reads it in that language — and for other languages it can use the voices already on your iPhone.
Play a sample of each voice in your language, then download only the pack you want.
The voice engines run on your iPhone — no server, no streaming, no account. Each voice pack is a one-time download you start yourself.
Plain text, EPUB, PDF with reflow, saved web pages, or text you simply paste in.
The sentence being spoken is highlighted as you read. Tap any line to jump the voice there.
Lock-screen and headphone controls that step back or ahead one sentence, chapter skip, speed from 0.5× to 3×, and a sleep timer by minutes or end of chapter.
Hide ads, translator signatures and lines repeated across chapters.
Groups, bookmarks with notes, and your exact reading position — all saved locally on device.
Read as a continuous scroll or turn pages, with four paper tones and light or dark chrome.
Once a book and a voice pack are in, nothing else is needed. Airplane mode changes nothing.
Record about 15 seconds and OpenRead turns it into a personal reading voice — then listen to your books in your own voice. Your voice works with the Vietnamese PRO and Multilingual PRO readers, and you can keep up to five voices.
Read a short passage aloud somewhere quiet. OpenRead checks the length, loudness, distortion and background noise before making the voice.
The voice is created on the device. The recording is never uploaded, and it is deleted as soon as the voice is made.
Record only yourself, or someone who has agreed to it. Read in the language you listen to most — that is where the voice sounds most natural.
Your voice is part of OpenRead PRO.
Import a file, open a web page in the built-in browser, or paste text straight in.
Hear samples, download the voice pack for your language, then choose a voice and speed. Speech is generated ahead of you, so playback stays smooth.
Pocket the phone, lock the screen, set a sleep timer. Your place is remembered.
OpenRead collects nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising ID, and no server of ours in the middle. Your books, bookmarks and settings stay on your device, and recordings made for Your voice are never uploaded.
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