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Text to Speech - App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Scam appThis app is a total scam and should be removed from the App Store..Version: 1.5.5
✓ HorribleDon't even bother!.Version: 0
✓ Minus Stars if only possibleDon't pollute your IPad with this app. Free is not free when you have to buy the voice needed to speak the text. The problem is the voice stops reading after only one line of text. No big deal, since the voice app costs just 99 cents, right. Wrong! Collecting 99 cents from a million people while providing nothing in return can be a very profitable scam. I tried several times to get help with this "problem" from the App developer and support, but NOTHING! Forget about contacting ITunes. It's impossible to get an answer about anything from anyone at ITunes thereby making ITunes the biggest scam artist on the web..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Warning in app purchase deliberately design to purchase unwanted contentAs previous reviewers have said. It's far to easy to make a in app purchase for further in my case unwanted content. I hadn't realised I'd purchased a voice for £3.99 and immediacy uninstalled the app but have just found this on my credit card. Unfortunately it's now more than 14 day so i can't get a refund..Version: 1.5.0
✓ Difficult to see controlsDownloaded the free version, thank goodness. While in text mode it's nearly impossible to see the voice controls. Annoying! Phone: iPhone 5 64GB with iOS 8.x..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Better voices, but...I like the voices. Less robotic. Don't click on the ispeech icon next to save because you will have trouble getting back to the app. A 'close' or 'x' for the window would be nice!.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Please updateThis would be perfect for me if you guys would allow it to read an unlimited amount of words. I'm dirt poor, this ipod was a gift to me, and I am a writer. My eyes are terrible and it's incredibly hard for me to get my friends to proof read my work. I cannot afford big fancy programs, and it seems no one is generous enough when it comes to the visually impaired and the mute. I'm begging you to allow unlimited words. I'm out of options and there's nothing I can do, as well as many others..Version: 1.4.2
✓ BuggyWorked fine until I purchased a celebrity voice and now it crashes each time I try and open it. Would avoid until they address this..Version: 1.3.5
✓ This app is rapidly going down hillFor god sake please sort the multi iOS voice playing out...there's no point in saving these messages if they can't be played again with copying, pasting and playing, this is a waste of time. This used to be a good app but this buggy little glitch is starting to really grate on me! On top of that the other voices other than the English female...such as English male and US male all have terrible broken, un-fluent speech, considering I've paid for them all I think it's time to rectify this too, it's just un-natural and bitty..Version: 1.3.5
✓ Will not work without an internet connection.This is a pretty good app and can be very helpful if you have a hard time speaking, although it will not work without a connection the internet. You can save phrases to be able to access them later, but there is no way to categorize and organize them..Version: 1.4.4
✓ Excellent, but limitedSuperb text-to-speech in tiny bits. Sounds great but severely-limited in size. Useless for a writer..Version: 1.3.5
✓ So much potentialI have no voice right now and therefore began using this app. I purchased the male voice as well. This app needs to have a delete button which would allow the last line translated to be erased. This will allow for a more smoother use of the app. This app from time to time also goes out and does not work. This app needs some minor tweaking to make it a 5 star. I shall wait and see if they update it..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Rip Off!I have just downloaded this app and PAID to export a record phrase which has not been saved anywhere! How does this work? Pay for something and get nothing in return? That's theft in my book! I demand a refund or the file I've paid for!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ The worstWhy did you not make the male boys free? Are yoy gender-racist?.Version: 1.5.8
✓ Awesome app, BUTI would think that BOTH the female voices AND the MALE voices would be available for english. At least make ONE of the english voices available only as male by default (i.e.- instead of UK English female voice, have UK English male voice available for free, or do that for the US English voice—it really doesn't matter much which is made available by default, but when I cannot speak (as my friend couldn't) and want to try using an app instead of writing constantly, I would prefer to have my gender available. I know that probably sounds extreme, but my friend became ill with a terrible case of the flu and his throat hurt whenever he spoke. He was afraid he might damage his vocal cords, so I came up with the app idea instead of paper and pen. But he's a he.). I do agree the voice quality is probably the highest I've heard anywhere. You're awesome for that. I would also like to comment on the fact that the US English Female voice sounds, well, provocative (in the most common modern-day use of the word—also for lack of a better… child-safe word).Version: 1.3.1
✓ Issues...First of all, the app crashes frequently on my iphone6 plus ruining iOS 10.1.1 I did the in-app purchase to save the MP3 files, but I was hoping for an option to save them in my iPhone setting for different iOS notifications. So for now, saving then to the iCloud, then later syncing then to my iPhone for use. Great potential in this app, but it needs a lot of work. Oh, and you might want to be careful using this app, it keeps popping up, wanting you to enter your iTunes password. It's actually trying to make purchases ... just be careful..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Really annoying and misleading app!I got this app but then had to pay £5.99 or the rest of the voices, which aren't very good anyway and since then I have stuck with the free voice. Then when it came to export and actually use my audio it came up with a thing saying I then have to pay £3.99 for a single export! This is a rip of!!! I want my money back!!!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Sneaky subscriptionJust downloaded the app and accidentally agreed to their ridiculous subscription of $9.99 A WEEK! Now if maybe a decent price ( say $9.99 a month) then it would be no problem, but a week? Bye. If anyone else has made this mistake ( and im sure many have since it’s so sneaky and sudden) to cancel the subscription you go to your email linked to your apple store account and find their email, then scroll to the bottom to ( review your subscription) and click it. After hat their should be an option to “unsubscribe”. You’re welcome. These devs should be a shamed of themselves, they don’t even have a website and as far as i can see, they don’t even bother to help people in this situation. This should be removed from the app store!.Version: 1.5.8
✓ Rip offThe minute you pay money for voices it stops working ! Massive rip off.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Too many words?!While looking for an automated voice to read my notes for a national chemistry contest I stumbled upon this app, and I am sorry I did. It takes quite a while for it to finally begin playing the speech and, if the app weren't overpriced (with them only giving you three voices to begin, and none of them very advanced) then I am a chicken. If matters weren't bad enough, a five-bullet list was too much for the system to carry, prompting it to confusingly load for thirty minutes and then not play anything, with no warning beforehand. Do yourself a favor and ignore all of the five star reviews -- they're probably paid for and not real..Version: 1.3.1
✓ IspeechThis app is ok, however although it may seem free, you have to buy the worldwide mens and women's voices, so in a way tricks you into spending pointless money. The pronunciation is good however not great..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Icantfigureouthowtopoop&usethisappThis app is crap. Which coincidentally is exactly what I need at the moment in the world outside my iPhone. This app made my pooper problems worse because instead of focusing on my breathing & abdominal movement patterns, I was trying to figure out how to use this app for free (which is as impossible as making a bowel movement any time soon), which has directly & indirectly extended my time on the stool considerably as I had no choice but to write this (my first ever) review immediately. This app made my iPhone stink. ...literaly..Version: 0
✓ Amazing TTS for visually impaired!This is my first ever app store review. I am a visually impaired iphone user. My new Iphone 3G S has been a God send allowing me for the first time to comfortably use a smart phone. The only thing missing was decent TTS, and ISpeech has definitly filled the void. The clear natural sounding voice and simple interface make it easy for me to listen to web articles, RSS new content and email. The FREE voice is quite impressive, but the premium voices are incredible. There are of course things I'd like to see such as built in RSS reader that let you select content right from the application. Still this free program has acceeded my expectation. I'd recamend it to anyone with poor eyesight!.Version: 0
✓ Best speech quality on iOS, but zero features.The TTS quality is excellent, very natural quality and cadence. Almost gives iVona a run for its money. The problem is, this app has practically zero features. You cannot open up documents of any kind and have it read them. And there is a severe limit to the amount of text you can paste in. Not even a whole page of text. I thought the Pro version might allow you to load docs, but according to the reviews, it's the same as the free version, just with more included voices. Such wasted potential..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Do not buy itI did not like this app at all. The woman's voice was the same man speaking in a higher voice?? It was not clear and easy to understand. DO NOT PAY THE MONEY! Not worth it..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Worse than horribleWords cannot describe how bad this app is and how angry it has made me. It fails to even say a sentance, every time it asks you to sign which no one will ever do. Then after you type something in is says loading only for it ti crash. I have tried ten times and only once it worked saying three words I wanted it to and a bunch of promo and adds before what I wanted to to say. Do not bother downloading this..Version: 0
✓ Not smoothIt stutters at the start, and misses the first few words..Version: 1.2.1
✓ MrUnreliable. It keeps crashing on my iPhone which has latest ios..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Not freeNot free, can’t do anything without paying.Version: 1.6.0
✓ $39.99 to export?Is this a one time fee? For each export. Another poorly designed over priced TTS app on the iPad..Version: 1.5.8
✓ Text to speechCan I honestly say, I was so looking forward to downloading this app. And now that I have I'm so looking forward to deleting it! It wouldn't even work! This app stinks and I'm sorry for the other people that get this. They will be thoroughly disappointed. Think of a better app or fix this one!.Version: 1.3.3
✓ The app is BrockenThe application is broken and does not actually preform what it's meant to do. There is no button turn text into speech..Version: 1.3.3
✓ Don't bother - uselessDon't even go there, it's useless.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Insult to Special NeedsIf you need a speech app for working with special needs ... then don't waste time on this one. It is NOT free. The "use for free" button simply puts up a text input screen which quits (or crashes) when you try to launch speech when you are not connected to the internet. If you are connected it does NOT offer you speech but instead ir nvites you to register for a free trial on their web site. As far as special needs are concerned, this app or rather the way it is presented is FALSE and deceitful. I have not bothered to regisyter and try it out, I am too dissapointed already with the the way it all started ... if there was a Zero Star rating of a minus rating I'd post it. Thanks but NO THANKS. Don't waste my time !.Version: 0
✓ Price out of Skew...I didn’t even get around to trying this out because the price is way out of line with what other services charge..Version: 1.5.8
✓ I should have read the review firstI agree with 90 seconds! I should have read the review first then I would not have had to uninstall it cos I would not have downloaded it!.Version: 0
✓ Useless appDo not buy this app. Got the pro version thinking that it will be useful. It takes forever to start The voices are bad..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Impressive quality but very limited useAwesome voices sound very real. Unfortunately there is no way to save-out audio or to play it in the background. There is also a word limit so it can only read a few paragraphs at a time. Sadly the app is useless. A real shame..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Probably a scamI always know when I’m asked for approval of payments during a free trial that someone plans to scam me. $15 a week past the free trial feels incredibly steep, too. I just assume the whole thing is a scam if they want such an incredibly high subscription rate on a random mobile app. Stay away..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Rip Off !!! Not Free !!! Cannot Be Used Without Buying Voices !!!!!When they say free you think you can at least try it out but this does nothing unless you buy a voice !! I do not have a problem with buying apps as developers need cash to keep us in apps !! Apple should stop this type of con and ban these type of companies from there store !! AVOID ! AVOID ! AVOID !!!'n.Version: 1.3.2
✓ REALLY badWell I tried it because my friend at school had somthing like this but it was 59p so I thought let's try it. 1 you NEED to have wifi acces and 2 it crashes on some words, it works with hello and that's it! 3 letters. B A D.Version: 0
✓ BadThis app is bad, it cannot pronounce TH's and takes a while to load before each speak, it also crashes fairly often. Good job it's free, I would not pay for this.Version: 1.2.1
✓ RubbishFull of upsell ads, wasn't fun at all.Version: 0
✓ Love it but...I lose my voice all the time, and this app is great for that! But every time I get onto this app, it asks me the same stupid question over and over. Do you want to buy celebrity voices? Number one, no. Number two, the only people that will buy that app will be people who have nothing better to do with their lives. But anyway, get rid of the constant pop ups. Then you'll have five stars..Version: 1.4
✓ Rip-offJust downloaded the app and then proceeds to ask for a 140 DOLLAR payment!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ Even voteThis works nicely for me, however it has a character limit to how much you can play at once which is really annoying having to cut down important parts of text I listen to. Overall pretty good app though :).Version: 1.3.4
✓ ProblemMy I speech stopped working, would you mind looking into that. Before that I loved it..Version: 1.3.3
✓ Simply doesn't workIt will only read short pieces of text - it can't read an article. It repeatedly asks to charge you for things you haven't tried to buy..Version: 1.4.2
✓ No Arabic optionThe apps work better than apple text to voice. I bought the apps because it support Arabic, but the apps doesn't have the option to work in Arabic..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Does not workWhen I click speak nothing happens. I can't hear anything and there is no way I know if it's speaking or not..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Consistently quitsI bought this when sick, after purchasing voices, it's stopped working at all. Don't waste your time!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ AlrightIt’s a good app but the biggest problem is having the “clear saved” button at the top left hand corner. I always accidentally press that and then all my saved speeches are gone and the thing is when that button is pressed there’s not even a pop up that should come up saying “delete/cancel”. The second thing I don’t like is it’s very messy and unorganised or professional..Version: 1.5.5
✓ Seriously?It’s so annoying when apps make you download them to see the price. It’s also very expensive for an app you can get free elsewhere... $9.99 a week? Seriously? Lol jeeeepers. 🤦🏻♀️.Version: 1.5.8
✓ SlowTakes forever to speak after typing. to much delay after typing.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Now uselessI used this app a lot n when I first downloaded it the voices were free - today it's charged me 5.99 pounds to unlock the voices - okay if it worked as before - but now it reformats the text and reads so fast the words edge over each other rendering them unusable - I would like a refund also - avoid.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Good but crashes when exportingNeeds some work so it can send via email. It crashes when I export it to any of my media players..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Not free. Doesn't take much text.This isn't free - you must purchase a voice before you can use it. It doesn't take very much text to exceed its capacity. In which case it plays nothing. Just fails silently. Voice sounds okay when you get it going..Version: 1.3.2
✓ SCAM APP. AVOID. SEE REVIEWS RE SUBSCRIPTIONAs with another review it is too easy to accidentally purchase other voices. Especially with fingerprint recognition. Consequently have uninstalled and requested a refund. Shame because the app itself has one of the better naturally sounding voices. Edit: Months after complaining to the app developer about this I still have received no communication from them. Reduced rating to one star. Edit 2: Still no response from developer despite numerous attempts. Having looked at latest reviews this app is now actually scamming people AVOID..Version: 1.5.7
✓ Doesn’t workApp closes on itself after loading pdf.Version: 2.0.3
✓ In app purchase a rip offI don't have a voice and my husband can't understand the stupid American accent on this app. So I paid for more voices. I got more languages. I was stupid to buy!.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Robotic VoicesPlease bring back the US Female and US Male voices from last year!! They sounded super realistic and they would change/adapt to punctuation. For example, “Hello” and “Hello!” would have two different sounds like in real life. Now, they sound too robotic and not fluent at all. These two voices were the reason why I bought this app, now they are just like any other SIRI reader. Please bring back those voices and Ill sure be updating my review with 5 stars. Thank you!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ LimitedI did as previous reviewer- downloaded this app to save having to read in bed. Copied and pasted an article, then set it to work. Nice voice, pronounced words clearly - but - it would only copy a certain amount of text (not full article, which wasn't that long) and you can't stop or pause it once it's starts reading! This is silly and annoying. Deleted. Looking for better....Version: 1.4.6
✓ UselessUseless app... Don't bother not worth the time to download.Version: 1.3.2
✓ THIS APP WILL STEAL YOUR MONEYThe developers of this app are taking advantage of a loop hole in order to steal your hard earned money. When you sign up to the app you are unknowingly agreeing to sign up to a subscription for £9.99 a week!!!! Absolutely disgusting theft. I have now cancelled the subscription and deleted the app. Additionally the app is absolutely crap anyway, I wouldn’t even use it if it was free let alone £9.99 a week! DIRTY, ROTTEN THIEVES..Version: 1.5.8
✓ Just rubbish.On 1st try, it just read out a useless piece of advertising, and everytime I tried to read anything out after that it just crashed. Deleted 10 mins after downloading -- don't waste your time with this app!.Version: 0
✓ Not a good start... Or end for that matterIt starts with an advert after loading for 3 mins then it reads the words then it has another advert at the end After 3 goes messing around with it, I typed hello and it crashed when I pressed play .Version: 0
✓ Crash on ios11Worked ok 3 times on iOS 11. Asked me to login with Apple ID. After entering details the app will not load at all. Just black screen..Version: 1.5.0
✓ To easy to accidentally buyIt does why it’s supposed to but I accidentally purchased some voice when I didn’t want to buy pressing the voice once and then pressing the home button to get out and ended up paying for something I’m never going to use again.Version: 1.5.0
✓ I payed for this app two year ago and now after you have updated it I have to buy it again! Why???Scam.Version: 1.5.1
✓ Be aware of unwanted chargesThis app will prompt you to purchase additional languages every time you open the app. And if you are not careful you will end up buying language that you didn't want. I installed the app today and found that I was charged 3 dollars for Italian language. I don't know Italian and had no idea when/how I purchased it. Then I realized I probably clicked yes on one of the pop up question. This app constantly shows pop up questions. If you want to use it, pay extra attention. I deleted the app tonight and will not use it again..Version: 1.5.0
✓ Accidentally chargedI have been charged $99.99 without my consent just because my details were on my apple tv subscription. There isn’t any email anywhere! How do I get my money back. I am not even using this app😥.Version: 1.5.9
✓ F-A-I-LThis app is unbelieveable, it works on the word "Hello" so I thought 'Why are people rating it 1 star?' Now I know why, it crashes on larger sentences, if you want to hear ad after ad and 1 word spoken quickly so that you are likely to miss it, get this. If you are not sad thus intelligent, leave it and hope that one day apple will see sense as to letting the most pointless applications available for free. It's not funny or cool. It's pathetic..Version: 0
✓ 0 stars very bad appI dont recommend this app its not good it keeps turning off and cutting out and made me accidently do an in-app purchase i didnt even want. I would like my money back please. No star rating!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ UselessAdvertising tool for a text to speech website that thinks people will pay for this useless service. Deleted 10 seconds after downloading. Really not worth the bandwidth. Forced to give one star more than it deserves..Version: 0
✓ Restricted lengthI purchased chinese voice, but then I found it can't read more than around 100 words, was planning to read long articles, which is the whole idea of buying this app. Voice is very nice, but what is the use of it if it can't read me long articles?.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Stuttering moron.The text seems to be sent via the Internet to a server that converts the text to an audio file and then sends the audio file to your iPad. Paying for a voice doesn't improve performance but it does make it easier to understand what is being said. Waste of time..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Crap!!!!Unless I get this to work or get a credit for $ spent on this; I will continue to spread the word about this developer and their Apps. So far, I can only get it to read a few words; google translate does better for free. Definitely don't waste your time here. I will post update in Facebook!!!.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Spams you with in app purchasesI have never left a review before but have downloaded hundreds of apps. This is easily the most spammy app I have ever used. Every time you click a button it pops up with in app purchase to which it is so easy to accidentally purchase with finger print. I double clicked the home button to close the app and accidentally purchased a £5 in app purchase which allowed me to save a file. You can save without spending £5! Honestly such an appalling app it is designed to trip you up by popping up with in app purchases constantly..Version: 1.5.0
✓ Was working well…Until last iOS update (15.6) I used it for a few weeks no problem was working fine… and now it won’t even open. I guess it needs an serious update..Version: 2.0.3
✓ Latest release has disabled the speech function on iPadAs I have a severe speech disorder, this app has been invaluable in allowing me to continue to communicate for several months now. Unfortunately after downloading the most recent update from the App Store last night, the blue 'speak' button that usually appears in the to right hand corner has disappeared (the screen dimensions appear stretched and off-centre now); this consequently means that the app is redundant. I have removed the app and reinstalled to no avail. After clicking through to the developer's website forum it appears that I'm not alone in this problem. Please fix this as soon as possible ('a couple of weeks' as cited by your developer's response to the forum post is completely unacceptable) or inform me how I can download the previous version, as I entirely depend on using this app to communicate..Version: 1.3.3
✓ Good Voices, Bad AppReally the only thing this app has that other text-to-speech apps don't have is the iSpeech voices. Other than that, it's really nothing special at all. My biggest complaint is that you can't use the voices without an internet connection. With other high quality TTS apps (such as Voice Reader by Linguatec, or Speak It! by Future Apps, Inc.), if you purchase a voice, that voice is downloaded to your phone, and you can use it with no internet connection required. With this app, however, even if you pay for a voice, you don't technically get it. You just get to access it on iSpeech's servers. Then, as I discovered today, it can only handle a few sentences at a time. Anything more than that, and it doesn't read it. So basically, I paid to not have the voices on my phone, to only have access to them through an internet connection, and to have the app not read any text if I put more than a paragraph into the text window. Also, as I am blind, I use the VoiceOver accessibility feature on my iPhone. The app doesn't allow me to view all eight pages of available voices when using VoiceOver; I can only select from the voices on the first page. My advice to anyone looking for a good text-to-speech application: DON'T GET THIS ONE! Go with either Speak It! or Voice Reader. They've got better voices, control of voice speed, pitch and volume, and a lot more features that this app doesn't have..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Free version has very limited memoryFor Txt to Speach, the amount of words able to be processed in a single copy/paste is very limiting. ( <100?) Makes me avoid buying it; no idea if that's standard for $ version. Otherwise it seems workable..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Why do you have to pay for voices?This is so useless I recommend that Apple should take this app down from the App Store.Version: 1.4.6
✓ USELESSIt runs by connecting to a cloud on the web and takes ages to come back with speech...horrible..Version: 0
✓ Y u do dis?I wish the American man voice was enabled because I was going to write stuff and have him say it in the MLG voice you see in videos. k dat is all m8.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Crashes after buying voice packBought voice pack for it. Didn't show in application that I bought it. Later on after some time when I try to open application it just crashes back to homescreen. Tried re-installing it many times. still having issue..Version: 1.3.5
✓ CrashingWorked fine until I spent 3$ for more voices then crashes and I can't open the app. -100/5.Version: 1.4.3
✓ RubbishKeeps crashing with simple text..Version: 1.4.6
✓ CrapI would seriously rate this less than 1 star if i could. You seriously have to pay 69p for voices such UK male and have to pay for other languages. Also the app is very unatable as it has lots of bugs and crashes often..Version: 1.3.5
✓ Predictive Text covers app buttonsWhen using predictive text the keyboard covers the apps buttons making it very difficult to use..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Hopeless!Just downloaded the app and it doesn't work? I have no idea why but it seems to want to use wifi before it speakers? Anyway didn't work and the app is hopeless, I can fully understand why the poor ratings!.Version: 1.3.5
✓ Fake free trialApp works well, but the opening screen offered me a free 3 day trial, but no instructions on how to access it. I tapped on a week long subscription, thinking that the trial would engage, as the message stated you could cancel your subscription before the three days ended, but it went ahead and charged me. Bogus trial. Either a terrible bug that’s outrageously overlooked, or gross sleight of hand the app developers put in intentionally. Neither is a good look.Version: 1.5.8
✓ PointlessI wrote a speech and wanted to have it read back to me to assess what it sounded like, but clearly the app can only handle small text files, as all I got was silence. I typed in the word "test" and it said "test" back to me. Great. Which begs the question, what's the point of this app?.Version: 1.2.1
✓ CrashesGreat idea but it crashes every second try..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Predatory subscription model AVOIDWould give it zero if i could, by opening the app you agree to a 8.99 a month or thereabouts subscription, although the details of this are hidden below the scroll. Sneaky reprehensible design. Itunes need to label subscription apps clearer in app store. Apple support do tend to refund you if you complain about this, give their online chat support if you have had this problem. Anyway, the app, well, the volume of the voices was woefully low so its not fit for purpose anyway. TRASH.Version: 1.5.4
✓ Crooks! Don’t download!Clicked the free trial, they took my money right away before the free trial ended. Done download.Version: 1.6.0
✓ Waste of moneyIt was ok while it was free, I was stupid enough to buy all voices since then it freezes the voice is notchy and can't be understood... Don't waste your $$$$.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Beware - it’s an instant subscriptionWorks well but BEWARE.... before you know you have activated it and you have signed up (and been charged) for the 1st weeks subscription ($15!). This makes it VERY misleading as the App Store says free with “in app purchases”. I got caught as I am sure many others will too!.Version: 1.5.9
✓ SilenceIt just don’t work.Version: 2.0.3
✓ Updated version is much worse!I originally got this app because I liked being able to save speeches. The voices were good, didn’t sound much like a text to speech program, and I had fun making Bush and Obama argue. However, since the new update came out (“iSpeech TTS” to “Text to Speech”), I have deleted it. Not only can I not save unlimited speeches, but I lost the two voices I paid for, and can’t get them back, and now I have to pay FOURTY dollars to get them all?! If it was closer to $3 or even $5 I may do it, but $40 is way too much, and the developers are just milking money now. Not to mention, I don’t know what happened, but the voices do not sound realistic anymore. They are worse than Siri! They also want me to pay another $40 PER MONTH to be able to save unlimited speeches. Sorry, but I’m not about to pay $80 for different sounding Siri thank you very much! Would NOT recommend this app. Just use Siri..Version: 1.5.8
✓ BugsPlease fix bugs. The voice the talks is never the one I select and it crashes when I try get to the last page of voices. iPhone 5s user..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Good App but easy to spendThis app works exactly how it should and I would recommend it to others. However, the setup for purchasing new voices is too easy to accidentally spend money, there are multiple errors coming up when you cancel the request for a new voice, which, you do by pressing once. Because of the errors the first thing you do is go for the home button, if you are not watching what you are doing you'll end up spending money in the app that you did not want to..Version: 1.5.0
✓ Absolute jokeAs you soon as you open the app it immediately shows you how awful it is, poor quality and requires an in app purchase straight away. Don’t bother with it..Version: 1.5.8
✓ HmmmWish I could send audio once recorded... But it does work well.Version: 1.3.5
✓ BuggySwitched to NaturalReader, it's much better. This thing has weird bugs and is clumsy to use. I paste in some text, then I wait for 60 seconds for it to tell me it's too long. Copy and paste sometimes just stops working, and I have to restart the phone to get them to work again. Arrrg! The saved files show the whole text for each save, making selecting very slow and awkward, oh, and don't scroll too fast or the whole app crashes..Version: 1.3.5
✓ Disappointing - liars, not best, keep looking there is betterI paid for this, may be free now, don’t waste time, first time something frustrates me this much, this is junk. I hate thinking how many people think this is good when theres better. I bought the pro version and it has ads. It seems every time I open the app I get sent to App Store asking me to buy an app I don't want. I bought this thinking i would paste long text and let it read to me. I really liked the sound of the voices on this app and that is why I bought it. However the app doesn't allow long text. It's has become useless to me. Wish I could get my money back. Apple voice over has no problem reading long. I just hate the robotics voice..Version: 1.5.0
✓ Bait and switchThe app says its “free” but as soon as you download it, it immediately tries to convince you to buy it with a free trial. You can bypass that but once you do, the available options are ridiculous. Bottom line: this is not a free app. There are LOTS of other apps that have many more options in their free version. I would recommend finding and using one of those..Version: 1.5.8
✓ Very disappointedI had to pay 3.99 for the export. I need it to play in my car, so I agreed to pay- what can I export it to? Whatsapp!? what good is that? Very angry wanted to be able to listen to it through iTunes, not whatsapp or notes 😡 I want my money back..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Very SlowSuper slow, froze my whole phone and kept exiting. Not very useful unfortunately..Version: 1.3.5
✓ Need accountYou need an account for the female and male voice, the free one just keeps crashing. Would be ok if fixed. Deleted....Version: 0
✓ GarbageDoes not work - wont let me save any text or send it to someone.Version: 1.3.2
✓ A great startA great start, but it needs to speak while typing, and work without an Internet connection would be nice. More of a toy then a tool. I would like to use it with my device sideways for the large keyboard..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Rip OffThe voices on the free version sound great, but only exist to sucker you into paying for more voices, which sound terrible! What a scam!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Excellent voices, terrible functionality.Does exactly as the description says. Cut and paste text into it and it annunciates. Voices are excellent. Much better than Speak It. I downloaded both and tested thoroughly. Speak it beats iSpeech hands down in functionality. If these two companies would get together and merge their two programs we customers would have an absolute winner. Speakit has built-in speech which is great for instant, no Internet delay, whereas iSpeech accesses their server via wifi or 3G. Speak it allows you to save files in aiff format, e-mail the voice file, and a lot more. iSpeech does a lot better (near perfect) job of annunciating, but has a bothersome window that covers the text. Yes, iSpeech will save the file (and the text), but in a very weird way. I sincerely hope that Speak It implements better voice annunciation, and iSpeech implements all of the great functionality of Speak it..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Stuck on a payment screen w/o escapeI downloaded this only for it to open to a screen to get me to subscribe, and the only option available was to hit “continue” and then authorize a more than $70 annual price. It wouldn’t even allow me to swipe up to exit! Everything about it was shady. I finally was able to click on a notification to change apps, then swipe up and close this one. I couldn’t even try it before buying. I get in-app purchases, but at least let me see how the app works first..Version: 1.5.9
✓ Don't wast your moneyIt's a ripoff as soon as you pay money it glitches and doesn't say the word properly don't wast your money.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Wake up developer!If you want people to use and buy your application make it user friendly and functional. When it is as badly thought out as this you destroy your business. No value so not worth considering would like to rate no stars..Version: 0
✓ Needs moreAfter trying out 4 different text to speech apps, including my iMac's native text reading, iSpeech definitely has the most natural sounding voices. The trouble is this app needs an Internet connection like Siri does in order to do the reading. Also, the app won't let you do more than about a minute's worth of text reading an the full version only gives you more voices, not longer reading times. These restrictions make the app useless for listening to web articles or books. Quite a shame since, as I said, the voices are hands down the best I have yet heard. They have a subscription service on their website that lets non-businesses clients to convert up to 12 hours of document reading, but that is hamstrung by the fact that they restrict the voices to ones that are not appreciably better than the competitions. Hope to see better from iSpeech soon. They have great potential. They just need to unleash it..Version: 1.3.2
✓ DOES NOT WORK:( each time I press 'speak' nothing happens, I can hear when I'm typing but not any speaking from the app.Version: 1.4.6
✓ DisappointedEnglish guy sounds drunk. Yeah you can export your audio - but only 15 seconds worth. You only realise this AFTER making the in app purchase to allow exporting..Version: 1.3.5
✓ I do NOT recommend thisI paid for the UK voice, but then realised the app wouldn't open a document or file and read it to me. I see no point in typing in a few lines of text only to have it read back to me. Have deleted it and will be trying a competitor which can import files and read entire documents.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Very poor appThe app crashes often (iPhone 5s, iOS 10.0.01). When it does work, it's obvious that this is primitive text-to-speech technology. I deleted it immediately..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Get ready to lose moneyAs pointed out by others, you have to be VERY careful when using this app, because you'll receive a pop up every time you use it that prompts you to buy new voices for $3.99 a piece. I have deleted this "free" app and will never use it again because it made me buy an additional English voice I had no intention of getting. Also, the character limit for pasted text is extremely short, in comparison to some (free!) web-based text to speech tools I've seen..Version: 1.5.0
✓ NagwareThree pop ups upon opening, advertises itself as free but doesn't work unless you make an in app purchase. Not recommended..Version: 1.4.2
✓ LIMITEDI pasted document, and tried to save FAIL. It said too many words - not a crazy amount put in. I pressed the speak button, and it didn't read a loud. Just disappointed..Version: 1.3.2
✓ App is a scam.Bill you even if you uninstall and can’t find a way to turn off subscription. It is a deceptive scam. This app should not be downloaded.Version: 1.5.5
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