Speak - Speech Synthesizer
An app that speaks anything you type, offline and for free.
What Speak - Speech Synthesizer does
Speak is a small, free text to speech app for iPhone and iPad. You type or paste text and it speaks it out loud with your device's voices, offline, with sliders for pitch, rate and volume. It's made by a solo developer and has been around since 2014.
Not every read-aloud job needs AI voices and a subscription. Speak does one thing: it reads out whatever you type, right away, with no account and no internet connection. You pick a voice and accent from the ones on your device (including your Personal Voice if you've set one up) and adjust pitch, speed and volume.
It's handy for quick phrases, practicing pronunciation, or speaking for you when you can't talk. You can save favorite phrases, see your history, repeat a phrase a set number of times, and share the audio as a recording.
It won't open PDFs, web pages or ebooks, so it's not the pick for long documents. It's free with ads, and a one-time $1.99 purchase removes them.
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Who it's for
Skip it if: Reading PDFs, ebooks or long articles.
Pricing
Free planSpeak is free with ads. A one-time $1.99 purchase removes the ads. There is no subscription.
Prices can vary by country. Checked 17 Oct 2026.
What people like
- Free, with a cheap one-time ad removal
- Works fully offline
- Simple and fast to use
- Made and updated by a solo developer
Watch out for
- Can't open files or web pages
- Uses device voices, not AI voices
- Shows ads unless you pay $1.99
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Questions people ask
Is Speak free?
Yes. It's free with ads, and you can remove the ads once for $1.99.
Does Speak work without internet?
Yes. It uses the voices on your device, so it works offline.
Can Speak read a PDF?
No. You type or paste text into it. For PDFs, use a full reader app.