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Free Text to Speech App

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Japanese developer Kawakami Takuya has created ReadDis Free, which is a new text-to-speech app that can be downloaded for free on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readis-free/id1064831345.   It allows the reader to scan text and have it read aloud. It requires iOS 7.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.  The developer is interested in any feedback from those who use the app.

See other apps from the same developer:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/takuya-kawakami/id721449462

Comments

ReadDis Free App

Posted by Yvonne Franz

How do you pause or stop the reading? or how do you go back and have it read again? Can you change the rate of speed it is speaking?

Re: ReadDis Free App

Posted by Takuya Kawakami

  1. How do you pause or stop the reading? 
You can’t stop the reading in the current version.
 
  1. or how do you go back and have it read again? 
Please push Speak button to read it again.
 
  1. Can you change the rate of speed it is speaking?
With the current version you can't change speaking rate.
 
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Previous comments for Free Text to Speech App

Takuya Kawakami commented on January 29, 2017
  1. How do you pause or stop the reading? 
You can’t stop the reading in the current version.
 
  1. or how do you go back and have it read again? 
Please push Speak button to read it again.
 
  1. Can you change the rate of speed it is speaking?
With the current version you can't change speaking rate.
 
Yvonne Franz commented on January 27, 2017

How do you pause or stop the reading? or how do you go back and have it read again? Can you change the rate of speed it is speaking?

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