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Products that do what Heard for iOS: ePub reader with on-device text to speech does

1. 1TT
   Text-to-speech app for ebooks, with human-like voices▲5

   2020 · gethowler.com

2. 2AU
   A usable eBook reader inside a browser (azw3, mobi, ePub, pdf)▲297

   2021 · loudreader.com

3. 3TO
   Talkie OCR – iOS app that scan books and read text aloud▲20

   2020 · apps.apple.com

4. 4VA
   Voice - An iOS App that lets blind people read▲57

   2014 · shalinshah.me

5. 5SA
   Siri-as-a-Service Speech API▲242

   2014 · wit.ai

6. 6
   Addr▲98

   A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

   2014

7. 7MA
   Mobile app to turn ebooks into high-quality audiobooks▲13

   2020 · gethowler.com

8. 8
   Wattpad v6.0 (iOS)▲99

   Read books and stories you can't find anywhere else.

   2015

9. 9
   Transcribe▲115

   A great audio to text tool for journalists

   2014

10. 10AB
    A Better Text to Speech App for Pocket and Evernote Users▲5

    2017 · plumshell.com

11. 11
    Word Flow 2.0▲80

    Blazing fast keyboard for iOS now with GIFs and more

    2016

12. 12MJ
    MeSpeak.js 2.0 – Text-to-Speech in JavaScript▲84

    2019 · masswerk.at

13. 13HA
    Hyphen – A beautiful, powerful, and robust eBook Reader for iOS▲34

    2015 · hyphenreader.com

14. 14VA
    Voxxy – a minimal, fast voice-to-text app for macOS▲9

    May 2026 · voxxy.io

15. 15TL
    Textter, Live letter-by-letter messaging for iOS▲24

    2014 · textter.com

16. 16FO
    Free, Offline, Article Reader for iOS▲8

    2023 · apps.apple.com

17. 17SO
    Speechmark – On-device meeting notes for Mac (no bot, no cloud)▲6

    Jun 2026 · speechmark.co

18. 18NY
    News/YC - HN Reader for iOS▲33

    2013 · subvertapps.com

19. 19IB
    I built an iOS app that turns EPUBs into audiobooks▲6

    I had a bunch of ebooks with no audiobook version available. So I built an iOS app that converts EPUB files into audiobooks using text-to-speech. Two voice options: - Free on-device voices (processed locally, no server needed) - Natural cloud voices (one-time purchase per book, no subscription) Cloud conversion runs chunk by chunk. You can start listening other chapters generate in the background. Once done, the audiobook lives on your device. No account required. No subscription. You import your own EPUBs and either use device TTS for free or pay per book for the cloud voices. Nothing…

    Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com

20. 20MT
    M4b-tool – a tool to merge, split and chapterize audiobooks▲48

    2019 · github.com

21. 21
    Ream: AI text to speech▲5

    Turn your documents into high quality audiobooks

    Jun 2026 · getream.com

22. 22QA
    Quartz – A (much) better Voice Memos app (iPhone)▲8

    Jul 2026 · madebywindmill.com

23. 23AN
    A Non-trivial Open Source iPad App▲16

    2012 · github.com

24. 24ST
    Speech to text and synchronized transcript with audio▲7

    2020 · voicen.com

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