spoktRead aloud app for iPhone & iPad
Turn any PDF or EPUB into audio. Read along, word by word.
Spokt is a text to speech app that reads PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, and your own audiobooks aloud in natural AI voices β highlighting every word in sync as you listen. And when you want more, it quietly teaches you a language while you do it.
- Free to download
- Lifetime unlock β no subscription required
- Natural voices, 9 languages
- iPhone & iPad
Download
Get Spokt free on the App Store
The read aloud app for iPhone that starts working in about a minute. Free tier included β no account hoops, no credit card, and a pay-once lifetime option instead of another subscription.
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Read with your eyes, your ears β or both
Straight from the App Store listing: the player, the voices, your audiobooks, and Learner Mode.
How it works
From βI should read thisβ to listening in three steps
Add anything
Drop in a PDF or EPUB, paste a link to any article, type or paste plain text β or import your own MP3 and M4B audiobooks, chapters and all.
Pick a voice
Choose a natural, premium AI voice and generate the audio in the background. Adjust the speed to your taste, from slow study pace to 2Γ.
Listen & read along
Every word highlights in sync as itβs spoken β karaoke for your reading list. Flip on Learner Mode and the same library starts teaching you a language.
Why Spokt
Four things almost no other app does
An app that highlights each word as it reads aloud
Most text to speech apps read at you. Spokt is a read and listen at the same time app: word-by-word highlighting stays perfectly synced to the narration, so your eyes and ears move together β the pattern reading specialists recommend for focus, dyslexia, and ADHD.
- Word-level sync, not sentence blocks
- Follow along in PDFs, EPUBs, articles, and books
- Adjustable speed without losing the highlight
Your own audiobooks, with word-synced text
Spokt is the audiobook app with synced text for files you already own. Import MP3 or M4B audiobooks β folder = book, files = chapters β pair them with the PDF or EPUB, and read along with a live transcript. Immersion reading, without buying everything twice.
- MP3 & M4B with automatic chapters
- Companion PDF/EPUB for the original text
- Progress on every cover, like a real audiobook player
Learn a language through comprehensible input
Flip the app into Learner Mode and Spokt becomes a comprehensible input app: real stories, podcasts, and news matched to your level (A1βC2), tap any word for an instant translation, and an automatic tracker that learns which words you know as you read and listen.
- Tap-to-translate in 9 languages, on-device
- Automatic vocabulary tracking β new β familiar β known
- Hours-of-input dashboard plus optional spaced-repetition review
Pay once, keep it forever β no subscription required
Tired of text to speech apps that want $139 a year? Spokt starts free, and the lifetime unlock is a one-time purchase. Premium AI voices, audiobook import, and Learner Mode β yours, without another line on your credit card statement.
- Real free tier to start listening today
- Lifetime unlock β one payment, every feature
- No ads, no account required to try it
Made for
Whoever you are when you press play
Students
A text to speech app for studying: listen to textbooks, lecture notes, and research papers at 2Γ while the highlight keeps your place β then re-read the hard parts.
Commuters & multitaskers
Listen to articles while driving, cooking, or at the gym. Paste a link before you leave; Spokt keeps reading with the screen locked.
Focus & accessibility
For dyslexia, ADHD, and tired eyes: natural voices with synced word highlighting turn long documents into something you can actually finish.
Guides
Answers first, app second
Practical guides to the questions that brought you here β how to do the thing, honestly, and then how Spokt makes it effortless.
How to make your iPhone read any PDF aloud
Speak Screen, Siri, and the better way β natural voices with word-by-word highlighting.
Read the guide β Reader guideTurn any PDF into an audiobook, free
Skip the clunky converter sites β get chapters, resume, and a premium voice on your phone.
Read the guide β Reader guideApps that highlight words as they read aloud
Yes, it exists β and word-level sync is what makes read-along actually work.
Read the guide β Reader guideRead along with your own audiobooks
Whispersync-style synced text for MP3 and M4B files you already own β no Amazon required.
Read the guide β Reader guideFree Speechify alternatives that donβt cost $139/yr
What Speechifyβs free plan really includes, and the pay-once way out.
Read the guide β Reader guideVoice Dream Reader alternatives for 2026
Where displaced Voice Dream users go for highlighting, folders, and a lifetime price.
Read the guide β Learner guideThe comprehensible input app
Krashenβs input hypothesis, minus the drills: learn from real stories, podcasts, and news at your level.
Read the guide β Learner guideHow many hours of input to learn a language?
The milestone numbers by level β and how to track your hours automatically.
Read the guide β Learner guideCan you learn a language with audiobooks?
Why passive listening fails, and how reading along changes everything.
Read the guide β Learner guideAn app that translates words while you read
Tap any word for an instant, on-device translation β in nine languages, including Arabic.
Read the guide β Learner guideAn app that tracks the words you know
No flashcard filing: your vocabulary moves from new to familiar to known as you read.
Read the guide β Learner guideLingQ alternatives for input-based learners
An honest comparison for import-your-own-content learning β UI, price, and audio sync.
Read the guide βFAQ
Questions people actually search
How do I make my iPhone read a PDF aloud?
You can use Appleβs built-in Speak Screen, but it loses your place, sounds robotic, and wonβt highlight the text. A read aloud app like Spokt imports the PDF, reads it in a natural AI voice, and highlights every word in sync. Learn more β
Can I turn a PDF into an audiobook for free?
Yes. Instead of a pdf to audiobook converter website that emails you a flat MP3, Spokt turns the PDF into a playable audiobook on your iPhone β with chapters, resume, speed control, and a free tier to start. Learn more β
Is there an app that highlights words as it reads to you?
Yes β Spokt highlights each word the moment itβs spoken, karaoke-style, across PDFs, articles, and imported audiobooks. Word-level sync is what keeps your eyes and ears locked together. Learn more β
Can I read along with audiobooks I already own?
Yes. Import your MP3 or M4B files with the matching PDF or EPUB and Spokt builds a word-synced transcript β immersion reading without Kindle, Audible, or buying both formats. Learn more β
Is there a free alternative to Speechify?
Spokt is a free Speechify alternative with a real free tier β and instead of a $139/yr subscription, the full app is a one-time lifetime purchase. Premium natural voices included. Learn more β
What should Voice Dream Reader users switch to?
After Voice Dream moved to a subscription and sunset the classic app, most users want the same core: files, folders, natural voices, and synced highlighting. Spokt covers that β with a pay-once lifetime option. Learn more β
What is a comprehensible input app?
Itβs an app built around learning a language by reading and listening to real content you mostly understand β not drills. Spokt gives you leveled stories, podcasts, and news (A1βC2) with tap-to-translate and automatic word tracking. Learn more β
How many hours of comprehensible input do I need?
Rough milestones run from ~50 hours for early listening comprehension to 1,000β1,500 hours for advanced levels, depending on language distance. Spokt counts your reading and listening hours automatically so you always know where you are. Learn more β
Can you learn a language by listening to audiobooks?
Listening alone, rarely. Listening while reading along β the L-R method β works far better, and Spokt is built for it: import any foreign-language audiobook with its text and follow the word-synced transcript. Learn more β
Is there an app that translates words while you read?
Yes β in Spokt you tap any word and get an instant, on-device translation without leaving the page, in nine languages. Every tap also feeds your personal vocabulary tracker. Learn more β
How does Spokt know which words I know?
As you read and listen, every word you encounter moves through new β familiar β known automatically. No flashcard filing β and an optional spaced-repetition review for the words you want to lock in. Learn more β
Is Spokt a good LingQ alternative?
If you like LingQβs import-and-read method but not its cluttered UI or subscription, Spokt offers the same input-based core β tap-translate, known-word tracking, real audio sync β as a native iOS app with lifetime pricing. Learn more β
Is Spokt free? What does the free tier include?
Spokt is free to download and free to use with monthly listening minutes and voice credits included β enough to make it your everyday free text to speech app for iPhone. Upgrading is optional: a Plus plan or a one-time lifetime unlock. Learn more β
What languages does Spokt support?
The app ships in nine languages β English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese β with tap-to-translate and Learner Mode working across them, right-to-left scripts included. Learn more β
Read anything. In your ears.
Download Spokt free, drop in the thing youβve been meaning to read, and press play. Thatβs it β thatβs the app.