Turn any book into an audiobook with on-device text to speech
Text-to-speech and speech-to-text for Mac, entirely on-device with no subscription
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One-time purchase: $39 (launch offer $19 with code UVLAUNCH until November 30, Black Friday $15 with code BF2026 until November 30). Free 14-day trial, no card or account required.
Key features
EPUB and text-based PDF reading
On-device text to speech that works offline
Word-by-word highlighting during narration
Web article saving from Safari and other apps
Playback speed control from 0.5x to 3x
Background playback and Lock Screen controls
Reading and listening position sync
Highlights, notes and bookmarks
iCloud sync across devices
Free Project Gutenberg classics library
Speech-to-text with automatic punctuation and paragraph breaks
Bilingual support with mid-sentence language switching
Entirely on-device processing
No cloud or account required
Read from clipboard or selection
One-time purchase with unlimited use
What makes it different
On-device speech generation means narration works completely offline
No account, no server, and no tracking of what you read
One app for both reading and listening with unified library
Free tier holds five books with unlimited listening
Your library stays readable even if you stop paying
No subscription - one-time purchase with unlimited use
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