SpeakText Lite
Speak & Translate Text/Web
FreeOffers In-App Purchases
32.0for iPhone, iPad and more
4.9
6 Ratings
BorG Technology Corp.
Developer
46.7 MB
Size
Oct 25, 2017
Update Date
Business
Category
17+
Age Rating
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About SpeakText Lite
SpeakText Lite - Speak & Translate Text Documents and Web pages
Touch text documents and web pages, copy & paste, key in, then it will speak and translate sentence by sentence.
A must have app to speak & translate web pages and documents, including newspapers and magazines.
Useful Features
1. Speak aloud 100+ voices and translate 50+ languages sentence by sentence and paragraph by paragraph.
2. Background operation support (keep reading aloud text, document and web pages in the background while using another app.
3. Lock screen support (play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume and see the sentences list on the lock screen).
4. Exercising and improving your language skills during a bike riding, jogging or walking.
5. Funny bear and human face animations while speaking.
6. Support powerful speaking repeat, pause and speed options.
7. New design UI with 25 themes.
Note:
The Lite version is limited to speak & translate few sentences only and with sponsored Ads.
SpeakText for Me supports all formats, integrates SpeakText, SpeakText for Web, SpeakText for Office, SpeakText for eBook features into one app.
Features
● Speak aloud 100+ voices
The app integrates the system text-to-speech engine, speaks aloud 100+ voices sentence by sentence without internet connection
● Translate 50+ languages
● Optional 70+ enhanced voices (In-App Purchases)
● Exercising and improving your language skills during a bike riding, jogging or walking
The app could read then record (and play the recorded voice) sentence by sentence.
● Exercising one sentence
Reading then recording one sentence.
● Speaking face animation
The app provides funny bears and humans face animations while speaking.
● Speak & translate the copy & paste or key in text
● Speak & translate the touched words
● Speak & translate the whole page from touched words or from the beginning
● Translate the whole web page
● Speak & translate web pages and multiple document types
Formats supported:
- Web pages
- Text (text, txt), RTF document (rtf)
● Support four ways to open documents
1. Open In...
2. Apple iTunes
3. Download file
4. Import documents cloud services
● Support powerful speaking & translating options
The app provides some powerful options, such as speaking repeat times of each sentence, speaking and translating pause seconds between sentences, speaking speed, popover text font size and paste automatically options.
You could assign repeat times or pause seconds for some specified sentences.
Auto repeat function for a sentence.
Speaking rate quick setting while speaking.
● Mark "Starred" to record favorite words
● Support bookmarks and home page
● Support URL autocomplete and browser history
● Mail and export translated text
● Copy translated text
● Highlight words while speaking & translating
● Support 10 favorite language setting selections
● New design UI with 25 themes
● This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
Touch text documents and web pages, copy & paste, key in, then it will speak and translate sentence by sentence.
A must have app to speak & translate web pages and documents, including newspapers and magazines.
Useful Features
1. Speak aloud 100+ voices and translate 50+ languages sentence by sentence and paragraph by paragraph.
2. Background operation support (keep reading aloud text, document and web pages in the background while using another app.
3. Lock screen support (play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume and see the sentences list on the lock screen).
4. Exercising and improving your language skills during a bike riding, jogging or walking.
5. Funny bear and human face animations while speaking.
6. Support powerful speaking repeat, pause and speed options.
7. New design UI with 25 themes.
Note:
The Lite version is limited to speak & translate few sentences only and with sponsored Ads.
SpeakText for Me supports all formats, integrates SpeakText, SpeakText for Web, SpeakText for Office, SpeakText for eBook features into one app.
Features
● Speak aloud 100+ voices
The app integrates the system text-to-speech engine, speaks aloud 100+ voices sentence by sentence without internet connection
● Translate 50+ languages
● Optional 70+ enhanced voices (In-App Purchases)
● Exercising and improving your language skills during a bike riding, jogging or walking
The app could read then record (and play the recorded voice) sentence by sentence.
● Exercising one sentence
Reading then recording one sentence.
● Speaking face animation
The app provides funny bears and humans face animations while speaking.
● Speak & translate the copy & paste or key in text
● Speak & translate the touched words
● Speak & translate the whole page from touched words or from the beginning
● Translate the whole web page
● Speak & translate web pages and multiple document types
Formats supported:
- Web pages
- Text (text, txt), RTF document (rtf)
● Support four ways to open documents
1. Open In...
2. Apple iTunes
3. Download file
4. Import documents cloud services
● Support powerful speaking & translating options
The app provides some powerful options, such as speaking repeat times of each sentence, speaking and translating pause seconds between sentences, speaking speed, popover text font size and paste automatically options.
You could assign repeat times or pause seconds for some specified sentences.
Auto repeat function for a sentence.
Speaking rate quick setting while speaking.
● Mark "Starred" to record favorite words
● Support bookmarks and home page
● Support URL autocomplete and browser history
● Mail and export translated text
● Copy translated text
● Highlight words while speaking & translating
● Support 10 favorite language setting selections
● New design UI with 25 themes
● This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
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What's New in the Latest Version 32.0
Last updated on Oct 25, 2017
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
● Optional speaking & translating pdf documents feature (in-app purchase for iOS 11)
● Bug fixes
● Optional speaking & translating pdf documents feature (in-app purchase for iOS 11)
● Bug fixes
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Version History
32.0
Oct 25, 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
● Optional speaking & translating pdf documents feature (in-app purchase for iOS 11)
● Bug fixes
● Optional speaking & translating pdf documents feature (in-app purchase for iOS 11)
● Bug fixes
31.0
Aug 1, 2017
● New features (full version)
- Read aloud two voices alternatively (Speak Alternatively)
- Mail All Starred
● Bug fixes
- Read aloud from the last sentence automatically
- Read aloud two voices alternatively (Speak Alternatively)
- Mail All Starred
● Bug fixes
- Read aloud from the last sentence automatically
30.0
May 11, 2017
● 64-bit architecture
● Speak aloud updates
- speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
- highlight word by word
- speak the first sentence automatically after press [Speak]
- update Keyin UI (reverse languages, close keyboard)
- remove Mail Voice, Export Voice, Speak Last, Search and Speak, Female and male voices take turns functions
● Translation updates
- support 8 more translation languages: Afrikaans, Bosnian (Latin), Croatian, Kiswahili, Querétaro Otomi, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Yucatec Maya
- removed auto-detection, Translating Pause functions
● In-App Purchases updates
- upgrade to the system enhanced voices
Enhanced English Voices: up to 14 enhanced English voices
Enhanced British English Voices: up to 6 enhanced British English voices
Enhanced Spanish Voices: up to 6 enhanced Spanish voices
Enhanced Chinese Voices: up to 5 enhanced Chinese voices
Enhanced Japanese Voices: up to 4 enhanced Japanese voices
Enhanced Korean Voices: up to 2 enhanced Korean voices
- All Enhanced Voices (New): up to 70+ enhanced voices
● SpeakEnglish add-on updates
- up to 41 English voices
● LearnChinese add-on updates
- new Vocabulary UI
- remove Starred Vocabulary function
● SpeakText Air add-on updates
- Speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
● FilesOnTree add-on updates
- Speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
- remove WiFi file transfer, cloud files upload/download functions
● Speak aloud updates
- speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
- highlight word by word
- speak the first sentence automatically after press [Speak]
- update Keyin UI (reverse languages, close keyboard)
- remove Mail Voice, Export Voice, Speak Last, Search and Speak, Female and male voices take turns functions
● Translation updates
- support 8 more translation languages: Afrikaans, Bosnian (Latin), Croatian, Kiswahili, Querétaro Otomi, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Yucatec Maya
- removed auto-detection, Translating Pause functions
● In-App Purchases updates
- upgrade to the system enhanced voices
Enhanced English Voices: up to 14 enhanced English voices
Enhanced British English Voices: up to 6 enhanced British English voices
Enhanced Spanish Voices: up to 6 enhanced Spanish voices
Enhanced Chinese Voices: up to 5 enhanced Chinese voices
Enhanced Japanese Voices: up to 4 enhanced Japanese voices
Enhanced Korean Voices: up to 2 enhanced Korean voices
- All Enhanced Voices (New): up to 70+ enhanced voices
● SpeakEnglish add-on updates
- up to 41 English voices
● LearnChinese add-on updates
- new Vocabulary UI
- remove Starred Vocabulary function
● SpeakText Air add-on updates
- Speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
● FilesOnTree add-on updates
- Speaks aloud 100+ voices (upgrade to the system Text-to-Speech voices)
- remove WiFi file transfer, cloud files upload/download functions
29.1
Mar 26, 2015
● Bug fixes (Edit [Cancel][Done] buttons disappeared after iPhone rotated)
29.0
Dec 31, 2014
● Adds iCloud Drive import & export supports
● Bug fixes
- DropBox can't sign in when DropBox app installed
- Open In takes long time to show options for iOS 8
- Wrong icon
● Bug fixes
- DropBox can't sign in when DropBox app installed
- Open In takes long time to show options for iOS 8
- Wrong icon
28.0
Oct 25, 2014
● Optimized speak functions
- Keep reading aloud document in the background while using another app
- Lock screen support (play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume, display sentences list on the lock screen)
- Headphone support (play, pause, adjust playback volume, detect plugged and unplugged)
● Optimized tree file explorer functions (folder icons)
● Optimized FilesOnTree add-on functions (reading & playing in the background and lock screen, headphone support of speak, playing music functions)
● Bug fixes (Dropbox "Sing In")
- Keep reading aloud document in the background while using another app
- Lock screen support (play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume, display sentences list on the lock screen)
- Headphone support (play, pause, adjust playback volume, detect plugged and unplugged)
● Optimized tree file explorer functions (folder icons)
● Optimized FilesOnTree add-on functions (reading & playing in the background and lock screen, headphone support of speak, playing music functions)
● Bug fixes (Dropbox "Sing In")
27.0
Oct 4, 2014
● IOS 8 Compatibility fixes (can’t control after back from the Speak and Translate mode)
● Optimized for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
● Optimized artworks
● Optimized function (controls in Speak and Translate mode, highlight web to middle instead of top)
● Bug fixes (FilesOnTree add-on photos view)
● Optimized for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
● Optimized artworks
● Optimized function (controls in Speak and Translate mode, highlight web to middle instead of top)
● Bug fixes (FilesOnTree add-on photos view)
26.0
Jun 6, 2014
● Support more translation languages: Malay, Maltese, Urdu and Welsh.
● Manage documents in tree structure.
● Download and upload cloud (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive) files.
● Optional FilesOnTree Add-on (In-App Purchases).
● Manage documents in tree structure.
● Download and upload cloud (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive) files.
● Optional FilesOnTree Add-on (In-App Purchases).
25.1
Feb 15, 2014
● Bug fixes.
25.0
Feb 5, 2014
● Optimized functions: Mail Translated Text, Mail Voice, toolbars, quick language settings, word by word reading.
● Bug fixes: web pages auto complete, epub crash (iOS 5), LearnChinese add-on long text crash.
● Added functions: scroll reading view setting.
● Bug fixes: web pages auto complete, epub crash (iOS 5), LearnChinese add-on long text crash.
● Added functions: scroll reading view setting.
24.1
Jan 12, 2014
● Bug fixes.
● Font size setting for SpeakText Air add-on.
● Improved performance
● Optional SpeakText Air Add-on (In-App Purchases)
● Replaced English (Female) with English HQ (Lisa) offline voice
● Font size setting for SpeakText Air add-on.
● Improved performance
● Optional SpeakText Air Add-on (In-App Purchases)
● Replaced English (Female) with English HQ (Lisa) offline voice
24.0
Jan 7, 2014
● Improved performance
● Optional SpeakText Air Add-on (In-App Purchases)
● Replaced English (Female) with English HQ (Lisa) offline voice
● Optional SpeakText Air Add-on (In-App Purchases)
● Replaced English (Female) with English HQ (Lisa) offline voice
23.0
Dec 10, 2013
● New design UI with 25 themes
● Optional offline high quality voices (In-App Purchases): English HD, British HD, Spanish HD, Chinese HD, Japanese HD, Korean HD.
● Speaking rate setting by language
● Beep volume control
● Twitter and Facebook support
● Supports Table Style only
● Korean localization removed
● Optional offline high quality voices (In-App Purchases): English HD, British HD, Spanish HD, Chinese HD, Japanese HD, Korean HD.
● Speaking rate setting by language
● Beep volume control
● Twitter and Facebook support
● Supports Table Style only
● Korean localization removed
22.1
Jul 29, 2013
Bug fixes.
22.0
Jun 21, 2013
1. Exercising and improving your language skills during a bike riding, jogging or walking.
2. Exercising (Reading then Recording) one sentence.
3. Enhance speaking face animation.
You could use the pinch to zoom gesture to change the face size.
4. Improved performance.
5. Bug fixes.
2. Exercising (Reading then Recording) one sentence.
3. Enhance speaking face animation.
You could use the pinch to zoom gesture to change the face size.
4. Improved performance.
5. Bug fixes.
21.0
Apr 24, 2013
1. Enhance speaking face animation.
- Bears face animation (you can choose bears and humans face animation).
- Better speaking face effect.
2. Add speaking aloud paragraph by paragraph option (Table Style).
You can choose paragraph by paragraph and sentence by sentence.
3. Speak from the last sentence automatically.
4. Bug fixes.
- Bears face animation (you can choose bears and humans face animation).
- Better speaking face effect.
2. Add speaking aloud paragraph by paragraph option (Table Style).
You can choose paragraph by paragraph and sentence by sentence.
3. Speak from the last sentence automatically.
4. Bug fixes.
20.0
Apr 8, 2013
1. Fixed the problem that crashes very time while speaking.
2. Read aloud English offline word by word.
3. Email translated voice one by one that one sentence voice in source language, and one in translated language.
4. Remove face animation in Web Style mode to improve performance.
5. Bug fixes.
2. Read aloud English offline word by word.
3. Email translated voice one by one that one sentence voice in source language, and one in translated language.
4. Remove face animation in Web Style mode to improve performance.
5. Bug fixes.
19.0
Mar 21, 2013
1. Show multiple face animations while speaking translation in Table Style mode.
2. Show face animations while speaking in Table Style mode.
3. Add English (Female-Male) - Offline Text-to-Speech voice that female and male voice take turns sentence by sentence (SpeakEnglish Add-on In-App Purchase).
4. Bug fixes.
5. Manual updated.
2. Show face animations while speaking in Table Style mode.
3. Add English (Female-Male) - Offline Text-to-Speech voice that female and male voice take turns sentence by sentence (SpeakEnglish Add-on In-App Purchase).
4. Bug fixes.
5. Manual updated.
18.0
Feb 14, 2013
1. Show face animations while speaking.
2. WiFi file transfer.
3. Copy translated text in Table Style mode.
4. Bug fixes.
2. WiFi file transfer.
3. Copy translated text in Table Style mode.
4. Bug fixes.
17.0
Jan 2, 2013
1.Offline English voice (English US HQ) (without internet connection).
2.Auto repeat function for a sentence.
3.Speaking rate quick setting while speaking.
4.Pitch quick setting (English US HQ) while speaking (for SpeakEnglish Add-on).
5.Multiple languages support (Auto Detect) in Table Style mode.
6.Starred feature (offline voices).
7.Remember its place when returning to it from another app.
8.More apps.
2.Auto repeat function for a sentence.
3.Speaking rate quick setting while speaking.
4.Pitch quick setting (English US HQ) while speaking (for SpeakEnglish Add-on).
5.Multiple languages support (Auto Detect) in Table Style mode.
6.Starred feature (offline voices).
7.Remember its place when returning to it from another app.
8.More apps.
16.1
Oct 29, 2012
● Fixed the problem that crashes very time while speaking
● Optimized for iPhone 5 16:9 display
● Compatibility fixes (IOS 6, iOS 4.3)
● Optimized for iPhone 5 16:9 display
● Compatibility fixes (IOS 6, iOS 4.3)
16.0
Oct 5, 2012
● Provide two styles of sentence by sentence window (Table Style and Web Style)
● Offline Mode (read aloud offline after voices downloaded)
● Support URL autocomplete and browser history
● Translate two more languages (Hmong Daw and Persian)
● Add support for iOS 6 (compatibility fixes for iOS 6)
● Offline Mode (read aloud offline after voices downloaded)
● Support URL autocomplete and browser history
● Translate two more languages (Hmong Daw and Persian)
● Add support for iOS 6 (compatibility fixes for iOS 6)
15.0
Sep 7, 2012
● Read aloud offline after offline voices downloaded.
The app provides the [Offline Mode] feature that it can read aloud offline after offline voices downloaded.
It will download offline voices automatically while connecting to internet.
The Offline Mode provides [Speak from Last Sentence], [Show Text/Document/Web Page], [Email Offline Voices], [Email text] and [Delete Offline Voices] features. You could switch between [Speak Mode] and [Translate Mode].
The [Offline Mode] feature is available in:
- Key in: Speak & translate the copy & paste or key in text.
- [Speak from Start to End], [Translate from Start to End]: Speak & translate the whole web page and document from the beginning to the end.
The app provides the [Offline Mode] feature that it can read aloud offline after offline voices downloaded.
It will download offline voices automatically while connecting to internet.
The Offline Mode provides [Speak from Last Sentence], [Show Text/Document/Web Page], [Email Offline Voices], [Email text] and [Delete Offline Voices] features. You could switch between [Speak Mode] and [Translate Mode].
The [Offline Mode] feature is available in:
- Key in: Speak & translate the copy & paste or key in text.
- [Speak from Start to End], [Translate from Start to End]: Speak & translate the whole web page and document from the beginning to the end.
12.4
May 30, 2012
1. Add two new features for translation results:
- Copy translation results to other app.
- Save translation results as PDF file, then email or export (Open In) to other app.
2. Add two new features for documents:
- Document bookmark.
- Email or export (Open In) document to other app.
3. Bug fixes.
- Copy translation results to other app.
- Save translation results as PDF file, then email or export (Open In) to other app.
2. Add two new features for documents:
- Document bookmark.
- Email or export (Open In) document to other app.
3. Bug fixes.
12.3
Apr 9, 2012
1. Supports the Apple Wireless Keyboard (iPad).
2. Speak aloud English punctuation option (SpeakEnglish Add-on).
3. New UI (LearnChinese Add-on).
2. Speak aloud English punctuation option (SpeakEnglish Add-on).
3. New UI (LearnChinese Add-on).
SpeakText Lite FAQ
Click here to learn how to download SpeakText Lite in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of SpeakText Lite.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
SpeakText Lite supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
SpeakText Lite contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
SpeakText Full Version
$19.99
SpeakEnglish Add-on
$4.99
Enhanced English Voices
$9.99
SpeakText Air Add-on
$4.99
Speak & Translate PDF Docs
$4.99
FilesOnTree Add-on
$4.99
Enhanced Spanish Voices
$9.99
LearnChinese Add-on
$9.99
Enhanced Japanese Voices
$9.99
Enhanced Chinese Voices
$9.99