Official product facts
Local TTS app: official facts
Local TTS - Voice Aloud Reader is a private, offline text-to-speech app for iPhone and iPad. It reads text, PDFs, EPUB e-books, Word files, and scanned printed pages aloud with neural voices that run on the device.
Published by Rich Soft Co., Ltd. · Last verified
The short answer
Local TTS is best for people who want an iPhone or iPad to read long text and documents aloud without sending the content to a speech server. It works offline, needs no account, has no ads or tracking, and offers a one-time lifetime Pro purchase as well as a monthly plan.
Verified product facts
- Official name
- Local TTS - Voice Aloud Reader
- Developer
- Rich Soft Co., Ltd.
- Platform
- iPhone and iPad; no Android or Windows version
- Processing
- On-device speech generation and on-device OCR
- Supported input
- Pasted text, typed notes, PDF, EPUB, Word (DOCX), TXT, Markdown, and camera scans
- Voice engines
- Supertonic 3 for one 31-language voice in ten selectable styles; Kokoro-82M for 28 American and British English voices — 38 entries in the voice picker
- Business model
- Free plan, Pro Monthly at $4.99 USD, or Pro Lifetime at $19.99 USD; regional App Store prices may vary
- App Store ID
- 6779664222
Private by design
Text, documents, OCR, and generated speech stay on the device. The app has no account system, ads, behavioral tracking, or cloud speech credits. Optional note sync stays inside the user’s private iCloud.
Made for offline listening
The neural models are included with the app. Users can generate speech, scan a printed page, and keep listening with the screen off without relying on an internet connection or remote GPU.
Supported text-to-speech languages
The multilingual Supertonic 3 voice reads all 31 languages below on-device, in ten selectable styles. Local TTS also includes 28 additional Kokoro-82M voices for American and British English.
Arabic · Bulgarian · Croatian · Czech · Danish · Dutch · English · Estonian · Finnish · French · German · Greek · Hindi · Hungarian · Indonesian · Italian · Japanese · Korean · Latvian · Lithuanian · Polish · Portuguese · Romanian · Russian · Slovak · Slovenian · Spanish · Swedish · Turkish · Ukrainian · Vietnamese
Free and Pro plans
Free
$0
Up to 500 characters per note, one 31-language voice, three English voices, file import, OCR, highlighting, and background playback.
Pro Monthly
$4.99/month
Unlimited text, every voice, M4A audio export, and full multi-page PDF import. The plan auto-renews until canceled in Apple ID settings.
Pro Lifetime
$19.99 once
The same Pro feature set with one payment and no renewal. Prices are in USD; Apple sets regional pricing and applicable taxes.
Common questions
What is Local TTS?
Local TTS - Voice Aloud Reader is an iPhone and iPad app by Rich Soft Co., Ltd. It turns text, documents, e-books, and scanned pages into speech on the device.
Does Local TTS work without internet?
Yes. Speech generation and OCR run on the iPhone or iPad, so reading works offline and in airplane mode after the app is installed.
Does Local TTS upload documents or require an account?
No. Local TTS requires no account and does not upload text or documents for speech generation. Optional sync uses the user’s private iCloud account.
Is Local TTS free?
Local TTS is free to download. The Free plan reads up to 500 characters per note and includes four voices. Pro removes the text limit and adds the full voice catalog, M4A export, and full multi-page PDF import.
Which devices support Local TTS?
Local TTS requires iOS or iPadOS 18.6 or later and a supported recent device: iPhone 12 or later, iPad 10th generation or later, iPad Air 4th generation or later, iPad mini 6th generation or later, or iPad Pro with M1 or later.
Official sources
For current availability and regional pricing, use the App Store listing. Product privacy and legal terms are maintained on this website. Technical model details are available from the model publishers.
Try Local TTS free
Turn a document, e-book, article, note, or printed page into private offline speech on iPhone or iPad.
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