Dyslexia & ADHD
Reading support that keeps your place — and your privacy
Reading stalls for more than one reason. Decoding can cost too much effort, or attention slips for a few seconds and takes your place on the page with it. Local TTS reads aloud and marks the word it is speaking, so the page holds your place for you. It is a reading app rather than a clinical tool — what it removes is the cost of finding your line again.
Updated Official app facts
How Local TTS helps
The highlight holds your line
Each word lights up as it is spoken — framed inside the PDF page, and highlighted again in a large-type panel below it. Look away and back, and one glance puts you where the voice is.
Nothing you read leaves the phone
Speech and camera OCR both run on your iPhone. A reading accommodation should not require handing coursework, medical letters, or legal documents to someone else’s server.
Try it before paying anything
The free plan reads up to 500 characters per note — enough to find out whether read-along works for you. Pro is $4.99 a month, or $19.99 once if you would rather not subscribe.
Keep reading
- iPhone PDF Read-Along: Word Highlighting, Auto Page TurnMost apps tell you they read PDFs aloud. Almost none show you what playback looks like. Here is the unedited clip, frame by frame: two highlight layers, a page that turns itself, and no network.
- How to Read a PDF Aloud Offline on iPhoneLearn how to have your iPhone read a PDF aloud without internet. Keep documents on-device and continue listening from the Lock Screen.
- The Best Text-to-Speech Apps for iPhone in 2026: Offline, Free, and Paid ComparedCompare the best text-to-speech apps for iPhone in 2026. See how Local TTS, Speechify, NaturalReader, and the built-in Speak Screen differ in offline support, privacy, free plans, and price.
Turn every screen into your personal narrator
Free to download. No ads, no account — 100% offline.