Table of 100 features comparing popular text to speech apps

By Labsii, 1 February, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

As a developer of one of those apps I've spent some time to collect information regarding the almost 100 features available in text to speech apps on iOS and split those into several segments. Basic features that are expected and available in all apps are not included. The first version of the document was more visual so that one can quickly compare '+' signs and empty space. Now I have made a new version that should be more accessible for visually impaired users as all features are marked with "Yes" and "No".

If you have some suggestions on how to make this comparison better or more accessible or regarding some missing feature in the list, I'll be happy to update the document.

Finally here is the link: https://speechcentral.net/speech-central-vs-voice-dream-reader-vs-speechify/

Hopefully it will help some people to find what is the best text to speech app for them.

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By Maldalain on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 16:32

Great effort put into this list. Please work more on improving the user experience of Speech Central on Mac. I wish we can have instant communication to recommend changes and new features to the app.

By Labsii on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 16:32

Thanks!

Regarding the Speech Central for Mac I do read every feedback that I receive, currently there are multiple ways to send the feedback. You can send an email using 'Contact Support' feature from the Help menu. Also App Store has App Support link for each app so you can send feedback from there. Those are official and publicly available channels but I also read private messages sent here and it is not a problem if someone sends feedback that way.

Regarding the user experience on the Mac I am not particularly sure on what you refer to. It is mostly similar to iOS and in some cases it should be a bit better due to more possibilities that the Mac offers. The only problem I can think of comparing to iOS is that Apple has made some better decisions regarding the accessibility on iOS than on macOS, but that is up to Apple to improve.

By Labsii on Sunday, October 9, 2022 - 16:32

Thanks Bobcat, I've updated the link. I think (hope) this won't be moved further - largely this has happened because there was one technical problem when the web site was updated to the new theme.

By Kevin Shaw on Sunday, October 9, 2022 - 16:32

We will all avert our eyes and cover our ears as you add the <caption> element to each table and the scope attribute to the rows of the table so we can navigate down one column and hear the particular feature that corresponds to the value in the table cells. The column headers are announced, but not the row headers.