Speechify – Text to Speech

When it works, it's fabulous. But often it takes hours before I can successfully upload the document I want to read. It is supposed to link to Google Drive, but only does so maybe one try in 10. Linked to Kindle, Speechify reads a paragraph or so and then stops. Reading PDFs, Speechify adds arbitrary pauses in weird places - often at the end of each print line in a paragraph, which makes it very hard to follow by listening (but then it doesn't consistently pause at periods). Frustrating!

When it works, it's great. I sprung for the premium version to see how I like it, and I must admit the premium voices are very good, but few of them still sound like robots. I wish there were more variety of English Accents from different regions. Now the "eh" part, Speechify continually has trouble converting text files and will miss out the beginnings and ends of sentences all too frequently; it doesn't matter the type of text file. This is a continual issue that Speechify has not rectified!

Can be used with the Kindle app if you only want to listen to bits and pieces of it. I restarted the app and my phone, deleted the book, and redownloaded it twice. It is skipping huge portions and reading the book out of order. It's very frustrating for something 100 bucks a year. I tried other books on Kindle and had the same issue. I read primarily on my phone and didn't try any solid books. It gave me a 3 day trail period. I've already canceled it.

the AI readers are kind of ok, but the app itself is annoying. I do like that I can choose the voice and speed. i don't like that it stops all the time or skips. hose issues are mostly tolerable. However, my two biggest gripes: 1. it won't play unless it's open on the screen. Paid apps usually do this, even free ones are capable. 2. I asked for a refund within minutes of ordering it because it's not as advertised and got terrible tech advice instead.

When it works, it's amazing. Otherwise, it crashes often, even using the "workaround" for Ebooks you've purchased. I wish I could figure out why it crashes or pauses or any of the extra stuff, but it appears this is an ongoing issue. I'll keep checking in with the Techies and Help centre, but idk if this will be corrected anytime soon.