OpenReader: Read Aloud
Xujia Liu Book iPhoneiPadiPod touch
OpenReader: Read Aloud is a free Book app for iPhone and iPad by Xujia Liu. Requires iOS 17.2. Updated November 2, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 50 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Nov 2
- 2026 · v1.0.4
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About OpenReader: Read Aloud
OpenReader reads your EPUB books aloud and highlights each word as it is spoken, so you can listen, read along, or both. OpenReader uses your own account with a speech service. You need an API key from one of these: OpenAI, Fish Audio, Microsoft Azure Speech, Speechify, or a server you run yourself (OpenAI-compatible or Kokoro-FastAPI). • Word by word: the page follows the voice and marks each word as it is spoken. • Keeps reading with the screen locked, with controls on the Lock Screen. • Download chapters to listen without a connection. • Look up a word or translate a passage without leaving the page. • Pick up where you left off on another device, through WebDAV storage you own. • Your way: font, text size, margins, alignment, pauses between sentences and paragraphs, light and dark. Free to download. Reading aloud is free for 30 days, then a one-time in-app purchase unlocks it for good. Reading, look-up and sync stay free. No account, no subscription, no server of its own. Your documents stay on your iPhone, and text goes only to the service you choose, after you allow it. OpenReader is open source: github.com/xujialiu/OpenReader
What’s new
Version 1.0.4 · Updated November 2, 2026
Fixes and improvements: • Library search: choose … > Search to find a book by name in every folder, then select the books it finds to move or delete them together. • Tap Lock now turns off when you leave a book, so a book you open later never ignores your taps. • A two-finger sweep over two neighboring rows, on the Download page or in the Library, now selects both. • Reading aloud now splits sentences correctly around brackets, inch marks such as 5", words such as 'em, and numbered references like [1] and [2]. • Fixed a crash that could close the app.
App privacy
The developer, Xujia Liu, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality, Other Purposes
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenReader: Read Aloud | – | Free | November 2, 2026 | |
| Oku: Your Reading Room | – | Free | Oct 12, 2026 | Compare |
| Guessbook: Discover Books | – | Free | Aug 19, 2026 | Compare |
| CrownNovel | – | Free | Oct 19, 2026 | Compare |
| Reader Audiobooks | – | Free | Nov 2, 2026 | Compare |
| GodansBook | – | Free | Apr 1, 2026 | Compare |
| Neetbook - Book Library | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | May 20, 2025 | Compare |