Smart Apps: Speechify

Name	Speechify
Product Description	Text to speech software. Either copy and paste in text, upload a pdf or simply snap a photo and Speechify will read it in a human-sounding voice.
Availability	Available from the Speechify Website
Key Features	·       Choose your natural sounding voice from a selection and listen to text in over 50 different languages. ·       Change your reading speed so you can listen at up to 900 words a minute, which is 5 times the average reading speed. ·       Take a photo of whatever your reading and upload it to Speechify which will then read it to you! ·       Import articles directly from your internet browser or install the chrome add on so you don't have to! ·       Compatible with loads of different apps including Dropbox, iCloud and Google Drive.
Prices and Plans	Free! Premium packages starting from £11.25 a month which allows unlimited access and HD Voices,
Biggest Pro	The voice! Having struggled with dyslexia all my educational and professional life this is BY FAR the easiest to use and best sounding software I have ever come across.
Biggest Con	Pretty new, so a little glitchy here and there but you can’t have everything.

An effortlessly simple piece of software which integrates flawlessly with your internet platforms. I wish I would have had this at university!