BookAloud – Listen to Your Printed Books Aloud! app for iPhone and iPad

BookAloud is a picture-to-speech app that will enable your child to easily get their printed books read aloud to them. Through this app, simply take a picture of any text—our cutting-edge OCR technology will scan the image and read it out loud to you in seconds.

Families these days are busier than ever and more and more people are relying on technology to facilitate their learning. Children of today too will have access to more information than any other generation. It’s never too early to encourage independent learning for young and curious minds.

BookAloud ensures that there will always be someone there to read to your child. It allows them to learn reading at their own pace and at their own convenience. It is fast and simple so that your child does not need help or supervision to use it.

In addition to its use as a learning tool for reading, listening to the spoken words will help your child with learning and practicing the pronunciation of words. This is especially helpful for households where families are learning English as a second language.

You can have the text read to you as a whole, or you can tap any individual word through the Reading View feature to hear it read aloud on its own. The word will jump in an animation, helping your child to keep track as well as keeping them engaged. This also makes BookAloud a great learning tool for children with dyslexia or other reading difficulties.

Make reading fun and interactive for your children. Get BookAloud today and give your child the freedom of discovering the joys of reading.

Why get BookAloud?

Allows children to read and learn independently.
An essential tool for children with dyslexia or other reading difficulties.
Helps children learn to read and practice pronunciation.
The interactive interface will keep your child focused and engaged.
Also a great tool for learning a second language such as French, Spanish, or German.
Makes reading fun and interactive.

Features:

Tap a section of text to begin reading and follow along with the Reading View feature.
Follow along by scrolling through the text through the Reading View or zoom in to the original image to read along.
Tap any word through the Reading View to have the word highlighted and read aloud on its own.
Tap the "Prev" or "Next" buttons to go forwards or backwards through your saved images.
Access your iPhone’s camera roll to upload a picture or use the camera to capture a new image.
Change the speaker speed through the app settings.
Note: use images with bright, even lighting and high color contrast.