The ultimate text to speech app. Let it read aloud web articles, documents and e-books while you are doing something else. A great assistive technology for people with visual impairments and disability. ***CHECK THE PHONE EDITION IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY THIS FULL PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES THE DESKTOP APP!!!*** - start the speech in seconds from any app that supports sharing, including Internet explorer, Office and nearly all news apps - a data connection is used only to download the text of the article, no streaming of sound over the internet that can’t fit into a data plan - 11 languages supported with auto language detection - share to the phone using Windows 8.1 app and articles will appear automatically in short time (and will be available later even without the data connection) - tracking of unread articles and an indicator on the live tile - Cortana/Voice commands integration - receiving tweeted links from the Twitter app - Nextgen Reader multiple items sharing custom integration - no other app can claim any of these By buying this app you also claim the right to download the Windows 8.1 version. Reinvent your life, if you are busy cut the time you spend in front of the screen and listen to web articles, documents (.docx, .pptx etc) and e-books (.epub, .fb2) while you are commuting, jogging or doing housework. Release 29 Beta reading of home pages / non-article pages Release 26 Setting to prevent screen lock Release 25 Open/share original text documents, chapter titles in e-pub documents Release 24 Better receiving of tweeted links from the twitter app Release 23 New share page, currently speaking text on now speaking page, semi transparent tile Release 22 Slick animations Release 20 Cortana/Voice commands - French, German, Italian, Portuguese Release 19 Pin items to start, Cortana/Voice commands integration (English) - ask "What can I say" to get the page with all commands Release 18 unread, short, long and all pages, .fb2 support, Nextgen reader integration now shows progress when importing multiple articles Release 16 type & paste from the appbar Release 15 open files from the appbar, search, override auto-language detection on the now speaking page's appbar Release 14 .epub support (use some app like Files to open or share it) Release 13 Speech speed button Release 12 Default action on share activated setting Release 11 App crashes on empty list fixed and delete now speaking animation changed Release 10 New options in the context menu on the main page Release 9 Improved image previews Release 8 Redesigned main page Release 6 Bing News and some other apps now work Release 5 article image as a background of now speaking page with an option when to show it, stability updates Release 2, 3, 4 stability updates, polish