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Any page,read aloud.

Narrove turns books, PDFs, Word files, slides and photos of text into natural speech. The voices run on your phone, so it works offline and your reading stays yours.

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Free to start. iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets.

Bring whatever you're reading.

DRM-free eBooks, PDFs, Word documents, slides, plain text and images. Open them from your phone or straight from the cloud.

  • Your device
  • OneDrive
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox
  • eBooks (EPUB)
  • PDFs (PDF)
  • Word (DOCX)
  • PowerPoint (PPTX)
  • Photos (JPG)
  • Rich text (RTF)
  • Plain text (TXT)
  • Older Word (DOC)
  • Screenshots (PNG)

Made for listening, not just reading out.

Everything you'd expect from an audiobook player, for every document you own. All of it is free.

Keeps reading with the screen off.

Background playback, lock screen controls and headphone buttons, just like an audiobook.

Your pace.

Slow down for dense chapters, speed through the rest.

1.0×

0.5×3×

Sleep timer.

Stops after the time you pick, or at the end of the chapter.

Bookmarks.

Save your place, or any line worth coming back to. Every document remembers where you stopped.

Widgets.

Pick up your book from the home screen in one tap.

Follow along.

Each word lights up as it's spoken, so you can read and listen at the same time.

Point your camera.
Hear the page.

Letters, menus, worksheets, a page from a library book. Narrove finds the text in front of your camera and starts reading it to you.

Photos and screenshots
Pick an image from your library and it reads just the same.
Stays on your phone
Text recognition and speech both happen on the device.

Voices you'll want to keep listening to.

100+ natural voices in 30+ languages, all running on your device. Every voice is tested by hand before it makes the list, and better ones arrive as they're ready.

The line-up is still being curated. Samples are on the way.

  • Heart

    American

    Free

    Warm and clear

    Sample soon

  • Emma

    British

    Free

    Measured, elegant

    Sample soon

  • Michael

    American

    Free

    Steady narrator

    Sample soon

  • Nicole

    American

    Free

    Soft, for bedtime

    Sample soon

  • George

    British

    Pro

    Classic audiobook

    Sample soon

  • Ada

    American

    Free

    Quick and crisp

    Sample soon

  • Lucía

    Spanish

    Free

    Bright and natural

    Sample soon

  • Henri

    French

    Pro

    Calm storyteller

    Sample soon

Languages

  • English (US)
  • English (UK)
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Dutch
  • Polish
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Hindi
  • +18 more

English has the widest choice. Most other languages start with around ten voices, and some newer languages may sound less natural.

Read the way your eyes like.

Dyslexia-friendly fonts, adjustable spacing and calm colour themes, with every word highlighted as it's spoken. Have a go.

Font
Theme
The Secret GardenChapter 1

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.

It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.

Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another.

The voice lives on your phone.

Many read-aloud apps send your documents to a server and stream the audio back. Narrove runs the voice models on your device instead.

Works offline
On a plane, underground or somewhere with no signal. If the file is on your phone, Narrove can read it.
Your files stay put
Voices are generated on the device. Nothing you import is uploaded to make it talk.
No upload, no queue
Speech is generated as you listen, so there is no server to wait on and no connection to drop.

Wherever you read.

One app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, with layouts that make the most of the bigger screen.

  • iPhone

    iOS

  • iPad

    iPadOS

  • Android phones

    Android

  • Android tablets

    Android

  • CarPlay

    Pro

Narrove Pro.

For people who listen a lot. Everything in Free, plus smarter imports, more control over the voice, and a way to share what you've made.

PDFs that read like books.

Layout-aware extraction follows columns in the right order and skips the parts nobody wants read aloud: headers, footers, page numbers, citations, links and tables. You choose what stays.

Direct the delivery.

Choose a tone like narrator or newsreader, design a voice of your own, and hear a short preview before you convert a whole book.

10-second preview · Storyteller

Share it as an audiobook.

Export any document as audio for a friend or family member.

Paste a link.

Narrove pulls out the article and leaves the menus, ads and pop-ups behind.

Experimental mode.

New open models are added here as they arrive and prove they sound better. Try them before anyone else.

  • CarPlay

    Your library on the car display.

  • Annotations

    Highlight and add notes on the text as you listen.

  • More voices

    The full catalogue, including premium picks.

  • More formats

    Additional file types as they are added.

On the horizon.

Ideas we're exploring for Pro. Some may need an internet connection, and we'll always say when they do.

  • Exploring

    Conversion queue

    Line up documents and let them convert in the background.

  • Exploring

    Voice cloning

    Have books read in a voice you know.

  • Exploring

    Sync across devices

    Start on your phone, carry on on your tablet.

  • Exploring

    Recaps, podcasts and quizzes

    Turn a long read into a summary, a conversation or a quick test.

Free to start.
Pro for more.

The free app isn't a trial. Everything you need to listen to your documents is in it.

Free

$0

On iPhone, iPad and Android.

  • Hand-picked, high-quality voices
  • EPUB, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, RTF, TXT and images
  • Camera scanning
  • OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox
  • Background playback and lock screen controls
  • Sleep timer, bookmarks and widgets
  • Speed from 0.5× to 3×
  • Dyslexia-friendly reading modes
Join the waitlist

Pro

Soon

Launch pricing will be announced to the waitlist first.

  • Everything in Free
  • The full voice catalogue
  • Tone, delivery and voice design
  • Previews before you convert
  • Clean PDF and web article import
  • Export and share audiobooks
  • CarPlay and annotations
  • Experimental mode
Get Pro updates
Compare everything
FeatureFreePro
Listening
On-device voicesCurated setFull catalogue
Background playback and lock screen
Sleep timer, bookmarks, widgets
Speed 0.5× – 3×
CarPlay–
Experimental models–
Importing
EPUB, PDF, DOCX, DOC, PPTX, RTF, TXT, images
Camera scanning
OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox
Web articles from a link–
Layout-aware PDF clean-up–
Additional formats–
Voice and reading
Dyslexia-friendly fonts and themes
Tone and delivery styles–
Voice design–
Preview before converting–
Annotations–
Export audiobooks–

Questions.

Something else? Email support@narrove.com or use the contact form.

When can I download Narrove?

Narrove is in development for iPhone, iPad and Android. Join the waitlist and we'll email you as soon as it's available, along with any early-access invites.

Is it really free?

Yes. The free version includes high-quality voices, every core format, camera scanning, background playback, the sleep timer, bookmarks, widgets and the dyslexia-friendly reading modes. Pro adds extras for heavy listeners.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Voices run on your device, so once a voice is downloaded you can listen offline. You'll need a connection to import from OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox, and for any future features we clearly label as online.

Are my documents uploaded anywhere?

Speech is generated on your phone or tablet, so your documents are not sent to a server to be read aloud. See the privacy policy for the details.

Which languages are supported?

Narrove offers 100+ voices in 30+ languages. English has the widest choice. Most other languages start with around ten voices, and we're adding more as better models appear.

Can it read Kindle or Apple Books purchases?

Not directly. Books bought from those stores are protected by DRM, so Narrove can't open them. Any DRM-free EPUB works, including most public-domain books and many independent stores.

Does it help with dyslexia?

Narrove includes dyslexia-friendly fonts such as OpenDyslexic and Lexend, adjustable letter and line spacing, calm colour themes, and word-by-word highlighting so you can follow along as it reads.

What's in Pro?

More voices, control over tone and delivery, previews before converting, layout-aware PDF clean-up, web article import, audiobook export, CarPlay, annotations and early access to new models.

Give your eyes
the evening off.

Join the waitlist and we'll email you when Narrove is ready to download. Nothing else unless you ask.