Pocket TTS is now available on iPhone and iPad through ToBe SAID, bringing another modern offline AI system voice engine to iOS. Until recently, Pocket TTS was available through ToBe SAID on Android and then on macOS, but not on iPhone. That has now changed. The new iOS version of ToBe SAID brings Pocket TTS…
Earlier this year, we looked at ToBe SAID on Android, one of the first practical attempts to bring modern Pocket TTS voices directly into the operating system as an offline text-to-speech engine. Now the same idea has arrived on the Mac. ToBe SAID is now available for macOS on the Mac App Store, bringing Pocket…
If you have ever selected a Siri voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and then wondered why the same voice is not available in your favorite text-to-speech app, there is a simple — if somewhat frustrating — answer: Apple does not allow third-party apps to use Siri voices through its standard text-to-speech API. This…
Which third-party apps are compatible with Siri AI? Speech Central is among the early apps to implement Apple’s new App Intents schemas—the technology that enables Siri AI to understand supported app content and actions through natural language. Speech Central currently implements Apple’s system-defined audiobook schemas for both discovering reading items and playing them: .books.audiobook for…
Supertonic TTS on Android: Impressive Offline AI Voices, but Not Yet Ready for Everyday Use Supertonic TTS Android is an interesting demonstration of how quickly offline AI text-to-speech is improving on mobile devices. It offers neural voices that run locally, without requiring text to be sent to a cloud service, and integrates with Android’s system…
Android Piper TTS Finally Becomes Practical The idea of using Android Piper TTS as a fully offline, system-level solution has been discussed for some time, but practical implementations have been limited. The release of VoxSherpa on Google Play changes that situation in a meaningful way. VoxSherpa is an open-source application that integrates modern neural voices…
Text-to-speech (TTS) is evolving rapidly across iPhone, Mac, and Android devices. With the introduction of xAI-powered voices, users now have access to a more natural, flexible, and cost-effective speech experience. Speech Central as an Open Voice Platform Speech Central is designed as an open voice platform, giving users full control over their text-to-speech ecosystem. Instead…
If you’ve read my previous article about Android voices (ToBe Said), you’ve already seen how quickly on-device AI text-to-speech is evolving. Now, a similar shift is starting to happen on iOS—with an app that brings offline system voices iOS users have been waiting for: Piper – Neural TTS. From Android Progress to iOS Reality The…
UPDATE: with most recent release where the author has made the change to avoid artifacts when turning the screen on, this feels like a “fully recommended app” now. I would only suggest everyone to go to ToBe Said internal settings and set the speed to “Fast” instead of “Medium” and for most people it would…
If you’ve been using ChatGPT on iPhone, you may have noticed a recent limitation: Read Aloud is no longer available in temporary chat sessions. This has created a gap for users who rely on listening instead of reading. In our previous guide, we covered how to use clipboard-based text-to-speech with Speech Central: iPhone Text to…
