Audience
Mac users, including students, researchers, writers, and people with dyslexia or eye strain, who want to listen to text, PDFs, screenshots, and web articles.
About Aloud
Aloud is a native macOS text-to-speech app for listening to selected text, PDFs, screenshots, images, and web articles. It reads selections from other Mac apps, can skip PDF headers, footers, and page numbers, recognize scanned pages and image text on-device, and highlight words as they are spoken. Users can control playback in a small floating reader, resume recent readings, adjust speed, set pronunciations, and export audio as M4A. Voices include those installed on macOS and the optional Kokoro neural voice, which runs locally on supported Macs. Users may also connect their own ElevenLabs or Cartesia API key for cloud voices, with those providers billing usage separately. Aloud is designed for Mac users who want to listen while working with documents, research, writing, or web content. It requires macOS 14 or later and is sold as a one-time purchase.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$19 one-time
Pricing Details:
$19 one-time license per Mac; no recurring Aloud subscription. Optional ElevenLabs or Cartesia voice usage is billed separately by those services.
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Aloud Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Aloud work with?
Aloud works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Aloud support in their product?
Aloud supports these languages: English.
Q: What other applications or services does Aloud integrate with?
Aloud integrates with: Brave Browser, ElevenLabs, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Siri.
Q: What type of training does Aloud provide?
Aloud provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does Aloud cost?
Pricing for Aloud starts at $19 one-time.
