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Open → Play → Listen
Start with a file you already have and get to playback without building a library.
iPhone · iPad · Mac
A simple lightweight text player
README.aloud
A simple lightweight text player
for your files
Open a file. Press Play. Listen.
README.aloud turns the text inside
your documents into private, offline listening.
No account, no cloud, no limits.
Apple voices
This is a text player, not an ebook reader
Listening comes first.
The text on screen is there for context, search, bookmarks, and navigation. The main interface is audio.
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Lock → Pocket
On iPhone and iPad, keep listening after Home or with the screen locked.
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Apple voices first
Use the system voices already available on your Apple devices and choose your listening speed.
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Free to use
No account, no subscription, no ads, and no feature paywall. Tips unlock nothing.
Your files.
Not a bookstore.
README.aloud works with compatible local documents and ebooks. It extracts text and sends it to playback.
EPUB
MOBI
PRC
PDF (text layer)
TXT
RTF
Protected files are rejected. Scanned PDFs are not sent to OCR.
✓
No DRM circumvention.
✓
No cloud conversion.
✓
No audiobook export.
Private by design.
Your documents stay on your device. The v1 product has no account, backend, document upload, analytics/tracking SDK, advertising, cloud AI, or subscription.
No account
Open the app and use it. There is no sign-in flow.
No upload
Your document is processed locally rather than sent to a service.
No tracking
No third-party analytics or advertising layer.
No paywall
The app is fully functional. Optional tips do not unlock features.
A simple lightweight text player. Nothing more complicated than that.
README.aloud is built around a simple idea: your files already contain the text. Your device already has a voice. The app provides the player.