Natural Reader

NaturalReader is an application that can convert written text into spoken words. It has the ability to read aloud a variety of materials including text documents, PDFs, web pages, and eBooks using high-quality, realistic-sounding voices. 

ADVANTAGES

• The app features natural-sounding voices with various options for languages, accents, and genders, providing an enjoyable and diverse listening experience. 

• It is also user-friendly, with intuitive controls. 

• It can assist in enhancing spelling, reading, comprehension, and writing skills.

• It offers an mp3 converter that allows users to listen to the content without requiring internet connectivity or being at the computer. 

• It can be used to read aloud various file formats 

DISADVANTAGES 

• The app does not know how to deal with certain symbols such as dashes or bullet points

• If the free version is used on an Apple or Android device, which doesn’t give users access to nearly as many features, it needs to be connected to the internet 

• The translation features, particularly for those learning English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese, are not robust. 

• Reading comprehension:  teachers provide students with a text about a particular topic and learners with reading difficulties can use natural reader to listen to the content. They can later on answer oral questions or do a true or false exercise orally to check their comprehension.

• Written practise: Students  with reading difficulties can have this app read their writings to check if they have written words correctly or if they have skipped some. 

• Natural reader can also be used to check pronunciation of words that are similar such as "sheep" or "ship"