Two GhostReaders, designed to fit your needs!
Do you prefer listening to your Mac rather than reading yourself? Or could GhostReader help you proof-read or create scripts? Then we’ve got just the thing for you: GhostReader and GhostReader Plus.
GhostReader
GhostReader is an easy to use, fully customizable Text to Speech app that allows you to listen to written text on your Mac. Read selected texts from other applications, import texts in almost every format and listen to them on the go. Whether you’re a creative professional, teacher or simply prefer to listen to written texts, GhostReader’s intuitive design and extensive range of customizable features help you to effortlessly save time, improve your work or enhance your learning experience.
GhostReader Plus
Create beautiful audiobooks, lively podcasts or proof-read your screenplay with all characters having their own voice. Tags give you ultimate creative freedom making use of multiple voices, languages and other speech modifiers. All of this with just a few clicks.
Feature comparison
| GhostReader 1.x | GhostReader | GhostReader Plus | |
| Localizations | English, French, German, Dutch, Italian | English | English |
| Speak text below cursor | x | ||
| Global shortcuts | x | ||
| Text to Speech | x | x | x |
| Word highlighting | x | x | x |
| Selection reader | x | x | x |
| Multilingual use | x | x | x |
| Export to iTunes track | x | x | x |
| Export to m4a audio file | x | x | |
| Intuitive user-interface | x | x | |
| Styled text | x | x | |
| Search and replace | x | x | |
| Zoom | x | x | |
| Spell check | x | x | |
| Custom pronunciations | x | x | |
| Automatic language detection | x | ||
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Tags (adjust voice, rate, etc.) |
x |
Voices
Enhance GhostReader with Infovox iVox to listen to the best voices available. Infovox iVox offers more than 100 natural-souding voices in 29 languages that can be used with any Mac application. In addition, Infovox iVox includes character and specialty voices for fun and humor.
Free trial
Explore all the features now and download the free trial!
- Learn more about GhostReader and GhostReader Plus
- Download the free trials
- Purchase GhostReader in the Mac App Store
- Purchase GhostReader Plus in the Mac App Store
- Listen to the Infovox iVox voices
Note that we are discontinuing GhostReader 1.x. Of course you will still be able to use it, however, we will not release any new updates. Interested in learning how your older version of GhostReader compares with the news ones? Read this FAQ.