Speechify vs Natural Reader: Which One is Perfect For You?

Most people suffer while reading because of a lack of readability or diseases such as ADHD, dyslexia, etc. That’s why text-to-speech software is in the market to help people.

Text-to-speech software improves reading, productivity, and reading speed. There are lots of text-to-speech software in the market, But Natural Reader & Speechify stands out.

In this article, we will compare the Natural Reader & Speechify features, languages, voices, and pricing. Moreover, At end of the article, we will add our recommendations for you to choose better.

Let’s begin with a brief introduction,

Speechify: Introduction

Speechify is a text-to-speech tool that converts any text into a human natural voice. Speechify is available in the mobile app (Android & IOS), chrome extension, and web-based tool as well.

Speechify Pros & Cons

Natural Reader: Introduction

Natural Reader is also a text-to-speech software that changes text into a human natural voice. Like Speechify, Natural reader is also available in the mobile app (Android & IOS), Chrome extension, and web-based tool as well.

Natural Reader Pros & Cons

Speechify & Natural Reader Pricing

Speechify & Natural Reader Features Comparison

• Interface

Web-based Tool– Speechify’s web-based tool interface is very easy to use. The search bar and profile are on top, folders are on the left side, and files are on the remaining screen with huge thumbnails. Which are easy to identify and reach.

On the other hand, the Natural Reader is also very easy to use. A huge panel in the middle of the screen, and add, play, MP3, voices, speed, settings, and more( Profile) buttons are on the top bar. Files and folders are in the more options.

Both tools are easy to use, but in my opinion, speechify’s interface is more useable compared to Natural Reader. As you can see Both interfaces are in the given screenshots.

Like, Web-based tools, Both software has some interface for mobile phone applications with minor changes. Here are the mobile phone app interfaces of both Software.

• languages

Speechify supports 29 languages, Whereas Natural Reader supports only 18 languages. This means Speechify supports 12 more languages compared to the Natural Reader. Here is the list of both tool’s languages list.

• Voices

Both software has 100+ voices, Which are very similar to each other. But, both offer different numbers of voices for different languages. The below table shows the number of language voices that Speechify and Natural Reader provide.

Languages	Speechify Voices	Natural Reader Voices
English	41 Voices	31 Voices
French	12 Voices	8 Voices
Portuguese	12 Voices	9 Voices
Spanish	13 Voices	8 Voices
German	4 Voices	4 Voices
Dutch	1 Voice	5 Voices
Swedish	1 Voice	4 Voices
Danish	2 Voices	4 Voices
Polish	4 Voices	5 Voices
Norwegian	1 Voice	4 Voices

• Quality Of Voices

Both Speechify & Natural Reader have a similar number of Voices But Speechify delivers way better voices compared to Natural Reader. Here are some samples of Voices quality of Speechify and Natural Reader.

• Reading Speed

Reading speed is much faster in Speechify than the Natural Reader. Speechify offers up to 900WPM, whereas Natural Reader has up to 540WPM. In my opinion, 540WPM is more than enough for everyone and 900WPM is too fast for an ordinary person.

I hope you hear both audios, Which are too fast for a normal person. The reason behind uploading these audios, To let you that this feature is useless 1.5 or 2x is more than enough speed to read text.

• Import Text

Both software can read PDFs, emails, web pages, book text, and so on. But, only speechify covert image text into the text that you can edit later. Which feature is missing in Natural Reader? 

• Export Audio

The only feature I don’t like in Speechify is, We can’t export audio files from it. Whereas, Not only you can export audio from Natural Reader, But also you can convert audio into MP3 format.  

• Translator

Speechify has options for the translator, which the Natural Reader doesn’t have. That translates text into the app or web-based tool.

• Cross-platform

Don’t worry about the device, whether you are using IOS, android, or pc. Because Both speechify and Natural Reader have apps for them. For pc, they have Chrome extension.

• Chrome Extension

Natural Reader’s Chrome extension is much better than Speechify. Because Natural Reader offers better control and interface. On top of this, Natural Reader has more features compared to Speechify Chrome extension. Here are the two screenshots of the Chrome extension of Speechify and the Chrome extension.

Our Recommendation 

It depends, on whether you searching for free or premium software. If you are looking for free text-to-speech software to read articles, books read, or any other things to read, then you must go for the Natural Reader.

But, if you are looking for premium and better feature software, then Speechify is a much better option for you compared to the Natural Reader. Because Speechify has way better features and voices compared to Speechify.

Conclusion:

Speechify and the Natural Reader are the two best text-to-speech software to read book text, articles, docs, PDFs, and other content. These are mainly made for people who have problems with reading, But these days these are used to improve reading speed and productivity.

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