iOS 27 Text to Speech: A Disappointing Year for Apple Voices
When Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 and released the first developer betas in June, many accessibility advocates and text-to-speech users hoped for major improvements. Historically, the first developer betas provide a strong indication […]
Supertonic TTS Android: Another Offline AI Voice Engine Joins the Open-Source TTS Wave
Supertonic TTS Android is the latest sign that offline AI text-to-speech on Android is becoming a real user-facing category rather than a niche experiment. Over the last year, Android has seen a growing wave of […]
Android Piper TTS: VoxSherpa Brings Offline Neural Voices to System Text-to-Speech
Android Piper TTS Finally Becomes Practical The idea of using Android Piper TTS as a fully offline, system-level solution has been discussed for some time, but practical implementations have been limited. The release of VoxSherpa […]
iPhone xAI Text to Speech: New in our Open Voice Platform
Text-to-speech (TTS) is evolving rapidly across iPhone, Mac, and Android devices. With the introduction of xAI-powered voices, users now have access to a more natural, flexible, and cost-effective speech experience. Speech Central as an Open […]
Use Your Foldable Phone Like a Real Book: A Smarter Way to Read with TTS
Why Foldable Devices Change the Reading Experience Foldable phones (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, Pixel Fold) introduce something that traditional smartphones cannot: a natural separation of space. Instead of constantly switching between screens or overlay […]
Speech Central on Android vs iOS in 2026: A Detailed Platform Comparison
Feature Parity Is Closer Than Ever In 2026, the gap between Android and iOS versions of Speech Central has narrowed significantly. The overall feature strategy is now almost identical across both platforms. While new features […]
Can’t Find Speech Central in the Mac App Store? Here’s What’s Actually Going On
Why Mac App Store Search Feels Broken Recently If you’ve recently tried to search for a Mac app and came up empty, you’re not imagining things. Changes in the Mac App Store have made app […]
eSpeak NG on iPhone and Android: Why Robotic Voices Still Matter
In recent articles, I covered the rise of modern AI text-to-speech solutions like ToBe Said and Piper – Neural TTS. These apps focus on natural, human-like speech and represent the future of offline system voices. […]
Piper – Neural TTS: Offline System Voices on iOS Are Finally Becoming Practical
If you’ve read my previous article about Android voices (ToBe Said), you’ve already seen how quickly on-device AI text-to-speech is evolving. Now, a similar shift is starting to happen on iOS—with an app that brings […]
TOBE Said: Android AI System Voices – The Rise of Offline TTS on Mobile
UPDATE: with most recent release where the author has made the change to avoid artifacts when turning the screen on, this feels like a “fully recommended app” now. I would only suggest everyone to go […]
