Hear2Read

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#146 of 223

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Score

6.3

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hear2Read, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Hear2Read's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Hear2Read Apps	Free	Free to use · no ads or purchases

Each one read from Hear2Read's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Android status: The Android app will remain available in Google Play, but the team says it does not plan further improvements to it.checked 12 Oct 2026
Platforms: windows,androidchecked 20 Sep 2026
Windows status: Hear2Read says its Windows SAPI TTS is unavailable and that the team decided to focus on the NVDA add-on for Windows PC users.checked 12 Oct 2026

Audience: The current Hear2Read TTS offering is designed for visually impaired users who rely on NVDA to access digital content on Windows PCs.checked 12 Oct 2026
Languages: The Next Generation engine lists Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu.checked 12 Oct 2026
NVDA integration: The Hear2Read Indic Language Synthesizer is available through the NVDA Add-on Store.checked 12 Oct 2026
Organization: Hear2Read describes itself as a non-profit initiative started by Suresh Bazaj in 2013.checked 12 Oct 2026
Privacy: The Android TTS engine privacy policy says the app does not collect user information or provide it to third parties, and does not save input text or generated speech audio.checked 12 Oct 2026
Purpose: Hear2Read provides text-to-speech software for Indic languages, designed to help people with visual impairments read digital content by listening.checked 12 Oct 2026
Speech technology: The Next Generation TTS engine uses deep neural network algorithms to generate natural-sounding speech.checked 12 Oct 2026
Support: The NVDA add-on page requests a name and email address to provide support, share update information and gather product feedback.checked 12 Oct 2026
Voice installation: After installing the add-on, users can download one or more language voices using the Hear2Read Indic Voice Manager.checked 12 Oct 2026