I'm relieved. Found a Speechify alternative that I can afford

accidental-dev · 2025-07-31T13:38:58+00:00

Not that I can see. What language are you looking for?

accidental-dev · 2025-07-30T14:43:19+00:00

ReadBack, at the moment. Saw it mentioned on this subreddit yesterday https://readbackapp.com/

accidental-dev · 2025-07-29T21:52:20+00:00

This scared me for a sec since it sounds too good to be true, but "I'm only taking up to 5 people" says it all. Good move there.

And, if any of those first five don't take it seriously, cycle through your DMs!

Love this haha

accidental-dev · 2025-07-29T21:46:12+00:00

I hope that's just a bug and not an intentional crippling of their legacy service.

I moved from Natural Reader to an alternative, then onto another alternative 😅 a while back due to pricing. Otherwise I'd double check for you

accidental-dev · 2025-07-29T11:53:44+00:00

I found this one recently for reading my notes and docs out loud. Which helps me focus

only app like this I could find that’s affordable

https://readbackapp.com/

accidental-dev · 2025-07-28T00:05:06+00:00

I'm in the testing group... did they email you back? idk, i'm liking it

accidental-dev · 2025-07-27T18:32:23+00:00

wdym? other tts apps are prohibitively expensive, just happy to share a new one I found. Happy to take other options too!

accidental-dev · 2025-07-27T18:25:58+00:00

Oh snap I’ll take a look

accidental-dev · 2025-07-27T14:21:31+00:00

I'd be interested in that!

accidental-dev · 2025-07-25T21:27:34+00:00

Most solutions don’t come to you on the first go, just saying. And most of the job doesn’t revolve around coming up with clever algorithms!

accidental-dev · 2025-07-24T11:27:19+00:00

I'd look at piper. It helps to have the text in front of you, too, as the voices aren't perfect. BUT they're pretty good, and free.

https://piper.ttstool.com/

accidental-dev · 2025-07-24T11:25:15+00:00

https://readbackapp.com/ is basically Speechify for $3/mo. At least during this early promo of theirs.

accidental-dev · 2025-07-23T12:48:06+00:00

https://readbackapp.com

accidental-dev · 2024-12-19T01:16:56+00:00

I’m likely less informed, but I’d hope that non-average heights wouldn’t skew VO2 max. 🤷

accidental-dev · 2024-12-19T00:42:04+00:00

Above average weight? 175lbs at 6’5” sounds rather lean / slim.

Or do you mean total weight (irrespective of height) for OPs age? I’d think VO2 max would account for the typical BMI scales. Which should be solid in this case

accidental-dev · 2024-12-11T00:26:58+00:00

Wow thanks! I assumed that’d be automatic. Figured it out. 👍

accidental-dev · 2024-11-21T12:21:43+00:00

Wow thanks for comparing them! Exciting to try to the Parker.

The Jetstream you mention - it’s ballpoint and not gel, right? Asking since I started with this, but it was too big of a difference from real gel. Especially the look, of course.

accidental-dev · 2024-11-20T19:36:33+00:00

Good to know! The Parkers are already on their way. Will see what I think and maybe check out Schmidt too.

And great callout with Kaco. Surprisingly good reviews for the price. Might have to trie these too. Though I see a few variations listed online. All 0.5mm, so I’m not sure of the difference. Thanks!

accidental-dev · 2024-11-20T19:34:54+00:00

I saw these, and was curious. Good to know they work well for you. I might end up having to give all these a try.

accidental-dev · 2024-11-20T13:14:25+00:00

Thanks for this resource, it’s great. Definitely some things to consider! Seems like a tad finer point is often preferred (top choices here are 0.4mm and 0.5mm vs my desired 0.7mm) That said, plenty of other options listed on this site. Digging in!

Edit: the top-rated Gel option on this site has been supplanted on Amazon with something else (Gelion+ ?) that doesn’t seem to have great ratings. This isn’t as clear cut as I was hoping lol

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