The $9.99 pay-once utility next to the $139/year reading platform.

Your Mac reads text free — here's where that's enough, and where it isn't.

Private & pay-once vs cloud AI voices on a subscription.

A simple private utility next to a document-and-OCR platform.

Almost everything is a subscription now. Here are the pay-once options.

How to listen to AI replies on a Mac — even inside the desktop apps.

Listen to anything on your Mac — privately.

Free for 14 days. Then $9.99 once. No subscription.

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later · signed & notarized by Apple