Read along as your book is read to you
Narrately highlights each sentence as it's spoken, so your eyes and ears stay on the same words. Optional focus aids help you keep your place: a focus mode that fades the rest of the page, bold word starts, the Lexend typeface and adjustable size and spacing.
Try it freePride and Prejudice
Chapter 1 · Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
How to do it
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Open any book
The text is shown in a calm, book-like layout.
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Turn on the aids you like
Focus mode, bold word starts, Lexend, size and spacing, light, sepia or dark.
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Follow the voice
The page scrolls with the narration, or scroll away freely and jump back with one tap.
Why Narrately
Focus mode
Fades everything except the sentence being read, so there's one thing to look at.
Bold word starts
Emphasises the beginning of each word, which some readers find easier to scan.
Easy-read typeface
Lexend was designed to reduce visual stress and improve reading fluency.
Questions
Does Narrately help with dyslexia or ADHD?
Many readers find listening while reading helps them focus. Narrately has optional reading aids: a focus mode that fades everything except the sentence being read, bold word starts, the Lexend typeface designed to reduce visual stress, adjustable text size and line spacing, and light, sepia and dark themes.
Why listen and read at the same time?
Following text while hearing it keeps attention anchored, helps with unfamiliar words and makes long sessions less tiring. It's how many readers with dyslexia or ADHD prefer to read.
Which voices and languages are there?
English books can be read by a choice of American and British voices, warm or calm, female or male, at speeds from 0.75× to 2×. Books in Nepali, Hindi and many other languages are detected automatically and read by multilingual voices on paid plans.