Listen to your docs on the go.
PDFs, web pages, even copy-paste text — turned into podcast-quality audio. CarPlay, background play, lock-screen controls. Completely private: 100% on-device processing.
See Orate in action.
Three screens, one flow: pick a document, generate the audio, hit play.
Built for the long listen.
High-quality voices
Five expressive system voices. Pick the one that fits the document — and the mood.
Variable speed
From 0.5× to 4×. Skim a long PDF or savor a short essay — your call.
PDF, web, plain text
Import from Share Sheet, drop a URL, or paste text directly. Orate handles the rest.
CarPlay + lock screen
Listen on the road, on the trail, on the couch. Full media controls everywhere.
Background play
Keep listening while you write, walk, or switch apps. The audio never stops mid-sentence.
100% on-device
Speech synthesis runs locally with Apple’s neural voices. Your documents never reach a server.
For every kind of document worth hearing.
Articles, papers, drafts, manuals — same player, many shapes.
Long-form articles
Save the Substack essay, the Atlantic deep-dive, the long thread for the commute. Orate turns your read-later pile into a listen-now pile.
Academic PDFs
Listen to research papers while reviewing notes.
Newsletters
Clear the inbox audio backlog on a walk.
Your own writing
Paste a draft and hear it read aloud. The oldest copy-editing trick in the book — your ear catches what your eye glides over.
Books + textbooks
Convert long PDFs into chapter-by-chapter audio.
Documentation
Tech docs, API references, manuals — listen while you do something else.
Language learning
Pick a voice in your target language. Pause, replay, slow down. Train your ear with whatever material you bring.
Accessibility
A reading aid for tired eyes, dyslexia, or anyone who absorbs spoken words better.
Walks + runs
Turn screen time into ear time. Move your body; feed your mind.
What you read stays with you.
Orate is built so the documents you choose to listen to — drafts, papers, articles, private notes — stay entirely on your device. Every page of text, every generated audio file, is rendered locally. Nothing is uploaded.
Speech synthesis uses Apple’s on-device neural voices. There are no third-party TTS services, no cloud rendering, no telemetry you did not opt into. Your library — and the contents of it — is for your ears only.
Optional iCloud sync keeps your library across your Apple ID devices, end-to-end encrypted. Your data travels with you, never to us, never to anyone else.
Frequently asked questions.
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