However, there is a viable solution: text-to-speech technology. Text-to-speech applications can read various files and formats and convert them into audio, making information more accessible.

Andy Wolber shows you how to enable speech-to-text features with Google Docs on Chrome OS, Android, and iOS devices.

That said, the core functionality of text-to-speech works and the app is free (as of July 2017). Text to speech for developers It’s also never been easier to add text-to-speech capabilities to apps.