Readio questions, answered

No. Readio does not sell audiobooks. It reads the books you already bought, so there are no credits and no second copy of a book you own.

Readio uses the language the book states: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Each language has its own voices, and the multilingual voices read every one. The app’s menus are a separate setting: see changing the app’s language. Chinese and Japanese work in Chrome today, as an early version. The guide to the languages Readio reads lists the voices for each.

Readio reads text. Books that are mostly pictures, like comics and some children’s books, have nothing to read aloud. In Chrome, Readio says so when you open one.

Yes. Lock the phone and Readio keeps reading, page after page. Pause, skip and the progress bar are on the lock screen, and a sleep timer stops the reading after a time you set. See listening with the screen off.

40+ natural voices in six languages: American, British and Australian English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. The speed goes from 0.5× to 3×, and you can change it at any time. See choosing a voice and speed.

Yes. Each book starts again from the exact page where you stopped.

Yes, with the Readio extension for Chrome, which is coming soon to the Chrome Web Store. Add it and open a book in the Kindle web reader. A small player appears on the page, and the word being read lights up. The media keys on your keyboard work too. The steps are in Read along in Chrome.

No. Readio is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Amazon. Kindle is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.

To make the voice, Readio sends the sentence being read to its speech service. Product analytics record app events, like “play pressed”, and never include book titles or book text. Your Amazon password is never sent. To sign out of Amazon or delete what Readio holds, see Disconnect Kindle and your data.

Readio is free to download. In Chrome, a free Readio account listens with your computer’s own voice. Readio Pro adds the natural voices and listening in the apps: weekly or yearly in the apps, and weekly, monthly or yearly on the web. One Readio account carries the plan to each. You see the price before you subscribe. The prices are on Pricing.

On iPhone, open Settings → your name → Subscriptions and choose Readio. On Android, open Google Play → Payments and subscriptions → Subscriptions. Cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends to stop the next payment. For a plan bought on the web, cancel from your Readio account. The guide to subscribing, restoring and cancelling has each step.