urVoice AAC – Text to speech with type and talk‪!‬ 4+

For the money, it's a great app. This is a simple to use app with an easy interface that does what it says it will do. It provides a very good means of type-to-speech that is coherent and fairly natural sounding.

The voices are not perfect, but way, way, better than most that I've sampled. I like that you can adjust speed and pitch of the voices which gives you even more flexibility.

You will never fool anyone that this a real person speaking, but it's pretty convincing for the applications most people will use it for.

Some others have suggested improvements which I agree with, and perhaps they will make those improvements.

I bought the upgraded full version to use during a severe laryngitis period and was able to actually have fun conversing during dinners with my wife while not straining my voice! I saved several stock phrases like, "Oh really, tell me more." and "What happened next?" which I could just click on to keep the conversation going.

All in all, I give it a great rating, and hope they upgrade it soon. Money well-spent!

I'm autistic and sometimes can't speak, I have been nonverbal for a little less than a week straight right now and have used this app to communicate with my family and a few others.
I am using the free version right now and love it. The voice is not the best but it works, and being able to program the buttons has been HUGE for me. I can only do three with the free version, I have yes, no, and ok. I have tried some apps I prefer on my phone but I definitely prefer to type on my iPad and this is the best app I found that supports 9.3.5. Once I get some money I will look into the not free version if I decide that this is still the best app for me. I'm planing on looking into some other free options with more buttons and see how I like that. I love this app, I would like more buttons and a better voice but other than that it's pretty perfect

I’d like to see a way to listen to a recording starting at a spot other than the beginning. Sometimes you just want to check a correction you’ve made and don’t need or want to hear the whole recording. Other than that, it works very well.