iSpeak Spanish app review: translates and hear text in Spanish

Introduction

Spanish is a language spoken in many parts of the world, so a translator might come in handy in a number of contexts such as understanding Spanish literature, reading important documents, or even understanding Shakira's songs. iSpeak Spanish is an app that can act as your handy translation guide right on your iPhone or iPad.

This app has a simple, but very fast, intuitive, and efficient system which makes the user experience a breeze from start to finish. This is one of those translating apps that you don't get for the frills and fluff, but for the quality.

You can purchase this app for $1.99 in the Reference section of the App Store and you will need to free up a good 115 MB of space on your iOS device to download it.

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Translate & Listen

iSpeak Spanish takes a while to download but it's obvious the majority of it comes from the audio synthesis software which sounds more like a professionally recorded audio of a native speaker than a synthetic voice.

This audio text-to-speech synthesis combined with the ability to use the clipboard within this reference app opens up a huge realm of possibilities. You can translate articles, emails, and documents and then listen to them being “read” to you by your voice-synthesized assistant that you can carry around on your iPhone or iPad. This will open up so much potential for learning, be it a structured time that you devote for listening and speaking practice, or simply during your commutes.

As I mentioned before, Google's Advanced Translation Service is the provider of translations, which means that you will receive the most precise and legitimate translation.

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Presentation & Performance

There is a lot to be said about simple interfaces. Though they might appear too plain, that actually works in favor of an app like this one. The process from start to finish is very straightforward, so even new users don't really need to spend a lot of time getting familiar with the controls and functions. There is a Translate button to translate your text and Speak button to synthesize it into audio.

You can also email your translation or send it via SMS with just a few taps. Save an unlimited number of translations into this app so you can retrieve them easily at any time without requiring Internet access.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Translates from English to Spanish, as well as Spanish to English
• Speaks translated text with the highest possible quality text to speech engine available in a mobile device
• Save as many translations on your iPhone as you would like, or email or SMS them
• Change the volume as well as speed of spoken text
• Cut paste documents, articles, and emails into iSpeak to translate and have them read back
• Multitasking support for audio

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

iSpeak Spanish is a really beautiful iPhone and iPad app that is sure to make your mastery of Spanish a lot faster, easier, and I daresay, even fun! I'd highly recommend getting this one especially if it's important to you to get high-quality audio support for your desired language. In fact, I would say it's the best translation app in the high-quality audio department.