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iSpeak Portuguese app review: a handy translation tool

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Introduction

If you're planning a trip to the beautiful country of Portugal this summer, or you wish to learn to communicate with a native speaker in their native tongue, iSpeak Portuguese is a translator app that brings you all the tools you need right onto your iPhone or iPad.

This app not only brings you a mobile translator from text to text, but also uses a high-quality synthesizer which recites the text in seamless audio so you can also nail the pronunciations.

You'll find this app in the Reference category of the App Store, and you can purchase it for $1.99, which is a fantastic price for a powerful synthesizer voice translator app app.

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iSpeak Portuguese

$1.99

Google-Powered Translation Services

The developers of iSpeak Portuguese have seemingly put a lot of love and care into making this app a user-friendly and functional one. Although it's a fairly hefty app which will take up 128 MB of space on your iOS device, it is surprisingly smooth-functioning, responding to the touch much like a <10 MB app would.

The translation service, powered by Google's Advanced Translation, works both ways, translating Portuguese text to English as well as vice-versa. When users wish to translate anything, they can simply enter the text in the appropriate box and tap Translate. You can also save an unlimited number of translations so they may be easily retrieved later on, or send it to yourself or a loved one by email.

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Translate & Listen

You'll notice a Speak It button at the bottom of the screen. Upon tapping this button, you'll hear the audio synthesized from the text. This text-to-speech synthesis is so seamless, you might mistake it for professionally-recorded audio. Don't take my word though. Samples of the voice are provided on the developer's website so you can have a little listen to determine the quality for yourself.

Aside from all these awesome features, the app also takes full advantage of iOS functions such as clipboard capabilities which will enable you to translate walls of text in an instant. You can translate emails, documents, and even song lyrics and then have them read out to you using the Speak It button.

If you choose to listen to a lengthy translation, you'll be pleased to know that this app also supports background audio, so the translation will carry on in audio form even if you choose to use other apps or read the translation at the same time for dual-input and better retention.

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iSpeak Portuguese

$1.99

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Translates from English to Portuguese, as well as Portuguese 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

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Final Words

iSpeak Portuguese is a really handy iPhone and iPad app that is sure to make your communications in Portuguese 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 as well. It's one of the best Portugese translating apps out there. 

iSpeak Portuguese

$1.99
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Neha Sinha

Neha has been writing and editing since 2010 and has been reviewing iOS apps since early 2014. She has lived in four different countries and loves having the world at her fingertips thanks to these awesome apps.