Speak

The voice reads pointed text, so Speak needs the Nikud model installed alongside it — nikud is added for you automatically before anything is spoken. If Nikud is missing, the Speak screen says so and links to the store.

Paste or type Yiddish text (up to about 20,000 characters per reading). A moment after you stop typing the app has already prepared the reading: numbers are spelled out as Yiddish words, common abbreviations are expanded, and the text is pointed. Press play.

English words inside the text are skipped and listed in a small “skipped” badge — the voice reads Yiddish only, for now.

Every word lights up as it is spoken. Click any word to jump the voice there. Three speeds — Slow, Normal, Fast — sit next to the player, and the waveform shows where you are.

Not happy with how a word is pointed? Switch on Edit nikud and click the word. A popover shows each letter with a picker for vowels and dots, plus a raw text field for full control. Reset restores the model’s version; Apply & re-read speaks the sentence again with your fix. Edited words wear a small “edited” badge, and your edits survive re-readings.

You can share a correction to help improve the model — always your choice, see the Nikud guide.

Save writes a .wav file, named after the first words of the reading. Use it for a voice note, a lesson, an accessible version of a letter — anything.