FolioTell app icon — a document with speech waves

FolioTell

Hear your documents, straight from the file browser.

A native iPhone reader that opens your local Markdown and text files and speaks them aloud with natural Apple voices — offline, private, no account.

Coming soon on the App Store In review with Apple

Why FolioTell

Reading you can listen to

Made for lectures, notes, and long reads you carry as text. Open a file and listen — on a walk, a commute, or while your eyes rest.

Open your files

Browse straight into the Files app and open .md, .markdown, or .txt — read-only, nothing to import.

Natural voices

Apple system voices read aloud, automatically matched to your document's language — including Cyrillic and beyond.

Your pace

Five clear speed presets from 1× to 2×. Set it once — your choice is remembered next time.

Private by design

Everything runs on your device. No account, no network, no tracking — your files never leave your iPhone.

How it works

Three taps to listening

1

Browse

Launch straight into the system document browser and find your file.

2

Open

Tap a supported document and the reader appears instantly.

3

Listen

Play, pause, resume, and stop — and set the speed that suits you.

1.25× 1.5× 1.75×

Private & offline

Your documents stay yours

FolioTell has no backend and asks for no account. It works fully offline and collects nothing — reading is between you and your files.

No account No tracking No network Read-only access Works offline