Try LuceVoce free for an hour

How the free hour of reading aloud works in a copy of LuceVoce from the Microsoft Store or the App Store, what counts, and how to unlock it.

Windows

Yes

Mac

Yes

iPad

Yes

iPhone

Yes

LuceVoce from the Microsoft Store or the App Store reads aloud for one hour in all, for free. After that, you unlock it once to keep listening: one purchase, with no subscription.

What counts toward the hour

• Every voice counts.
• Listening to a voice's sample doesn't count.
• Playing an audiobook doesn't count.

While the hour lasts, the bottom bar shows the minutes left, for example 35 min free. Click or tap it to see how to unlock LuceVoce.

When the hour is used up

The voice stops, and LuceVoce offers to unlock it: one purchase, with no subscription. Choose Unlock LuceVoce, or Not now to close the card. The bottom bar then shows Unlock in place of the minutes.

Everything else keeps working either way: your library, your notes and highlights, search, and the rest of LuceVoce. Only reading aloud waits for the unlock.

See the minutes left and unlock LuceVoce

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to About.
3. Under Free reading aloud, LuceVoce shows the minutes left, with Unlock LuceVoce.

Good to know

• Once LuceVoce is unlocked, Settings > About says "LuceVoce is unlocked." and the bottom bar no longer shows the minutes.

Last updated 14 November 2026