Readable vs Shook

Readable translates PDF files into Japanese while keeping the original layout intact, including tables, figures, and images. Built by NextLab Inc., it targets researchers reading academic papers and business teams working through manuals, reports, and contracts without rebuilding documents by hand.

The reader shows original and translated text side by side so you can scan a translation and jump back to the source line when something needs a closer look. Premium users can register custom dictionaries so product names, abbreviations, and field-specific terms translate the same way every time.

Readable runs in the browser and through a Chrome extension for quick file translation. Pro Standard focuses on English-to-Japanese PDFs, while Pro Premium adds 200+ source languages, larger file limits, and optional ChatGPT-based translation engines.

Shook clones your voice on iOS and plays back typed messages in other languages. You record a short voice sample, write or pick a message, choose a target language, and hear the result spoken in a version of your own voice. The marketing site describes the core pitch as hearing yourself speak in different languages, then sends you to the App Store download.

Most translation apps output a generic synthetic voice. Shook focuses on voice cloning so the translated audio still sounds like you, which makes shared voice messages feel more personal than standard text-to-speech. The privacy policy confirms the app stores voice samples and language preferences to power cloning and translation, but the public website itself stays minimal with almost no feature breakdown beyond the download flow.

It suits iPhone users who want to experiment with multilingual voice messages for friends, language practice, or curiosity about how they sound in another tongue. Android users are out of luck since the site only links to iOS. Without a public pricing page on getshook.app, plan details live inside the App Store listing rather than on the web.