Khabri BaiRead aloud, word by word
Every headline is spoken while the word being read lights up in yellow, so you can follow along or just listen.
Version 9
Short news,
read aloud.
Khabri Bai turns the day's headlines into a short bulletin you can listen to. English, Hindi and five more Indian languages. No account. No ads.
For iPhone and iPad. Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
The news, on air
Each story is one short headline. Khabri Bai reads it to you, one after another, while you walk, cook or commute.
Seven languages
English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Stories, topics and the reading voice follow your language.
No account, no ads
Open the app and listen. There is nothing to sign up for, and nothing in the way of the news.
Pro Voice
Natural voices that run on your device. Download one once (about 400 MB) and they work offline. English and Hindi.
Hands-free
Keeps reading with the screen locked, with play, pause and skip on your lock screen.
The LIVE tape
Breaking news from the web, in your language, running along the ticker on the home screen.
Your own topics. Follow a place, a team or a person. One topic of your own comes with the app; Pro keeps up to ten.
See it in use
Swipe through the screens.
Khabri Bai Pro
The app already reads every headline aloud with your phone's own voice. Pro adds the rest.
| With the app | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Headlines read aloud | Every headline, in your phone's voice | Every headline |
| Pro Voice (on device) | 5 headlines a day | Unlimited |
| Hands-free on the lock screen | – | Included |
| The LIVE tape | – | Included |
| Topics of your own | 1 | Up to 10 |
| Upgrade prompts | Every few stories | None |
1-week free trial for new subscribers. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The price is shown in the app, in your own currency, before you subscribe. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your Apple Account settings. See the subscription terms.
Privacy, in plain words
There is no sign-up, no ads, and we do not track you across other apps or websites. This is the short version; the full policy has the detail.
What the app uses
An anonymous ID for your install, a push-notification token, your purchase status, the words of any topic you create, and basic usage and diagnostic data.
What it does not use
Your name, email, phone number, location, contacts, photos or microphone. No advertising ID.
Your data, your call
Ask us to delete the data held about your install at any time from the app's Settings, or by email.
Questions
Do I need an account?
No. Khabri Bai has no sign-up. Your install gets an anonymous ID so the app can work, and nothing that names you.
Where do the headlines come from?
From public news sources. Each story links to the original publisher's article, which opens with the Read More button. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26), some English headlines are rewritten on the device to sound better when spoken; elsewhere the original headline is read.
Does Pro Voice work offline?
Yes, after a one-time download of about 400 MB. Without it, the app reads with your phone's own voice.
How do I cancel Pro?
Open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose Khabri Bai. You keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for.
I bought Pro on another device. How do I get it back?
Open the Pro screen in the app and tap Restore purchases, signed in with the same Apple Account.
Something is wrong. Who do I tell?
Write to khabribai.com@gmail.com, or see the support page.