SayChef is the hands-free cooking app that reads recipes aloud while you cook. Cook Mode turns any recipe into a voice-guided experience — large text, read-aloud instructions, built-in timers, and step-by-step navigation. It's the recipe app that reads instructions to you, designed for the moment when your hands are busy and dinner is on the stove.
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Cook Mode
Garlic Pasta
Add minced garlic and sauté until golden, about 2 minutes.
2 min
You\'re mid-recipe, hands covered in dough, and you need to check the next step. Do you wash up, scroll, lose your place, and come back? Or do you let your cooking app read recipes aloud while you keep going? Cook Mode keeps your recipe in your ears and your eyes on the pan — exactly where they should be.
Three steps to hands-free cooking.
From your cookbook or the public feed, tap "Cook Mode" on any recipe to launch the guided cooking experience.
Cook Mode shows one instruction at a time in large text. Tap next or back to move through steps at your own pace.
Tap "Read Aloud" to hear each step spoken. Start timers, add notes, and cook hands-free from start to finish.
For the moments when you can\'t stop to scroll — your cooking timer app and recipe reader in one.
Hands covered in dough, oil, or raw chicken? No need to wash up just to scroll. Cook Mode reads each step aloud.
Baking or simmering? Start a built-in timer for any step and get notified when it's done. Never overcook again.
Cooking on the stove while your phone sits on the counter? Listen to instructions without walking back and forth.
Think of a tweak mid-cook? Add a note to the step instantly. It saves with the recipe for next time.
Tap "Read Aloud" and SayChef speaks the current step in a clear, natural voice — a true recipe reader that follows along as you cook. Move to the next step and it keeps going. No more leaning over your phone with messy hands — just listen and cook.
SayChef reads:
"Add the minced garlic to the pan and sauté until golden, about two minutes..."
Speaking... tap Stop to pause
A full cooking companion, not just a recipe viewer.
Tap to hear each instruction spoken in a clear, natural voice.
Start a timer for any step with a time estimate. Get notified when done.
One instruction at a time in large, easy-to-read text. Swipe or tap.
A visual progress bar shows exactly where you are in the recipe.
Add notes to any step mid-cook. Saved with the recipe for next time.
Recipes you record by voice flow seamlessly into Cook Mode.
Pair Cook Mode with the Voice Recipe Recorder — speak your recipe while you cook, then let Cook Mode read it back to you step by step next time.
Explore Voice Recipe RecorderYour recipes, read aloud while you cook.
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