Text to Speech
Read any text aloud using your browser's built-in voice. Pick from the voices your operating system provides, set the speed and pitch, and click play. Free, in your browser, no upload, no signup.
Text to Speech — Paste any text and hear it read aloud. The voice is provided by your operating system, not a server — the audio is generated in your browser and the text never leaves the page.
Speech is generated by your browser using its built-in voice. The text never leaves the page.
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What is text to speech?
Paste any text and hear it read aloud. The voice is provided by your operating system, not a server — the audio is generated in your browser and the text never leaves the page.
Useful for proofreading, accessibility, listening to long articles while you do something else, or just hearing how a piece of writing sounds out loud.
How to use it
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Pick a voice
The dropdown shows every voice your browser exposes. Voices vary by OS — try a few to find the one you like.
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Paste your text
A few sentences to several pages. The browser chunks very long text into separate utterances automatically.
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Set speed and pitch
Most voices are tuned for normal reading; 1.0× is the right starting point. Lower the speed for technical content; raise the pitch for a friendlier delivery.
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Play / pause / stop
Standard transport controls. The progress bar shows where the speech is.
Examples
Proofread an article by listening
Hearing your own writing read back is the fastest way to spot awkward sentences, run-ons, and missing words. Paste a draft, pick a clear voice, and play at 0.9× so the cadence feels natural.
Any draft text — a blog post, an essay, a chapter
Result: Audio playback in the browser. No file is generated, no upload.
Listen to a long article while you work
Paste an article and let it play in the background. Pause anytime with the stop button. Adjust the speed up to 1.5× for skimming, down to 0.7× for dense material.
A 2,000-word article
Result: ~10 minutes of audio at default speed. Save your eyes for the work that needs them.
Test a non-English voice
Most operating systems ship with voices for several languages. Paste text in another language and pick the matching voice to hear it read by a native speaker.
A short paragraph in the target language
Result: Audio in the chosen voice. Useful for pronunciation checks and language learning.
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Last reviewed: 2026-08-17