Text to Speech
Convert text to speech online for free using your browser's built-in voices — no signup, no upload, works offline once the page has loaded.
No voices are installed in your browser/OS yet — playback may use a default system voice, or may not work until one is installed.
Your files are processed locally in your browser and are not uploaded to our servers.
How to use Text to Speech
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Paste or type the text you want read aloud.
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Choose a voice, speed, and pitch.
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Click Play — click Stop at any point to cancel playback.
Common uses
- Listening back to a draft to catch awkward phrasing before sending it
- Proofreading by ear, which catches different mistakes than reading silently
- A quick accessibility check of how a screen reader-adjacent voice renders your text
Supported formats and limitations
Accepts text, up to one file at a time.
- This uses your browser's own built-in text-to-speech engine (the Web Speech API) — voice quality, available languages, and even whether it works at all depends entirely on your browser and operating system, not this site.
- Some browsers or operating systems have no voices installed by default, in which case playback may not work until one is added at the system level.
Frequently asked questions
No — playback uses your browser's own built-in Web Speech API, running entirely on your device.
Your browser or operating system may not have any text-to-speech voices installed. This varies by platform — try a different browser, or check your OS's speech/accessibility settings.
Yes — the Speed slider adjusts playback rate from 0.5x to 2x.
It depends on the mobile browser's Web Speech API support — most current mobile browsers support it, but voice selection may be more limited than on desktop.