Text to Speech

Turn text into natural-sounding speech in your browser. Pick a voice, adjust speed and pitch, and play — your text is never uploaded.

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Speech is generated by your browser or operating system's voice engine — this page never uploads what you type. Voices tagged "on-device" run entirely locally; some browsers also offer "cloud" voices that send the text to the browser vendor to synthesize, so choose an on-device voice if you want the text to stay on your device.

Have any text read aloud in a natural voice. Paste your writing, choose a voice and speaking speed, and press play. It uses your browser's built-in speech engine, so the text you enter is not uploaded by this page.

Private by design — your data never leaves your device

How to use it

No account, no upload — it all happens on your device.

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Type or paste your text into the box.
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Pick a voice, then set the speed and pitch.
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Press Play to listen; use Pause and Stop as needed.

What it's good for

Listening beats re-reading for some tasks.

  • Proofreading. Hearing your writing read back catches clumsy sentences and typos your eyes skip over.
  • Accessibility and multitasking. Listen to an article or notes while doing something else.
  • Pronunciation and language practice. Switch to a voice in another language to hear how a phrase sounds.

Getting the best voices

If the voice list is short, your device simply has few installed. Most systems let you add higher-quality voices in their accessibility or language settings; once installed they appear in the dropdown here. Chrome and Edge on desktop typically offer the widest selection.

Frequently asked

Is my text sent to a server?
No. This tool uses the Web Speech API built into your browser, and the page itself never uploads what you type. Voices are labelled 'on-device' or 'cloud': on-device voices run entirely locally, while some browsers (notably Chrome's non-local voices) synthesize 'cloud' voices on the browser vendor's servers. Pick an on-device voice if you want the text to stay on your device.
Why are the voices different on each device?
The available voices come from your browser and operating system, not from this site. Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and each browser ship their own sets, so the list — and the quality — varies. Installing more system voices adds them here automatically.
Can I download the audio as a file?
Not from this tool. The Web Speech API plays audio but does not expose a downloadable file, so this is for listening and proofreading rather than exporting an MP3.

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