Text to speech turns written words into spoken audio. It is genuinely useful for proofreading (you catch clumsy sentences when you hear them), for accessibility, and for listening to something while your eyes are busy. Modern browsers can do it with the voices already on your computer or phone.
How to use it
- Open the text to speech tool and paste your text.
- Pick a voice and adjust the speed if you want.
- Press play and listen.
Making it sound clearer
The voices come from your own device, so the range you see depends on your operating system and browser — some offer more natural voices than others. Well-punctuated text reads better, because the voice uses commas and full stops to pace itself. If a word is mispronounced, tweaking its spelling or adding a comma nearby often fixes the delivery.
Proofreading trick
Reading your own writing silently, your brain fills in what you meant. Having it read aloud instead exposes missing words, run-on sentences and awkward phrasing you would otherwise skim past. It is one of the quickest ways to tighten a draft.
The speech is generated on your device using its built-in voices, so your text is not uploaded.