Text to Speech
Convert text to spoken audio with text-to-speech.
Text, read aloud
Text-to-speech turns written text into spoken audio using a synthetic voice. This reads your text aloud in your browser, useful for accessibility, proofreading, learning, or listening to text rather than reading it.
Enter text to hear it spoken.
The many uses of hearing text
Text-to-speech is genuinely useful in ways that go beyond novelty. For accessibility, it is essential, letting people with visual impairments or reading difficulties access written content. For proofreading, hearing your own writing read aloud is a remarkably effective way to catch errors and awkward phrasing that the eye glides over — the ear notices what the eye misses. For learning, hearing text can aid comprehension and pronunciation, especially in a new language. And practically, it lets you listen to an article or document while doing something else. Synthetic voices have improved enormously, sounding far more natural than they once did, though they can still stumble on unusual words, names and punctuation-dependent phrasing. The voices and languages available depend on your device and browser. For anyone who benefits from hearing rather than reading text, whether by necessity or preference, text-to-speech is a genuinely valuable everyday tool.
Common questions
What is text-to-speech useful for?
Accessibility for people with visual or reading difficulties, proofreading by ear, language learning, and listening to text while doing something else.
Why does hearing my writing help proofreading?
The ear catches errors and awkward phrasing that the eye glides over when reading — hearing it read aloud reveals what silent reading misses.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The speech is generated in your browser using its built-in voices.