Text to Speech (TTS)
Turn text into spoken audio with your browser's built-in voices — rate, pitch and voice control, zero uploads
~1 utterance · est. 4.6s at rate 1
This browser does not support speech synthesis. Chrome, Edge and Safari support it.
Examples
Proofread by ear
Article draft · 1.5× rate≈ spoken duration estimate; clunky sentences stand out audiblyHearing text catches what eyes glide over.
About this tool
Reads text aloud with the voices already installed in your browser and OS — nothing downloads, nothing uploads. Voice, rate (0.5×–2×), pitch and volume are yours to tune, with a live duration estimate before the first word.
Long texts are automatically split at sentence boundaries into utterances under ~220 characters, because some engines silently truncate long passages. One limit is stated up front: browsers block recording speechSynthesis output, so this tool plays speech and cannot export audio files.
How to use
Paste your text
Up to 5,000 characters; the chunk count and duration estimate update live.
Pick a voice
System and browser voices, labeled by language.
Listen
Play, pause, resume and stop; sentence chunks queue seamlessly.
Use cases
Editing pass
The cheapest quality check for any draft.
Accessibility
Listen to docs or emails hands-free.
Common mistakes
Mistake:Looking for an MP3 download button
Fix:It's absent on purpose — browsers forbid recording speechSynthesis; pair with the Screen Recorder on tab audio if you need a file.
Mistake:Judging by one voice
Fix:Voice quality varies wildly; sample several before concluding.
Frequently asked questions
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