Text to Speech: Read Text Aloud Online Free
This free text to speech tool reads any text aloud using the voices built into your device and browser. Paste an article, an email or your own writing, choose a voice and language, adjust the speed and pitch, and listen. It is great for proofreading, learning a language, resting your eyes or making text easier to follow.
Speech is made by your device and browser. Some online voices, such as Google or Microsoft voices, may send text to that company to create the audio. Nothing is sent to or stored on our server.
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Quick answer: Paste your text, pick a voice and press Play. Use the speed slider to listen faster (1.5× is popular for articles) or slower for language practice. The tool has no character limit and works on phones, tablets and computers.
How to use text to speech
- Type or paste the text you want to hear into the box.
- Choose a voice. Voices that match your device language are listed first, and the language code (such as en-GB or hi-IN) is shown next to each.
- Set the speed, pitch and volume.
- Press Play. Pause and resume at any time, or press Stop to start again.
Which voices will I get?
The voices come from your operating system and browser, so the list differs between devices:
- Chrome adds natural-sounding Google voices for many languages (marked “online”).
- Edge includes Microsoft’s natural online voices, which are among the most lifelike free voices available.
- Safari, iPhone and iPad use Apple’s voices. Download more under Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices.
- Windows and Android let you add languages and voices in their speech or text-to-speech settings.
Uses for text to speech
- Proofreading: hearing your writing read back makes typos, missing words and clumsy sentences easy to spot.
- Accessibility: helps people with dyslexia, low vision or reading fatigue take in text comfortably.
- Language learning: hear how words and sentences are pronounced, slowed down if needed.
- Multitasking: listen to articles, notes or study material while you cook, walk or rest your eyes.
Browsers do not let websites record the voice output, so this tool plays speech but cannot download it as an MP3. To turn speech into text instead, use speech to text. Count words for timing with the word counter: an average reading voice speaks about 150 words a minute.
FAQ
Is this text to speech free?
Yes, with no sign-up and no character limit.
Why does reading stop on long texts?
Some browsers cut off long speech, so the tool splits text into short parts and reads them one after another. If it still stops, try another voice or browser.