Text to Speech

Convert text to speech using your browser's built-in speech engine

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What is Text to Speech?

Free online text to speech to convert any text to spoken audio using your browser's built-in Web Speech API.

Choose from multiple voices and languages available on your device, adjust speech rate and pitch, and listen instantly. Perfect for proofreading by ear, accessibility testing, language learning, or generating voice previews. Completely free with no word limits, no signup, and no data sent to external servers - all speech synthesis happens locally on your device.

How to Use Text to Speech

1Type or paste the text you want to hear into the text area
2Select a voice from the dropdown menu and adjust speed and pitch settings
3Click 'Speak' to hear the text read aloud
4Use the pause, resume, and stop controls to manage playback

Frequently Asked Questions

This tool uses the Web Speech API, a browser-native feature that converts text to spoken audio using speech synthesis voices installed on your operating system. No external service or API key is needed - your browser handles everything locally.

Available voices depend on your operating system and browser. Most systems include multiple English voices (male and female) plus voices for other languages like Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more. The tool lists all voices available on your device.

Yes. Use the rate slider to speed up or slow down the speech (0.5x to 2x). Use the pitch slider to make the voice higher or lower. These controls let you find the most comfortable listening settings for your needs.

There is no artificial word limit. However, very long texts may be split into chunks by the browser's speech synthesis engine. For best results with long documents, consider breaking them into paragraphs. All processing is local, so there are no API rate limits or usage caps.

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