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Type or upload any text, file, website & book for listening online, proofreading, reading-along or generating professional mp3 voice-overs.

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Reads out loud plain text, files, e-books and websites. Remembers text & caret position, so you can come back to listening later, unlimited length, recording and more.

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Battle tested for years, serving millions of users, especially good for very long texts.

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Books & Stories

Listen to some of the best stories ever written. We have them right here. Want to upload your own? Use the main player to upload epub files.

Simply paste any URL (link to a page) and it will import & read it out loud.

Chrome Extension

Reads out loud webpages, directly from within the page.

TTSReader for mobile - iOS or Android. Includes exporting audio to mp3 files.

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TTSReader reads out loud texts, webpages, pdfs & ebooks with natural sounding voices. Works out of the box. No need to download or install. No sign in required. Simply click 'play' and enjoy listening right in your browser. TTSReader remembers your text and position between sessions, so you can continue listening right where you left. Recording the generated speech is supported as well. Works offline, so you can use it at home, in the office, on the go, driving or taking a walk. Listening to textual content using TTSReader enables multitasking, reading on the go, improved comprehension and more. With support for multiple languages, it can be used for unlimited use cases .

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Main Use Cases

Listen to great content.

Most of the world's content is in textual form. Being able to listen to it - is huge! In that sense, TTSReader has a huge advantage over podcasts. You choose your content - out of an infinite variety - that includes humanity's entire knowledge and art richness. Listen to lectures, to PDF files. Paste or upload any text from anywhere, edit it if needed, and listen to it anywhere and anytime.

Proofreading

One of the best ways to catch errors in your writing is to listen to it being read aloud. By using TTSReader for proofreading, you can catch errors that you might have missed while reading silently, allowing you to improve the quality and accuracy of your written content. Errors can be in sentence structure, punctuation, and grammar, but also in your essay's structure, order and content.

Listen to web pages

TTSReader can be used to read out loud webpages in two different ways. 1. Using the regular player - paste the URL and click play. The website's content will be imported into the player. (2) Using our Chrome extension to listen to pages without leaving the page . Listening to web pages with TTSReader can provide a more accessible, convenient, and efficient way of consuming online content.

Turn ebooks into audiobooks

Upload any ebook file of epub format - and TTSReader will read it out loud for you, effectively turning it into an audiobook alternative. You can find thousands of epub books for free, available for download on Project Gutenberg's site, which is an open library for free ebooks.

Read along for speed & comprehension

TTSReader enables read along by highlighting the sentence being read and automatically scrolling to keep it in view. This way you can follow with your own eyes - in parallel to listening to it. This can boost reading speed and improve comprehension.

Generate audio files from text

TTSReader enables exporting the synthesized speech with a single click. This is available currently only on Windows and requires TTSReader’s premium . Adhering to the commercial terms some of the voices may be used commercially for publishing, such as narrating videos.

Accessibility, dyslexia, etc.

For individuals with visual impairments or reading difficulties, listening to textual content, lectures, articles & web pages can be an essential tool for accessing & comprehending information.

Language learning

TTSReader can read out text in multiple languages, providing learners with listening as well as speaking practice. By listening to the text being read aloud, learners can improve their comprehension skills and pronunciation.

Kids - stories & learning

Kids love stories! And if you can read them stories - it's definitely the best! But, if you can't, let TTSReader read them stories for you. Set the right voice and speed, that is appropriate for their comprehension level. For kids who are at the age of learning to read - this can also be an effective tool to strengthen that skill, as it highlights every sentence being read.

Main Features

Ttsreader is a free text to speech reader that supports all modern browsers, including chrome, firefox and safari..

Includes multiple languages and accents. If on Chrome - you will get access to Google's voices as well. Super easy to use - no download, no login required. Here are some more features

Fun, Online, Free. Listen to great content

Drag, drop & play (or directly copy text & play). That’s it. No downloads. No logins. No passwords. No fuss. Simply fun to use and listen to great content. Great for listening in the background. Great for proof-reading. Great for kids and more. Learn more, including a YouTube we made, here .

Multilingual, Natural Voices

We facilitate high-quality natural-sounding voices from different sources. There are male & female voices, in different accents and different languages. Choose the voice you like, insert text, click play to generate the synthesized speech and enjoy listening.

Exit, Come Back & Play from Where You Stopped

TTSReader remembers the article and last position when paused, even if you close the browser. This way, you can come back to listening right where you previously left. Works on Chrome & Safari on mobile too. Ideal for listening to articles.

Vs. Recorded Podcasts

In many aspects, synthesized speech has advantages over recorded podcasts. Here are some: First of all - you have unlimited - free - content. That includes high-quality articles and books, that are not available on podcasts. Second - it’s free. Third - it uses almost no data - so it’s available offline too, and you save money. If you like listening on the go, as while driving or walking - get our free Android Text Reader App .

Read PDF Files, Texts & Websites

TTSReader extracts the text from pdf files, and reads it out loud. Also useful for simply copying text from pdf to anywhere. In addition, it highlights the text currently being read - so you can follow with your eyes. If you specifically want to listen to websites - such as blogs, news, wiki - you should get our free extension for Chrome

Export Speech to Audio Files

TTSReader enables exporting the synthesized speech to mp3 audio files. This is available currently only on Windows, and requires ttsreader’s premium .

Pricing & Plans

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Sometimes, it’s better to listen than to read. When you walk, bike, or drive, for example, it’s safer to keep your eyes focused on the world around you.

Text-to-speech (TTS) offers an alternative to listening to music, podcasts, or audiobooks. TTS can be a great way to catch up on articles you intend to read. For example, Mozilla’s read later service, Pocket, includes the ability to listen to articles .

TTS solves a slightly different problem than the assistive voice capabilities available for the major platforms, such as Android TalkBack , iOS VoiceOver , Chromevox , Windows Narrator , and Mac VoiceOver . These tools typically read everything on a page–content plus navigation.

The following four TTS apps specialize in reading articles and documents you choose. While all of these apps provide text-to-speech capabilities, each app serves a slightly different set of needs. Some apps show the text as it is spoken, while others offer a variety of voices.

All of these apps work on iOS, and support the capability to share an article from the browser to the app via the native iOS sharing system functions. Importantly, as of July 2017, all four of these apps are under active development: The iOS app for each was updated in June or July 2017 at least once.

1. Motoread

(iOS, Chrome, and Safari desktop extensions)

I think of Motoread as a podcatcher for articles: Send an article to the app, then listen to saved articles later. There are Chrome and Safari extensions that let you add an article to your Motoread list from your desktop browser with a click. (As of early July 2017, an Android app is listed as “coming soon”.)

The app reads articles in a single voice, although you may adjust the playback speed. You can also choose to display the text of the article as you listen. The app is free, although you can upgrade (for $1.99/month or $19.99/year) to get the ability to add an unlimited number of articles.

2. Voice Dream Reader

(iOS, Android)

Voice Dream Reader shows the text of the article being read, and highlights each word as it is spoken. Since the app was originally developed as an assistive tool, you can adjust the size, font, spacing, and color of the text displayed during playback. Voice Dream supports adjustable playback speeds, and allows you to customize pause time between sentences, too. You can select from several system voices, and set a preferred speed, pitch, and volume for the voice. You can also add documents to listen to from Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, and other sources.

Voice Dream Reader typically costs $14.99, and a wide selection of additional voices are available for purchase, too–at a cost of up to $4.99 per voice.

3. Speech Central

(iOS, macOS, Windows, Android)

Speech Central works on more platforms than any of the other apps here, with apps available for iOS, macOS, Windows, and Android (although the app is available from Amazon, not the Google Play store). It also supports the ability to read text from other formats, such as Word, PDF, and more. On iOS, the app supports the system voices, although you can adjust the voice pitch, as well as the default 1x speed to be slightly faster or slower.

Speech Central shows the text, with a subtle colored vertical line displayed along the left side of the text of the paragraph as it is spoken. The app will announce the calculated reading time for longer articles, which may be useful if you listen while traveling, and you can change playback speed (between .8x and 2x default speed). Speech Central also offers the ability to shuffle voices, so you don’t have to listen to several articles in a row read with the same synthesized voice.

The desktop platform apps are not free, at $6.99 for macOS and $9.99 for Windows 10, although the mobile apps are free, with an optional one-time $4.99 upgrade that gives you the ability to add unlimited articles.

4. Audiobook Maker

Audiobook Maker was the only app of the four to properly pronounce the words “live” and “livestream” with the default voice setting. All the other apps pronounced the four letter word “live” incorrectly for the context, as if it rhymed with “give.” Audiobook Maker pronounced it correctly: “Live” rhymes with “hive.”

Audiobook Maker also was the only app with the option to display one word at a time, centered in the screen. It also offered an option to highlight the word being read, while showing the surrounding text, in an adjustable size font. As with other apps, you can adjust the speed, as well as select from several voices and languages.

Audiobook Maker development is still in process. For example, the app also includes the ability to use your camera to take a photo of book pages to be read. But when I took a photo of a page from a book, I saw a “less than a minute remaining” message that never left. To be fair, the iOS app is named “Audiobook Maker – Early Adopters.” That said, the core functionality of text-to-speech works and the app is free (as of July 2017).

Text to speech for developers

It’s also never been easier to add text-to-speech capabilities to apps. Several large firms provide text-to-speech API services, such as Polly from Amazon , Bing Speech from Microsoft , and Text to Speech from IBM . There are smaller competitors in the field, like Responsive Voice , too. And search giants Google and Baidu have each released research papers that tout their progress toward increasingly natural sounding text-to-speech capabilities, called Deep WaveNet and Deep Voice 2 , respectively.

Do you use text-to-speech to listen to articles or documents? If so, what text-to-speech system and/or app do you use? And if you’re a developer, have you integrated one of above API text-to-speech services into your app? If so, let me know which service and why — on Twitter ( @awolber ) or in the comments below.

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Talkify Web Reader is a free* text to speech online solution that enables you to listen to your favourite blog, newspaper or website. Web Reader supports all major browsers and devices and will read websites aloud with natural sounding voices, we also support your browsers built in natural sounding voices.

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