Text to Speech

Listen to any text instead of reading it

Text to speech (TTS) reads written text aloud. It's useful in many situations: listening to a long article while driving or cooking, reviewing lessons by ear, learning correct pronunciation in a new language, helping people with dyslexia or low vision, and proofreading your own writing by hearing it.

How to use it

1. Type or paste your text into the box.
2. Choose a language and voice — the list shows voices available on your device and browser.
3. Adjust reading speed and pitch.
4. Click “Listen”; pause and resume whenever you like.

Where do the voices come from?

The tool uses the browser's built-in Web Speech API, which relies on voices installed in your operating system (Windows, macOS, Android or iOS) plus cloud voices in Chrome and Edge (marked ☁). That's why the number and quality of voices differ between devices. Microsoft Edge usually offers the most natural-sounding voices, including excellent Arabic and English neural voices.

How to add more voices

• Windows 10/11: Settings → Time & Language → Speech → Add voices.
• Android: Settings → General management → Text-to-speech → Google engine → Install voice data.
• iPhone and Mac: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices.

Tips for better results

• Use punctuation — commas and periods give natural pauses.
• Spell out unusual abbreviations so they're pronounced correctly.
• A speed of 0.9–1.1 is most comfortable for long listening.

For technical reasons browsers don't allow saving Web Speech output directly. If you need an audio file, play the text and capture it with the Screen Recorder with system audio enabled.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-10-20