About This Tool
Convert text to spoken audio using your browser's built-in speech synthesis. Choose from available voices, adjust speaking rate and pitch. Supports multiple languages depending on your browser and operating system. Useful for proofreading by ear, language learning, accessibility testing, and creating audio narration previews.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why are different voices available on different devices?
- Text-to-speech voices are provided by your operating system, not this website. macOS has different voices than Windows or Android. Chrome may offer Google's cloud voices in addition to system voices.
- Can I download the audio?
- Browser speech synthesis is a real-time playback API — it doesn't generate downloadable audio files. For downloadable speech audio, you'd need a server-side TTS service like Google Cloud TTS or Amazon Polly.
- Which languages are supported?
- Available languages depend on your browser and OS. Most systems support English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Check the voice dropdown to see your available languages.
- Can I use this for accessibility testing?
- Yes. Hearing your content read aloud helps identify confusing phrasing, missing punctuation, and readability issues. However, this uses speech synthesis (TTS), not a screen reader, so the experience differs from actual assistive technology.