Text to Speech
Uses your browser's built-in speech synthesis — available voices vary by browser and operating system.
What Text to Speech does
This tool reads any text aloud using your browser's built-in speech synthesis engine, letting you choose from the available system voices, entirely locally without uploading your text anywhere.
How to use it
- Type or paste the text you want read aloud.
- Select a voice from the available options.
- Click ▶ Speak to start, or ■ Stop to stop playback.
Common uses
- Listening to a long article or document instead of reading it on screen.
- Proofreading writing by hearing it read back, which often catches errors silent reading misses.
- Testing how a piece of text sounds when spoken aloud before a presentation.
- Accessibility support for reading web content aloud.
- Previewing how a script or announcement will sound before recording it.
Good to know
Available voices depend entirely on what's installed on your device and browser, so voice options and quality will vary between a phone, a Mac, and a Windows PC — for a specific voice or higher audio quality for production use, a dedicated text-to-speech service with downloadable audio output is a better fit than this browser-based tool.
The specific voices available through browser-based text-to-speech come from your operating system's built-in speech engine rather than the website itself, which is why voice quality and language options can differ noticeably between a Windows PC, a Mac, and a mobile device even when using the exact same web page.
Frequently asked questions
No, it uses the Web Speech API built into your browser, which runs entirely on your device — your text is never transmitted anywhere.
Voice availability depends on your operating system and browser's built-in speech engine, which is why the voice list varies across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and different devices.