Text to Speech

When to use Text to Speech

A novelist finishing a chapter at midnight wants to hear the dialogue out loud before deciding whether it sounds natural. Paste the text, pick a voice from the browser's built-in Web Speech API list, set the pace, and hit play. The speech synthesis runs entirely on your device — Chrome's built-in voices on macOS, Windows Narrator voices on Windows, or whatever your OS provides — so no audio data is transmitted anywhere. Useful for proofreading when your eyes have gone numb, for checking whether a marketing headline lands with the right rhythm, or for accessibility testing of microcopy. Adjust speed from 0.5x to 2x and pitch from low to high to match the tone you are testing.

• Hear a dialogue scene read aloud to catch awkward phrasing
• Proofread a long article by listening instead of re-reading
• Test microcopy rhythm before handing it off to a voice designer

About this tool

Have something read aloud — an article you're too tired to read, a script you want to hear paced out, a paragraph you wrote that sounds fine on paper but awkward when spoken. Type or paste text, pick a voice from your browser's built-in speech synthesis, adjust speed and pitch, and hit play. Uses the Web Speech API built into your browser, so no audio data is uploaded and nothing is sent to a server. Voice options vary by operating system and browser — Chrome and Edge on Windows tend to have the widest selection. Useful for proofreading, accessibility checks, and quick audio previews.