**Free Text to Speech Online — Read Any Text Aloud | SozAI** Source: https://sozai.app/text-to-speech/ Text to Speech & Read Aloud # Free Text to Speech Online: Read Any Text Aloud Paste any text and your browser reads it aloud with the voices built into your device, highlighting each word as it goes. Free, no signup, nothing uploaded. - Runs in your browser - Nothing uploaded - No signup Voice Show voices in all languages Text to read aloud 0 Speed 1.0× Pitch 1.0 Volume 100% The voices are the ones built into your device and browser, so the choice and quality differ between Chrome, Edge, Safari and phones. The text is read on your device and never uploaded. There is no MP3 download: browsers do not let a web page record their built-in voices. Reading Silently vs. Hearing It Read Aloud Some things are easier to catch, learn or follow by ear than by eye ### Reading Silently Silent reading is fast, but it hides certain problems and wears you out on long texts - Your eye skips typos, doubled words and missing words - Clumsy sentences look fine until someone says them - Long pages tire your eyes - You cannot hear how a word in a new language should sound - A talk is hard to rehearse without hearing it ### With This Read-Aloud Tool Your browser reads the text to you with your device's voices while the page shows where it is - Starts in the browser, nothing to install - Speed from 0.5× to 2×, plus pitch and volume - Click any sentence to read from there - Pause and pick up where you stopped - Long texts are read piece by piece, without cutting off 0.5–2× Reading speed Free No signup How Text to Speech Works in Your Browser No server and no account: the reading is done by the speech synthesis your browser already has ### Voices That Come With Your Device This page uses the speech synthesis built into every modern browser, known as the Web Speech API. The voices in the list are the ones your operating system and browser already have, so Windows, macOS, iOS and Android each offer a different set, and Chrome and Edge add online voices of their own. If your language has no voice yet, the tool says so and lists the languages your device can speak. Most systems let you download more voices for free in their speech or spoken content settings; reload the page afterwards and they appear in the list. Voices That Come With Your Device The Web Speech API, built into modern browsers ### Speed, Pitch and Volume Set the reading speed anywhere from 0.5× to 2×, raise or lower the pitch, and turn the volume down without touching your system sound. Slow speech helps with pronunciation practice; fast speech is good for going through a long text you already know. Your voice and slider settings are saved in this browser, so the next visit starts the way you left it. Speed, Pitch and Volume Three sliders, remembered in this browser ### Highlighting That Follows the Voice While the text is read, the current word lights up so you can follow along. Some voices, such as Google’s online voices in Chrome, do not report individual words; with them the tool highlights the whole sentence instead. Click any sentence to start reading from it. Pause remembers where you stopped, and Resume continues from there. Highlighting That Follows the Voice Word by word, or sentence by sentence ### Long Texts Without Cut-Offs Browsers have quirks with long speech: Chrome, for example, stops its online voices after about 15 seconds of continuous talk. To avoid that, the tool reads long texts one sentence at a time, in pieces of at most 220 characters, and moves on to the next piece by itself. The page sets no character limit. What it cannot do is save the speech as an audio file: browsers play their built-in voices but do not let a web page record them. Long Texts Without Cut-Offs Read one sentence at a time What People Use It For Everyday reasons to hear a text instead of reading it ### Proofreading by Ear Paste a draft and listen while you follow the highlight. Missing words, doubled words and sentences that run too long are much easier to hear than to see, which is why editors read copy aloud before it goes out. After you fix a sentence, click it to hear it again without starting from the top. ### Pronunciation and Language Practice Pick a voice in the language you are learning and slow it down to hear each word clearly. If your device has more than one voice for that language, switch between them to compare accents. ### Rehearsing a Talk Hear your speech, presentation or video script before you record it. Listening shows where a sentence is too long to say in one breath and where the rhythm drags. ### Resting Your Eyes Listen to a long article, an email thread or your study notes instead of staring at the screen. Some people with dyslexia or low vision also find a text easier to follow when it is read to them. For reading everything on your device, its built-in screen reader is the right tool. ### Writing for the Ear Podcast intros, voice-message scripts and announcements are written to be heard. Hearing them in a neutral voice shows how they land before a real person records them. How to Read Text Aloud Four steps, all on this page 1 ### Paste or Type Your Text Type in the box or paste text from a document, an email or a web page. The counter shows characters and words. 2 ### Choose a Voice The list shows the voices for the language of this page. Tick “Show voices in all languages” to see every voice on your device. 3 ### Set Speed, Pitch and Volume Move the sliders before or between readings. Your settings are remembered in this browser. 4 ### Press Read Aloud Follow the highlight, pause when you need to, and click any sentence to read from it. The speech plays live; there is no file to download. Tips for Better Results Small things that make the built-in voices sound better ### Match the Voice to the Text A voice reads every text as its own language, so an English voice will mangle German. If the text looks like another language, the tool offers a matching voice. ### Add Better Voices Windows, macOS, iOS and Android offer extra voices for free in their speech settings. Reload this page after installing one. ### Use Punctuation for Pauses Voices pause at commas and full stops. A long block of text without punctuation is read in one breath. ### Online Voices Need a Connection Google's voices in Chrome and Microsoft's online voices in Edge are spoken over the internet. If one does not start, check your connection or pick a voice installed on the device. From Text to Speech and Back Related tools for the other direction 1 ### Voice to Text in the Browser Need the opposite? The free voice-to-text tool on sozai.app turns what you say into text, without signup. 2 ### Transcribe Recordings in the App The SozAI app turns lectures, meetings and voice memos into text with speaker labels, a summary and a translation. 3 ### A Translator That Speaks The voice translator in the SozAI app reads each translation aloud with your phone's built-in voices, so the other person hears it in their language. What the Tool Does, and What It Does Not A short list of features and limits ### Voices Sorted by Language The voice list opens on the language of this page. Tick a box to show every voice on your device; the counter shows how many there are. ### Alphabet Check If your text is written in a different alphabet from the one the voice speaks, for example Cyrillic, Arabic or Chinese, the tool notices and offers a voice that can read it. ### Word and Sentence Highlighting The word being spoken is highlighted. With voices that do not report words, the current sentence is highlighted instead. ### Start Anywhere Click any sentence in the text to read from that point, without listening to everything before it. ### Pause and Resume Pause stops the voice and remembers the place. Resume starts again from the last word the voice reported, or from the start of that sentence. ### Remembered in This Browser Your text, voice and slider settings are kept in this browser, so you can close the tab and come back later. Clear removes the text. ### Character and Word Count The counter under the box shows characters and words as you type, which helps with scripts that have a time or length limit. ### No Audio File, No Custom Voices The tool plays speech live. It does not create an audio file, cannot add voices your device does not have, and cannot copy a real person’s voice. Only the voices your device and browser provide are available. Your Text Stays With You What this page does with what you type ### Not Sent to SozAI Your text is not uploaded to sozai.app. The page only passes it to your browser's speech engine. ### Online Voices Are the Exception If you choose an online voice, such as Google's voices in Chrome or Microsoft's online voices in Edge, the browser sends the text to that company to speak it. Voices installed on the device work without that. ### Kept Only in This Browser The text box and your settings are saved in this browser's storage so they survive a reload. Press Clear, or clear the site's data, to remove them. ### No Account There is no signup or login, and the page keeps no history of what you read. Answers ## Text to Speech Questions Answered Straight answers about voices, languages, privacy and limits Is this text to speech tool free? Yes. It is free, with no signup and no limit on how often you use it. The voices are your browser's own, so reading a text costs nothing to run. Where do the voices come from? From your device. The page uses the speech synthesis built into your browser, so you hear the voices your operating system and browser provide. That is why the list on a Windows laptop differs from the one on an iPhone or an Android phone. Which languages can it read? Any language your device has a voice for. Most computers and phones come with voices for many major languages, and you can add more for free in the system's speech settings: on Windows under Settings → Time & language → Speech, on a Mac under Accessibility → Spoken Content, on Android under Text-to-speech output. Reload the page after installing a voice. Can I download the speech as an audio file? No. Browsers play their built-in voices but do not let a web page record them, so there is no download button. To keep a recording, you would have to record your device's sound output with a separate program. Is my text uploaded anywhere? Not by this page: the text goes from the box straight to your browser's speech engine. The exception is online voices, such as Google's voices in Chrome or Microsoft's online voices in Edge. With those, your browser sends the text to that company to produce the sound. Voices installed on your device read without sending anything. Is there a limit on text length? The page sets none. Long texts are read one sentence at a time, in pieces of at most 220 characters, because some browsers stop a voice after about 15 seconds of continuous speech. The tool moves from piece to piece on its own. Can I change the speed and pitch? Yes. Speed goes from 0.5× to 2×, pitch from low to high, and volume from silent to full. The settings are remembered in this browser for your next visit. Why is the highlighting sometimes by sentence, not by word? Word highlighting depends on the voice reporting each word as it speaks it. Many voices do, but some, such as Google's online voices in Chrome, do not. With those, the tool highlights the whole sentence that is being read. Why did the voice not start, or stop in the middle? Online voices need a working internet connection, so try a voice installed on your device. On phones, the browser may stop speech when you switch apps or lock the screen. If a voice stops with an error, press Resume or pick another voice. Does the SozAI app have text to speech? The SozAI app works in the other direction: it turns recordings into text with speaker labels, summaries and translations. Its voice translator does read each translation aloud with your phone's built-in voices, but the app has no separate text-to-speech mode. Need Speech Turned Into Text? The SozAI app records or imports audio and gives you a transcript in any of 99 languages, with speaker labels, a summary and a translation. Its voice translator reads translations aloud with your phone's voices. [Get the App — Free](https://sozai.app/download/) Start with 30 free minutes. 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