Free text to speech, no signup.
Paste or type any text and hear it read aloud with natural voices, then save it as an audio file if you like. There is no character limit and nothing is uploaded.
- Free, no signup
- Files never leave your device
- No character limit
Picking up where you left off.
Turning text into speech
- Choose Paste text instead above and paste or type your text.
- Press play. A blank line starts a new paragraph, which gets a slightly longer pause.
- Pick a voice and speed in the player, or save the result with Save audio.
Voices
There are 37 English voices: American and British voices, both female and male, and a set of character voices. They come from Gradium's open Phonon model, which runs on your device.
Speed
Choose from 0.75× to 2×. Speed changes keep the voice's natural pitch, so fast listening doesn't sound like a cartoon.
Private by design
Text-to-speech services usually send your text to a server. DocRead generates the speech in your browser instead, so confidential notes, drafts and documents stay on your device.
Also on DocRead: PDF to speech · EPUB read aloud · Word to audio · Markdown to speech.
Questions
Is there a character limit?
No. Paste as much as you like; DocRead generates speech a little ahead of where you are listening.
How many voices are there?
37 English voices: American, British and character voices.
Can I change the speed?
Yes, from 0.75× to 2×, without changing the pitch of the voice.
Can I download the speech?
Yes. Save audio in the player's ⋯ menu makes a WAV file of the whole text.