Text to Speech
Available voices depend on your device. If the voice you want is missing, add it in your operating system's speech settings.
The easiest way to listen to text
Text-to-speech (TTS) helps when long text is tiring to read, when you want to hear how something is pronounced, or when you proofread a draft by ear. This tool splits your text into sentences and reads them one after another with a voice built into your device, showing the current sentence in large type.
Voices and privacy
Voices depend on your operating system and browser — for example Microsoft voices on Windows, Siri voices on macOS and iOS, Google voices on Android. On-device voices read the text locally. Chrome and Edge also offer online voices (such as “Google US English” or “Microsoft … Online”), which send the text to the provider's servers to generate speech. That's why only on-device voices are listed by default; online voices appear only when you turn on “Show online voices too” and are marked “online”. Read private text with on-device voices only.
Options
- Speed — 0.5× to 2×. Listening at 1.2–1.5× saves time when studying. An estimated listening time appears next to the word count.
- Pitch — raises or lowers the voice slightly.
- Pause and stop — pause and resume, or stop and start over.
Browsers don't let speech synthesis be exported as audio, so MP3 download isn't available. If you're missing a voice, add one in Windows Settings → Time & language → Speech, or on Mac in Accessibility → Spoken Content, then restart the browser. To record your own voice, use Voice Recorder.
Frequently asked questions
I press Read but hear nothing.
Check your device volume and whether the tab is muted. If the voice list is empty, add a voice in your operating system.
Long texts stop partway through.
Some browsers can't read very long sentences, so text is read sentence by sentence. If it still stops, press Stop and Read again.
Can I save the audio?
No — browser speech synthesis can't be recorded to a file.
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