Turn any text into natural-sounding speech, right in your browser. Paste text or upload a TXT file, pick a voice and listen instantly - free, private and with no account needed. Extract text from images first with Image to Text, or clean it up with the Text Transform Tool.
Please try a modern browser like Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. Still having trouble? Please contact us and we'll be happy to help!
Have a PDF or Word document? Open it in our PDF File Viewer or DOCX Viewer, then copy the text and paste it here.
Save your text as an audio file you can keep. These voices are generated on our server - separate from the private browser voices above - so your text is sent to ConvertICO only for this download. Up to 3,000 characters per file.
Working with text from a photo or scanned document? Run it through Image to Text first, then paste the result here. Need to fix capitalization or formatting? The Text Transform Tool has you covered.
Unlike most text to speech websites, this tool never sends your text to a server. It uses the speech synthesis engine built into your browser and operating system, which means:
Your text stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded, logged or stored - safe for confidential documents, emails and notes.
No upload or processing wait. Speech starts the moment you press Listen, even for very long texts.
English, Spanish, French, German, Romanian, Japanese and many more - depending on the voices installed on your device.
Read entire articles, chapters or reports. No word caps, no daily quotas, no premium tiers.
The available voices differ by device: Windows, macOS, Android and iOS each ship with their own set of high-quality voices, and browsers like Chrome and Edge add extra natural-sounding online voices.
Follow along as each sentence is highlighted while it is being read.
Slow down for learning a language or speed up to 2x for skimming long articles.
Jump backward or forward sentence by sentence, just like a podcast player.
Load a plain text file directly instead of copy-pasting long documents.
Fully functional on Android and iOS - listen to articles on the go.
No registration, no watermarks, no usage limits. Just paste and listen.
Yes, completely free with no character limits, no daily quotas and no account required. The speech is generated by your own device, so there are no server costs to pass on to you.
The tool uses the voices installed on your device and browser. Windows, macOS, Android and iOS each include different built-in voices, and browsers like Chrome and Edge add extra online voices. You can install more voices in your operating system's accessibility or language settings.
Yes - use the Download as MP3 panel below the player. Pick a download voice and click Generate MP3. Those voices are generated on our server, so - unlike the private in-browser Listen button - your text is sent to us just for that one download. The browser reader itself stays unlimited and completely private. You can also pull audio from a video with Video to MP3 and trim it in the MP3 Cutter.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser using the Web Speech API. Your text never leaves your device, which makes this tool safe for private notes, work documents and confidential content.
There is no hard limit. The reader splits your text into sentences and reads them one by one, so even book-length texts play smoothly. Very large texts may take a moment to prepare before playback starts.
For images and scanned documents, extract the text first with our Image to Text OCR tool, then paste it here. For PDFs, open the file in our PDF File Viewer, copy the text and paste it into the reader.
Try a different voice from the list - voices marked as "online" or "natural" usually sound best. Lowering the speed slightly can also help. Still having trouble? Please contact us and we'll be happy to help!