Text to Speech
Following along
Using the voices you already have
Every modern phone and computer ships with speech voices for its own accessibility features. This page uses those directly, which is why it is free, has no character limit, and works without sending your text to a paid service.
What people use it for
- Listening to an article while doing something else.
- Proofreading — a wrong word is far easier to catch by ear than by eye.
- Language practice, at a slower speed.
- Reading long text when your eyes are tired.
If a voice you want is missing
Add the language in your device's settings and it will appear in the list. On Windows that is Time & Language, on Android it is under Text-to-speech output, and on iOS under Accessibility, Spoken Content, Voices.
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Free to use, no sign-up, works on any phone.
Frequently Asked Questions
From your own device. Your operating system and browser already ship with speech voices, and this page uses those — which is why the list differs between a phone, a Mac and a Windows PC, and why it costs nothing and has no limit.
Because the browser speech engine plays sound but does not hand back a file. Any site offering a download is sending your text to a paid server instead. If you need a file, record the playback or use a dedicated service.
If your device has a Hindi voice installed. Android and iOS usually do; Windows and Mac may need the language added in system settings. The voice list shows what you actually have rather than promising what you do not.
On most devices the speech is produced locally and nothing leaves your machine. Some browsers use a cloud voice for higher quality, in which case the text goes to that browser vendor — not to this site, which never receives it.
Some browsers cut off after roughly fifteen seconds of continuous speech. This page splits long text into sentences and queues them, which works around it — if it still stops, press play again from where it left off.
Yes, from a quarter speed to double. Around 1.2 suits most people for listening to an article; slower is better for language practice or dictation.