Listen instead of reading

Article to audio

Copy and paste the article's text and listen to the first part right away. Convert long reads in the studio and listen on the go, at the gym or at work.

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Type your text, choose a voice and click Convert to speech. The result plays and downloads here.

Continue in the studioYour text, voice and settings open in the studio.

How to use

Copy the textSelect and copy the text of the article you want to hear, then paste it into the box.
Choose a voiceSelect the article's language and a comfortable narrator voice; adjust the speed to taste.
ListenThe first 500 characters are free. Go to the studio to hear the whole article.

Why listen to articles?

Listening lets you keep reading when you can't look at a screen: commuting, walking or doing chores. It's also an accessible option for people with visual impairments or reading difficulties.

Preparing the text

Remove menus, ads and "related posts" sections that aren't part of the article.
End headings and subheadings with a period so there's a short pause.
Remove link addresses and footnote numbers.

This tool doesn't fetch content from a web address; you paste the text yourself. In the studio, you can import a web page by its address.

Convert other people's articles only for personal listening. Publishing the audio requires the author's permission.

Text to speech by language

112 languages and dialects have their own page. On each one you can listen to the voices in that language and try your own text.

Show all languages (112)

The number next to each name is the count of voices made for that language. This list is generated automatically from the voice catalog on the day the site was built.

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