Writing tool
Text to Speech Reader
Read any text aloud with your browser voices. Choose voice, speed and pitch, follow the highlighted word, and pause or resume. Nothing is uploaded.
Free, no sign-up. Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Text
Settings apply the next time you press Play. Stop to edit the text.
Voice
The voices come from your own device and browser, so the list differs between phones, laptops and browsers. Voices marked online may send the text to your browser vendor's speech service. DEV3 never receives your text. This tool reads aloud only; it cannot save audio files.
How to use the text to speech reader
Listen to your text
Reading aloud is one of the best ways to proof a draft: your ears catch clumsy phrasing, missing words and long sentences that your eyes skip. It also helps with long articles, language practice and accessibility. This reader uses the speech voices built into your browser.
How to use it
- Paste or type text.
- Choose a voice from the list, grouped by language.
- Adjust speed from half to double, pitch and volume.
- Press Play. The text switches to a reading view and highlights the word being spoken. Pause and resume at any moment, or press Stop to return to editing.
About the voices
The voices come from your device, not from DEV3. A phone, a laptop and a different browser can each offer different voices and languages, and some are better than others. Voices marked online may be processed by your browser vendor. The quality of natural-sounding voices depends on what your operating system has installed; you can often download better ones in the system language settings.
Making proofreading effective
- Read at a slightly slower speed when checking for errors.
- Listen for repeated words, abrupt transitions and sentences you run out of breath for.
- Use a voice in the same language as the text; a mismatch produces strange pronunciation.
- Break very long documents into sections so you can pause naturally.
Limits and good to know
- The tool plays audio only and cannot export a file.
- Pronunciation of names and abbreviations depends on the voice.
- Highlighting depends on the voice supporting word boundary events.
- Autoplay rules mean speech starts only after you press a button.
- Numbers, dates and symbols are read as the voice interprets them, so spell out anything ambiguous.
Privacy
Your text is not stored or sent by this page. Close the tab and it is gone.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the voices come from?
From your own device and browser. Windows, macOS, Android and iOS each ship different voices, and browsers may add more, so the list changes between devices.
Why are there no voices, or only one?
Some browsers load voices late; wait a moment or reload. On some Linux setups you need to install a speech engine such as speech-dispatcher.
Does my text leave my device?
DEV3 never receives it. Voices marked online may use your browser vendor speech service, which is a browser feature outside this page.
Can I save the audio?
No. The browser speech API only plays sound; it does not let a web page record it.
Why does the highlight skip or lag?
Highlighting uses word boundary events, which some voices (notably network voices) do not send. Reading still works; only the marker may be missing.
Is there a length limit?
Long text is split into sentences so it keeps playing, which avoids a common cut-off in some browsers.