Speechify — Text to Speech
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- Extension status: Featured
- Live on Store
Read aloud any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book with text to speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 60+ languages & 1,000 voices.
Trusted by 50+ million users.
Want to read faster? Speechify reads any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book aloud in 1000+ lifelike voices across 60+ languages, at up to 4.5x speed.
Have a question? Just ask – Speechify already has context from the articles, books, and documents on your screen. It’s like talking to ChatGPT, but faster and with more context.
Want to type faster? Speak naturally and Speechify will type every word for you.
Speechify combines the world’s most human-sounding text to speech (TTS), voice typing dictation, and voice assistant technology.
== Speechify Features ==
➤ Listen at any speed
Hear anything up to 4.5× faster (900 wpm). Learn more in less time with voices that sound natural even at high speed.
➤ Listen on desktop or mobile devices.
Your library syncs instantly across desktop and mobile. Start reading on Chrome, continue on iOS or Android – anytime, anywhere.
➤ Human-like voices
Speechify voices feel real, including official partners like Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow and 200+ others.
➤ Screenshot image to audio
Take a picture or screenshot of any text and Speechify will read it aloud instantly.
➤ Floating widget
Always at your fingertips – move it, dock it, or hide it entirely for a distraction-free experience.
➤ Voice Typing
Dictate emails, essays, or prompts directly into any website. Type 3–5× faster just by talking.
➤ Talk to Speechify
Ask: “What are the main takeaways?” or “Quiz me on this essay.” Speechify understands your articles, documents, and anything on your screen – it’s your personal AI reader, assistant, and tutor in one.
➤ Other features
• Active highlighting for reading along.
• Inline player on every site.
• One subscription synced across all devices.
== Use cases ==
➤ Students
Read, listen, and talk your way through study materials. Ask Speechify to summarize long readings, quiz you on key ideas, or type out your essays as you speak – perfect for faster learning and retention.
➤ People with Dyslexia, ADHD, or Vision Challenges
Originally built by founder Cliff Weitzman, who has dyslexia and ADHD, Speechify removes every barrier to reading and writing. It reads aloud, types what you say, and answers your questions about the text, helping millions learn and communicate more easily.
➤ Professionals
Whether you’re drafting emails, summarizing reports, or reviewing PDFs, Speechify works like your personal AI assistant. Dictate notes hands-free, ask for quick takeaways, and breeze through reading-heavy workloads effortlessly.
➤ Parents
Turn story time or homework time into an interactive experience. Speechify can read aloud, help kids write by voice, and even answer their curious follow-up questions about the stories they love.
➤ Productivity Hackers
Automate your reading and your writing. Listen to webpages or dictate responses while multitasking, then ask Speechify to summarize, rephrase, or explain anything you’re working on.
➤ Podcast & Audiobook Lovers
Turn any article, PDF, or blog into something you can listen to or talk about. Ask Speechify to explain or expand on what you’re hearing – it’s like having a co-host that knows your reading list.
➤ Avid Readers
Listen to books, documents, and research at any speed, then engage with them conversationally – ask for insights, notes, or summaries. With Speechify, reading becomes a two-way dialogue.
Latest reviews
- Mohammed Ali
- very good text to speech for novel
- Gerald Fuertes
- VERY USE FULL EXTENSION
- Tara Phelan
- Love the screenshot mode! Very useful!
- Thomas Smith
- This is great!
- Dave Williams
- incredible coding
- Bruce Bundy
- This extension is incredibly handy for people with dyslexia. While some aspects could be improved, I'm pleased with how you've started. Keep up the good work.
- Karyn Talmadge
- Excellent for listening to textbooks as I'm driving or outside working on the homestead. Just not enough time in a day for an older adult with tons of responsibilities who had the crazy idea to return to college! Speechify really helps me to study all day long. Repetition helps me since I'm always multi-tasking - this app makes going over the textbook material over and over again simple! When I actually have time to sit at my laptop to read all these online textbooks (I miss paper!). Speechify's highlighted text makes reading & listening simultaneously so simple! A very nice feature allowing multiple methods of learning to be applied. What I absolutely love is the ability to choose and easily change the speaker's voice as I'm going along. Different subjects seem to sink in a bit better when I change the speaker's voice and speed. Maybe it's just me and my older brain, I don't really know. What I do know is that I love Speechify so much that I make certain to include the cost in my education fees calculated for student grants & loans. My income doesn't change month to month, and it's difficult to find the extra dollars to afford everything needed to accommodate my learning needs. Student Financial Aid is critical to meeting those needs. I'll dollar store shop for most of my school supplies just to make sure I can fit in Speechify's subscription fee. And yes, like most, I wish it was less expensive. The app is so useful though. As long as I can scrape up the money to purchase the subscription for Speechify - I absolutely will! I grew up with the commercials saying "Reading is Fundamental". Well, for busy people with aging eyes... Speechify fills the gap when time and eyesight are stretched to their limits. Guilty confession... on days where I'm going to be on the road ALL day - I happily que up a fiction novel to have read to me as I drive along. Definitely helps to lower the road rage stress that builds up after hours on the highways. Strongly recommend Speechify!!
- Rachana Inamdar
- So far great. No issues seen.
- Ty Buchanan
- Not working in Chrome. Cannot login with Gmail or create new account. No good.
- Gina Dickson
- Works perfect while scrolling the internet or you can upload pdf, book pages and such to be read.
- Michael Mitchell
- uninstalled because of another apps doings with highlighting sections. my error gets you the addition star. usually max ratings at 4 because there is always room for improvement, got to stay open. which hasn't changed just because I gave a 5 star. awesomely works for me.
- Ahmed Hiba
- Perfect!
- Pom Pruangkarn
- A little pricey, but very good!
- Wilmer Herrera
- Perfect tool if you want to rest your eyes and get audio > 2x speed! I'm loving it.
- Lindsey Taylor
- Works as expected!!
- Debopriya Halder
- good'
- Dean
- very usefull
- Jerome Meyers
- Love it. I've been using it on my phone. Now I just realized they have the Chrome extension. Super stoked about it for helping to learn about real estate and hoping to pass my real estate exam soon. Thank you speechify. You are making the world of knowledge more and more accessible.
- Sarena Lee
- Very helpful!
- Taylor Christian
- I love this extension, and it’s the best text-to-speech extension I have found to this day. I also love all the new features they keep introducing, such as AI voice dictation.
- Eric Mohler
- The Ultimate "Beta Reader" for Your First Draft For anyone slogging through the ups and downs of writing a book, you know that hearing your own words reflected back can either make your heart sing or make you cringe. I’ve started using Speechify as a tool to monitor my progress, and it’s a game-changer. It helps me instantly feel if I’ve "nailed it" or if a chapter needs a total rework. The granularity of the speed controls allows me to fly through the easy parts and slow waaaay down on the sections that need deep concentration. It’s more than an app; it’s become my true thought partner in the writing process.
- Emma Leeburg
- I have a traumatic brain injury that limits my ability to read on screens even in dark mode. The combo of Speechify and AI have gotten me back up to speed and now I can successfully do the job I had prior to my injury. I use it all day, every day. Couldn't function without it.
- Julie H
- I really like this app but it's quite expensive without any discounts. I wish they at least had a better student discount.
- Kendra Strozier
- I really enjoy using this app.
- Stella Mozzarella
- This has to be one of the best plug ins/extension I have come across in a very long time! 10/10
- Saviour uffort
- It sounds great and I love its uniqueness
- al spicer (TampaTerrazzo)
- I feel like there is nothing I cannot do! Speechify is a must have tool! it literally makes you more intelligent!
- Alex Miller
- it's awful. It always opens things on the side and says, "Do you want to update?" It's annoying. It crashes all the time. It has a mode that was supposed to let you go to the next item and autoplay but it doesn't work. It only works if you're in a folder but if you're in those folders it always crashes. The voice always changes on you and they only give you so much premium voice (<1 day of usage for me). I mean it's just awful. Their customer support sucks. Everything is awful. also voices stop all the time. sometimes the audio plays twice at the same time (with an echo). they keep adding new features that aren't good, and remove features that worked. They got rid of showing time of items so I had to create my own extension to show it. They removed saving articles for months before finally adding it back. also, no built-in way to automate adding to Speechify unlike other TTS apps
- Nichole Constantine
- On days I have a hard time focusing, it helps me read along as it reads it out loud. Makes it easier to retain information.
- Elise Caveny
- Has helped me so much with my school work and is easy to use.
- Liz Stone
- Very authentic voice compared to other text-to-speech readers, and I love how it seamlessly blends into any website and can read it aloud for you there.
- Natalia Galobart
- I have been preparing for a CQC interview and as part of my preparation I had to read over 20 different polocies and procedures. This made it so much easier for me to digest all of the information.
- Zaggy Set
- This is great if you don't want to read but needed to learn for exams.
- Yzenya Moctezuma
- As a teacher with dyslexia and ADHD, this app has been a game changer. What used to take me HOURS now takes minutes. I use it to prep lessons, study, and stay focused and it even helped me study for my certification exams. I PASSED! Wish I had this in college. 🙌
- Zyz
- Works as intended and easy to use personally. For me, I'm using this extension to listen to articles and it works fine. Might be different for other medias though, but I haven't tried them.
- Jenny Chapman
- Speechify has really helped my with the learning, allowing me to hear journals, books and PDS is great. I whish i'd had it 20 years ago, but i glad i have it toady.
- Sabrya Henry
- Beautiful thank you
- Kayelina Publico
- I love this so so so much as an author. I just think it's a smidge bit expensive! But thank you for the 50% off coupon!
- Nicole Cochran
- Speechify has made my life significantly better. For 20 years, I have lived with MS which has vision problems as a symptom, in my case, that comes and goes. I am also a busy publicist that handles mountains of reading material related to my client's careers. Speechify is the magical element that makes those two aspects of my life work perfectly. Plus, I get Gwyneth Paltrow to read to me! What a great product!
- Mona Abo El Rose
- Quite expensive but worth every penny. i tried 4 other text to speech software's and landed on speechify and don't regret it. The built in feature in browser is amazing. the player picks up efficiently between the Ipad, iphone and the computer. worth every penny.
- Victoria Allen
- This app has helped reduce the headaches I get from my dyslexia, trying to read my text books and other school work.
- Joan Nakirya
- You need it. Get it
- Louis Mikellides
- Great extension! Really enjoying it!
- Manish Singh
- Wonderful
- Wulnan Shadrach
- This really helps me to focus on what I'm studying. It helps reading a huge text eeasily.
- wesley workman
- It is very helpful, and helps me to focus on my work. Sometimes it messes up, but it's still a very useful tool.
- Koo Zhengqun
- a pause between articles would be nice
- Jokey Smurf
- I am just really happy that this extension actually works well! I have been struggling for an interminable amount of time trying to get all manner of extensions and apps to even work. I went through several and none of them worked! I gave up for a long time and just tried again and voila Speechify excels far above all others that I have tried. Great programming job Speechify! I am super stoked using your program. It is a big game changer for me. Hats off to Speechify.
- Corry Newton
- Didn't work for my digital text book, but snopp was very nice otherwise
- D Cherry Williams
- Can't do without it!