Best text to speech on Reddit
176 reviews from r/TextToSpeech, r/MachineLearning, r/FanFiction and 46 more subreddits
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#1
Eleven Labs
4.3
(22)
"My top pick would be ElevenLabs."
"[elevenlabs.io](http://elevenlabs.io) is the leader in that area."
"Eleven labs."
"Eleven labs is the best"
"It's totally free, and their text-to-speech is the most natural I've ever heard."
"You can use 11labs for free to convert text into speech."
"It is so realistic, versatile and contextually. You can choose kids or every character voice there."
"Elevenlabs offers exceptional AI voice synthesis capabilities."
"I've been using Elevenlabs and it's EXCELLENT!"
"You can play with the configurations or even clone your voice."
#2
Wattpad
4.8
(13)
"A thrilling narrative with emotional depth."
"A heartwarming story that resonates."
"An imaginative story with a twist."
"A delightful story that keeps you engaged."
"A charming and comedic romance."
"Is TTS, except for one story. My profile has TONS of lists and most of the stories have TTS because that’s pretty much all I’ll read/listen to"
"So so so many tts stories in the series, has kept me occupied for a loooong time"
"Is *so* good. Had me screaming literally"
"A beautiful literary romance that captivates the heart."
"A historical literary story that is one of my absolute favorites."
#3
Speechify
3.7
(16)
"My absolute favorite is Speechify. I probably read 20 books last year because of it."
"Speechify bro"
"Great promo code for a significant discount!"
"I love it because I can upload pdfs for it to read."
"Speechify is worth the investment for biological studies, and some schools may cover the cost."
"Speechify is great! Admittedly, I used the paid version which has fantastic voices."
"Speechify is used by streamers to read donations in various voices."
"I use Speechify."
"Speechify! You have to pay for it, but it’s been my favorite so far"
"The premium voices are just wonderful."
#4
Microsoft
4.0
(14)
"Immersive Reader is native to all Microsoft apps and is excellent."
"Just drop a .PDF file in it, and you can use MS's AI voices free."
"The Microsoft Edge browser has the best free TTS I've tried, works on both phone and PC, allows pausing, adjusting speed, and skipping paragraphs if needed. My favourite voices are Michelle (US English) and Sonia (UK English)."
"Best way and free TTS that barely pitches robot voice."
"Microsoft's Azure TTS has some awesome new voices."
"There's a python library for using the MS edge TTS."
"The text-to-speech feature in Microsoft Edge is superb and works well with various voices."
"Microsoft has a built-in line in Windows. They've come a long way in win11."
"I started using Edge's inbuilt TTS and found it to be a good alternative."
"Microsoft Edge has good, natural voices for free."
#5
Natural Reader
4.0
(8)
"I use the paid version of natural reader."
"My son has had a lot of luck with NaturalReader."
"Natural Reader allows you to create audio files of text easily, with customizable voice and speed options."
"I have used Natural Reader with it's Plus subscription for a year ($109) and liked it."
"The best of the ones I tried and I tried a lot. The only annoying part is that the pauses between sentences are a bit too long."
"I have been using the paid version of Natural Reader with LLM and AI voices for months and am quite satisfied."
"I use Natural Reader on my phone, but for some reason the free voices are worse on my iPad."
"NaturalReader became cost-prohibitive and had playback issues."
#6
Apple
4.3
(6)
"The built-in text-to-speech feature is very useful for iPhone users."
"Your phone has text to speech built in. On iOS you can use the Shortcuts app to make a shortcut that takes text and exports an audio file in only a couple of steps."
"VoiceOver is a good option for accessibility."
"VoiceOver is a great tool for Apple users, especially for e-books."
"There's a great app for iPhone called Speech Central that does exactly what you're looking for and more."
"Speak Screen feature is much better than the method you say you have been using."
#7
ElevenLabs
4.6
(5)
"11labs 100%."
"ElevenLabs 👌"
"ElevenLabs is the very best in my opinion."
"For long content, Elevenlabs works with various AI voices"
"You can try with elevenlabs."
#8
Voice Dream
4.4
(5)
"It's the best app I've tried in terms of features and accessibility."
"Several students have told me they like Voice Dream."
"So for a long time my favorite was an IOS app called Voice Dream."
"I've been very happy with Voice Dream. It's only on iOS and isn't free, but the cost is modest ($20 if I recall) and isn't a subscription based service."
"Voice dream is p good and lets you skip over case citations if you can figure out a little bit of regex."
#9
Amazon
4.4
(5)
"If it’s a Kindle book I have Alexa read it."
"Amazon Polly is an excellent text-to-speech service that provides realistic voice options."
"Amazon poly is our go to"
"Google Speech Synthesis or Amazon Polly."
"Kindle has a text to speech option that works well with rented textbooks."
#10
Speech Central
4.0
(5)
"Currently I use Speech Central for reading (fanfic). It's a one-time payment and uses iOS voices."
"Speech Central and see where to get iPhone premium voices."
"Speech Central is a cheaper option for users."
"You can take a look at this comparison chart that tracks over 100 features: https://speechcentral.net/speech-central-vs-voice-dream-reader-vs-speechify/"
"You can take a look at this comparison of alternatives: https://speechcentral.net/speech-central-vs-voice-dream-reader-vs-speechify/"
#11
Balabolka
4.3
(4)
"I think you'll like the first option best."
"Balabolka is a solid free option if you’re looking for a lightweight text-to-speech tool!"
"The best thing that I've found is balabolka paired with some of the more advanced enterprise level tts like ivona."
"Some popular options include Balabolka, NaturalReader, and Google Text-to-Speech."
#12
4.3
(4)
"I have been using them on my phone for almost 10 years. Both are free."
"I prefer the Wavenet voices used by Google Assistant over Ms voices."
"And it is free."
"I used to use Google Play books for this purpose, it was ok."
#13
Microsoft Edge
4.0
(4)
"Microsoft Edge has TTS functions and the voices sound pretty natural."
"I started using Microsoft Edge instead of Chrome because of the built in text-to-speech software."
"Microsoft edge has immersive reader built in."
"Use edge browser native AI voices"
#14
OpenAI
4.3
(3)
"OpenAI's text to speech is highly recommended for its natural voice quality."
"OpenAI's TTS is great too, but it's only available as an API."
"OpenAI's TTS-1-HD is a good option, but waiting for 4o audio might be worth it."
#15
Google Play
4.0
(3)
"EReader Prestigio can read aloud .mobi and epub formats."
"Voice Aloud Reader is a great app for reading aloud."
"T2S is preferred for its natural sounding voices and flexibility."
#16
Bark
3.7
(3)
"The result will be as human as you can get from a TTS."
"Bark provides good quality output but has high latency."
"Bark can also be accessed for voice cloning but it will hallucinate."
#17
HitPaw
5.0
(2)
"A TTS Tool and an AI video editor with preferred human-like voices."
"Great for enhancing streaming experience as a VTuber."
#18
Read Aloud
4.5
(2)
"This extension enables you to read the current webpage with one click."
"I've been using the Read Aloud extension in Fennec... it should work in regular FF too of course."
#19
ReadEra
4.5
(2)
"I like ReadEra (premium version). It's a one-time payment instead of a subscription."
"ReadEra is great for on-the-go use."
#20
Piper
4.5
(2)
"My favourites include StyleTTS 2, Piper TTS, and Suno Bark."
"Did you take a look at piper?"
#21
Voice Aloud Reader
4.5
(2)
"The free version is perfect for my long fic reading purposes."
"For my TTS use I use Voice Aloud Reader."
#22
Mozilla
4.5
(2)
"Been messing around with Mozilla TTS and this pretrained model."
"Mozilla did a good job on those TTS models, and their examples look good."
#23
Coqui
4.5
(2)
"The voices are quite natural-sounding and expressive."
"Coqui gives you access to many through a single python API, and XTTS is probably the best for reasonably fast performance."
#24
Replica Studios
4.5
(2)
"I’ve played around with replica and it’s pretty powerful. There are a ton of options to choose from."
"Replica Studios offers prebuilt voices."
#25
DupDub
4.0
(2)
"You could try DupDub. It has a lot of voice options and lets you tweak the tone for each word."
"DupDub might be one of the most affordable one."
#26
NaturalReader
4.0
(2)
"NaturalReader converts text into natural-sounding audio."
"I use naturalreader but the more human voices require a subscription."
#27
StyleTTS2
4.0
(2)
"StyleTTS2 is best sounding fast for especially the English language."
"If you don’t have a nvidia gpu use styletts2"
#28
Evie
4.0
(2)
"I use Evie on my Android phone, which is free."
"It's a bit better than the others I tried, and allows you to customize the voice and how they speak a lot."
#29
Readvox
3.5
(2)
"Try my chrome extension readvox.com"
"Try my chrome extension readvox.com"
#30
gTTS
5.0
(1)
"Gtts"
#31
Voice In
5.0
(1)
"Voice In Google extension."
#32
Calibre
5.0
(1)
"If you're on a Mac instead of Windows, you'll have to go with the second option."
#33
T2S
5.0
(1)
"I like T2S the best out of the apps I've tried."
#34
Speed Read
5.0
(1)
"I swear to this one."
#35
StyleTTS
5.0
(1)
"My favourites include StyleTTS 2, Piper TTS, and Suno Bark."
#36
Suno
5.0
(1)
"My favourites include StyleTTS 2, Piper TTS, and Suno Bark."
#37
TextSpeak Pro
5.0
(1)
"The best I’ve used recently is https://textspeakpro.com."
#38
ChatGPT
5.0
(1)
"Chatgpts Whisper API is so far ahead of everyone else imo."
#39
ITHUAN
5.0
(1)
"This text-to-speech reader is highly recommended for its quality and ease of use."
#40
Parler
5.0
(1)
"Parler is a great tool for generating audio ahead of time."
#41
Hesoft
5.0
(1)
"This is my go-to app for reading my pdfs aloud and it's so good that I purchased the ad removal to support the app."
#42
Next TTS
5.0
(1)
"This one is free, can be installed as a pwa or mobile app, and worked well for me."
#43
AO3
5.0
(1)
"AO3 offers downloads in multiple formats like PDF and EPUB, enhancing accessibility."
#44
Cross Plus A
5.0
(1)
"It's free, you can copy-paste text blocks, adjust voices, set reading speed."
#45
Readwise
4.0
(1)
"I use Readwise Reader, and it has pretty good TTS integrated."
#46
Texthelp
4.0
(1)
"Is a paid extension. It offers more than just text to speech."
#47
Kami
4.0
(1)
"Kami it has a read aloud function."
#48
Teacher Made
4.0
(1)
"Teacher Made allows you to upload anything and add the text to speech function."
#49
@Voice Aloud Reader
4.0
(1)
"As for text-to-speech apps, there are a few options: >> @Voice Aloud Reader (TTS)..."
#50
Google Notebook
4.0
(1)
"There’s a Google app called “Notebook LM” that turns text into an AI podcast- it’s free 😊"
#51
beebzi.ai
4.0
(1)
"Check out [beebzi.ai](http://beebzi.ai)"
#52
Librera
4.0
(1)
"Librera reader pro in github."
#53
OpenVoice
4.0
(1)
"Have you tried this? https://github.com/ValyrianTech/OpenVoice_server"
#54
Tortoise + RVC
4.0
(1)
"Tldr; tortoise + rvc or elevenlabs usually. the former is open source i believe."
#55
Narro Reader
4.0
(1)
"Free app."
#56
Read Era
4.0
(1)
"I kind of like Read Era."
#57
Suno AI
4.0
(1)
"Suno ai"
#58
SYN6288
3.0
(1)
"These modules do the tts so your MC does the other stuff"
#59
XFS5152CE
3.0
(1)
"Downside is the accented Chinese/english tts"
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