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Speechify
✓ verifiedFreemium

Text-to-speech and voice-typing assistant that reads PDFs and web pages aloud and dictates text across apps, for readers and multitaskers.

6.7M visits/mo17K saves
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NaturalReaders
✓ verifiedFreemium

Established text-to-speech app that reads documents, PDFs and webpages aloud in 90+ languages across Personal, Commercial and EDU plans.

3.8M visits/mo
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ElevenReader
✓ verifiedFreemium

ElevenLabs' free reader app that narrates articles, PDFs, ebooks, and documents aloud with high-quality AI voices.

834K visits/mo
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Fish Audio
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI text-to-speech and voice-cloning studio with emotion controls, 2M+ voices and speech-to-text via web or API.

5.6M visits/mo
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Landr
✓ verifiedFreemium

Online platform for AI music mastering, distribution to streaming services, royalty-free samples, plugins and collaboration.

1.8M visits/mo2.5K saves
Pricing
Free: $0/month (10 robotic voices, up to 1.5x speed)
Premium: $29/month (1,000+ voices, 60+ languages, up to 5x speed, dictation, podcasts)

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Core features
  • 1,000+ natural-sounding AI voices in 60+ languages
  • Adjustable playback speed up to 5x
  • Text highlighting synced to audio
  • Scan-and-listen photo-to-speech
  • Voice dictation/typing across apps
  • AI podcast generation from documents
  • Voice AI assistant for Q&A on read content
  • Cloud storage integrations (Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive)
  • AI text-to-speech in 90+ languages
  • Reads PDFs, docs, webpages and scanned books
  • Voice cloning and prompt-based voice design
  • Study tools: AI podcast, recap, chat, quizzes
  • Web app, mobile apps and Chrome extension
  • 1,000+ lifelike AI voices
  • 200,000+ audiobooks and ebooks
  • 32 language support
  • Offline listening and cross-device sync
  • Smart imports that skip headers and footers
  • Adjustable playback speed and bookmarks
  • Text-to-speech with emotion and effect tags
  • Voice cloning from samples
  • Speech-to-text transcription
  • Multilingual voice library (2M+ voices)
  • Developer API for integration
  • Real-time voice generation
  • AI mastering online and as a DAW plugin
  • Distribution to 150+ streaming platforms
  • Royalty-free sample library
  • Plugin marketplace and bundles
  • Collaboration and sharing tools
  • Online music courses
Use cases
  • Listening to long articles, PDFs or emails hands-free
  • Studying by having textbooks or lecture notes read aloud
  • Dictating text faster than typing across apps
  • Turning documents into podcast-style audio
  • Reducing eye strain from extensive reading
  • Listening to documents and ebooks
  • Creating commercial voiceovers
  • Accessibility for dyslexia and vision needs
  • Classroom and EDU accessibility
  • Listening to articles hands-free
  • Consuming ebooks and PDFs as audio
  • Reading accessibility
  • Narrating videos, ads and explainers
  • Producing audiobooks without a studio
  • Creating character or brand voices for games and apps
  • Mastering tracks without a studio
  • Distributing music to streaming services
  • Sourcing royalty-free samples and plugins
  • Collaborating with other musicians
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