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makeaudio
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Browser-based suite of free audio and video utilities plus AI text-to-speech, with paid tiers to lift the daily-operation cap.
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Speechify
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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
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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
Pricing
Free: $0 (3 operations/day)
1 month: $9 (no daily limit)
6 months: $49
1 year: $99
Lifetime: $299
Text-to-speech: $1 = 15,000 credits ($5 minimum)
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
- ✦Audio convert, trim and merge tools
- ✦Video convert, compress and trim tools
- ✦Tone, white/pink/brown noise and binaural generators
- ✦Headphone, surround, bass and hearing tests
- ✦Local in-browser processing with no file-size limit
- ✦AI text-to-speech via pay-as-you-go credits
- ✦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
- ✦Text-to-speech conversion in 75+ languages
- ✦Speech-to-text transcription
- ✦Voice cloning
- ✦Online dictation
- ✦YouTube subtitle generation
- ✦Talking Website feature
Use cases
- →Quick audio/video edits without installing software
- →Converting between media formats in the browser
- →Generating speech from text on demand
- →Testing headphones, speakers or hearing
- →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
- →Creating voiceovers for videos
- →Transcribing audio and video files
- →Adding voice to websites
- →Generating subtitles for YouTube videos
- →Creating audiobooks
- →Developing smart guides for museums and exhibitions
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