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Best text to speech software

Having fun with playing with different computer-generated voices for your presentation or just for a video that you would like to make? Today is your lucky day because the community has gathered different software and apps that you can use for any of your text-to-speech needs.

1.Balabolka

Free download
Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. 
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  •  María Luisa Rivas

    by María Luisa Rivas

    This is a very good app to get your text converted to audio and can be used in any of the e-Learning application. It is very simple and easy to use te More

  • Justin Harris

    by Justin Harris

    I love Balabolka because it works with anything. The best feature about this Text-To-Speech program is that you can actually save on-screen text to a  More

  • Amy Burton

    by Amy Burton

    It's just such a great feature that this software is able to play voices from different formats of audio files. Gonna try and get this later I hope th More

  • Surangani Baddegedera

    by Surangani Baddegedera

    Ggreat Stuff

  • Donald Rodriguez

    by Donald Rodriguez

    Balabolka is a decent Text-To-Speech program. In fact, I used it to write this review!

2.TextSpeech Pro

Varies by plan

TextSpeechPro reads any kind of document aloud and includes AT&T Natural Voices. It also has an integrated internet browser that allows the software to read any web page straight from its interface.

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  • Alice Cui

    by Alice Cui

    Easy to install and to use. Their tech support department is highly responsive. It also has pretty accurate functioning, i love it!

  • Jacob Perry

    by Jacob Perry

    This product only tells me that it is compatible with windows xp which makes me concerned whether it will work with windows 10. I would prefer a free  More

  •  Carlos Alberto Bautista

    by Carlos Alberto Bautista

    This software is pretty great. Of course the speech doesn't sound that natural, but that's just the state of the tech now. This particular software do More

  • Muhammad Bose

    by Muhammad Bose

    It looks like a reasonable product. The question will be, does it sound very robotic and choppy or does it actually sound like a person speaking?

3.ICQ

Free download

ICQ is a leading instant messaging service provider with a global online community. ICQ offers live chats with a nice interface design and integration with other platforms, securely encrypted calls, high-quality video calls and many more.

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  • Pranav Chattopadhyay

    by Pranav Chattopadhyay

    I was looking for text to speech software so I downloaded ICQ. It appears to be a simple instant messaging service. While it has text to speech voice  More

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    by Fillip Davina null

    i used this software but primarily its not TTS-software.

4.Text2Speech

Free download

Text2Speech is a free text to speech utility. This software can help you read text with over 10 voices, Text2Speech supports non-English languages in OS X Lion.

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  • Jacob Sullivan

    by Jacob Sullivan

    The voice packs are pretty good, and the pronunciation is good too. The only real problem is the voices tend to speak a little too quickly when they c More

  • Martha Hayes

    by Martha Hayes

    Text2Speech is a software that turns text into speech. Easy to use and many different voices to use.

  • Ryan Warren

    by Ryan Warren

    If you want a text to speech software, Text2Speech is for you. It's simple and the interface is very easy to navigate with.

5.Voice Dream Reader

Paid: $14.99 with in-app purchases

Voice Dream Reader is an Android, iPhone and iPad app that lets you listen to any documents, ebooks, and web pages with the best synthesized voices available. 

  • Amber Ren

    by Amber Ren

    Voice Dream Reader is the best text to speech software that i've come across. I have the iPhone, so it was the perfect app for that. Makes my life eas More

  • by Ajay Venkatesan

    This is an app that had potential. However the TTS engine is super buggy and usually doesn't finish sentences.

  • Michael Stephens

    by Michael Stephens

    Voice dream reader is a alright app but it could be so much better if they just improved the voices they used when reading. I can't stand them.

  • Jordan Hayes

    by Jordan Hayes

    If you need to listen any kidn of document this app is the perfect tool

  • by Louis Estrada

    Voice Dream Reader is horrible and it may look intriguing because it's available on so many things but man it was a mess and I had such a hard time wi More

  • Melissa Kim

    by Melissa Kim

    Voice Dream Reader is really great for listening to all my favorite newly downloaded E-books from the library. Instead of reading and straining my eye More

6.Audio Reader XL

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Audio Reader XL is a text to voice reader software for Windows which is designed with good American voices. This text to speech software also lets users convert text to MP3 audio file. It can also be used as a tool to read aloud a text.

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    by Sabine Kehrner null

    In my opinion, that is the best text to speech software. The software is very easy to understand. There are a lot of natural human voices available. A More

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    by Filipp null

    Audio Reader XL is one of the best software for text to speech conversion. I am using this software from the last one year. it's very simple and very  More

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    by Muhammad Irfan null

    Awesome software for students.

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    by Dustin Boldt null

    I tried a lot of text-to-speech software, but opted for Audio Reader XL. This program works with so many different text formats. This program is on

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    I really love that software for read aloud text. It's very easy to use. I think the program the best one on the market.

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    An A+ for Audio Reader XL - The software is a successful all-round package and really hits the mark in all areas. Audio Reader XL turns your personal  More

7.Amazon Polly

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Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Polly lets you create applications that talk, enabling you to build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. It uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice. 

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  • Kenneth Morgan

    by Kenneth Morgan

    Really simple and easy to use, probably one of the best text to speech software that I've tried and I appreciate the customization and control setting More

  • by Jason Brooks

    Amazon Polly is an amazing text to speech software that will allow you to put in voice all your books, articles, and whatever you desire. It's easy an More

  • Anna Garza

    by Anna Garza

    I always love Amazon products because they came from a trustworthy producer. This worked seemlessly for a busy person like me.

  • Paul Ray

    by Paul Ray

    Amazon Polly was an interesting software. It worked for the purpose intended, of course, but the really unique thing was the payment tier it had. You  More

  • Bryan Cole

    by Bryan Cole

    This is a really great service for people who need text to speech services. The service is innovative and a relatively good price. The service works w More

8.Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader

Paid: $29.95 Free trial available

Zabaware also comes in a free version that offers generic voices, but the paid option provides high-quality CereProc and AT&T Natural Voices. Text can be converted into wav audio files, which you can transfer to any portable device.

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  • Robert Stone

    by Robert Stone

    Zabaware is a free utility which reads text from your screen. It works well and makes computer use much more functional for people with vision issues. More

  • Austin Porter

    by Austin Porter

    I would like to agree with @Bobby. Althought this is not a super good, Zabaware can still compete for other softwares around the same category. The pr More

  • Roger Dunn

    by Roger Dunn

    This is a really great solution for transforming text to speech. The price is very reasonable and the product is easy to use, which is very important.

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    It's not the most amazing one out there, but this will do the job for plenty of people. That being said I say download the free trial and give it a go More

9.NaturalReader

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NaturalReader comes in several versions, including a free one that converts Microsoft Word documents, PDF files, and emails into spoken words. The paid version offers more features and voices and is more suitable for eLearning and online training.

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  • Kyle Wagner

    by Kyle Wagner

    Though the voices can be a little mechanical, NaturalReader's text to speech cadence flows well, no awkward pauses. I like how many choices of voice a More

  • Sandra Keller

    by Sandra Keller

    WOW! PDF to voice!? That's just insane! They took text to speech to a whole another level of technology and innovation. I think this would work perfec More

  • James Medina

    by James Medina

    I've tried many text to speech softwares and NaturalReader is by far the best, It's a professional text software that has tons of useful features, I d More

  • by Jesse Tucker

    I played with the interface for a bit and changed out the voices. The default text seemed to sound a little more natural than any sentences that I typ More

  • Pablo Rodríguez

    by Pablo Rodríguez

    The the best site for info on this topic. But it is a place to start.

10.Virtual Speaker

Price upon request

The Virtual Speaker software is multilingual, allows easy integration, and has the availability of voices in several sampling frequencies and qualities. Moreover, the sound files are especially easy to access from any authoring tool you are using.

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  • Sean Hansen

    by Sean Hansen

    If you have every tried the built in text to speech software on your computer you know how frustrating listening to it can be. There are a few more pl More

  • Katherine Meyer

    by Katherine Meyer

    I would like to try and make an EDM music using voice from this software LOL. I hope this works and can speak hungarian very well.

  • Jerry Hughes

    by Jerry Hughes

    I own a small business and needed interactive voice recording software for my phone system. Acapela Group Virtual Speaker fits my needs and it has sev More

  • Jesse Chen

    by Jesse Chen

    When I was looking for something to help some of my colleagues, I stumbled onto Acapela. Acapela made it so very easy to get my point across in the ma More

  • by Eugene Hunter

    The virtual speaker by Acapela Group is one of the best ones I've tried. The system is extremely easy to use and the voice is very natural and life-li More

  • Jose Thompson

    by Jose Thompson

    This is a beautiful app. This works great for my business. I can do voice recordings for several activities in my company. This creates high quality r More

11.Read The Words

Free download

Read The Words is an online text to speech application that offers a free version including a variety of voices characters, 3 languages, and the ability to create audio files up to 30 seconds in length. 

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  • Christopher Meyer

    by Christopher Meyer

    I wear reading glasses and what a pain it is to have to put on my glasses when a text comes in. With this app, I can just listen to the text without h More

  • Irene Carranza

    by Irene Carranza

    FOR A GRANDMA LYK ME, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. I OFTEN LOSE MY GLASSES THAT MY SON IS ALREADY TIRED OF ALWAYS BUYING ME A NEW ONE. BECAUSE OF TH More

  • Robert Johnston

    by Robert Johnston

    Great site for text to speech. Easy to use and fun to even play with. Save your fingers from typing everything and use this.

12.iSpeech

Varies by plan

iSpeech has an API that allows you to create high-quality speech audio in multiple formats such as mp3, wav, WMA, mp4, and flac. It also offers a variety of other online services and apps, including the iSpeech Translator.

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  •  Marco Antonio Cervantes

    by Marco Antonio Cervantes

    Love that this is a free text to speech software, it is also very simple to use, but you always have to be online to be able to use the app/

  • by Kevin Chen

    Studies show that people learn faster when listening to something rather than reading it. I have been on the market to improve my training software by More

  • Charles Wells

    by Charles Wells

    iSpeech website is a hit or miss, even though the try it out feature is good, it doesn't work on most of my trials. The pricing is also steep for a sy More

  • George Silva

    by George Silva

    This is a great web site for the visually impaired. I like the layout. Very user friendly.

13.Voice Reader

Varies by plan

A product of Linguatec, Voice Reader converts any text to voice professionally using natural sounding voices in several languages with individual pronunciation adjustments. It supports a wide range of formats, including PDF, Doc, Docx, HTML, etc.

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  • Randy Jimenez

    by Randy Jimenez

    My eyesight is not what it used to be. I have to do a lot of reading for my job and squinting at lines of text all day can give me a bad headache. I w More

  • Tyler Gonzalez

    by Tyler Gonzalez

    I was very happy to try this program out. I bought this so I could work on my pc while multitasking. I bought the cheaper version and it still did wel More

  • Jordan Hoffman

    by Jordan Hoffman

    After endless hours of searching for a text to speech software that's realistic I no longer have to look. This program not only made the text sound re More

  • Douglas Baker

    by Douglas Baker

    You know how your computer can do text to speech? And in some instances your phone can do the same? Want to pay another $80 for it to sound more human More

14.read2me

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Read2Me is a website that instantly converts articles from your favorite websites or uploaded files into a podcast that you can listen whenever you want. 

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  • Kimberly Hudson

    by Kimberly Hudson

    I am never home...I travel for work, sometimes by car, sometimes by plane. Love read to me. It lets me load articles that I can listen to while on the More

  •  José Juan Ayala

    by José Juan Ayala

    Read2Me is a great way for me to digest content found on the internet in a very convenient manner. I can easily convert websites I frequent into conci More

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    It lets you instantly convert articles from your favorite websites or uploaded files into audio. It backed up by Amazon's Polly and has a free tier of More

15.MWS Reader 5

Varies by plan

MWS Reader 5 is a text to speech software that read out loud any text you want. One of its greatest qualities is that it counts with flexible character recognition (OCR), which means that it can read text from images!

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    by Andreas Nagel null

    MWS Reader 5 is in my experience the best one! Why? You can load many many different voices with a high range of characteristics and quality. There are so many special functions and so many possibilities, it is by far the best software out there. You More

16.AudioBookMaker

Free download

AudioBookMaker is a software that converts text to audio quickly and includes adjustable speech parameters. It also has a multilingual interface and "remembers" each document settings between reading sessions.

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  • Kyle Richardson

    by Kyle Richardson

    AudioBookMaker is probably one of the best free text to speech software's that you will ever find. I absolutely love that they have a selection of voi More

  • Mark Carroll

    by Mark Carroll

    I am very pleased with the services that AudioBookMaker provide. The Text to Speech software they offer is amazing and I am satisfied with the high qu More

  • Phillip Parker

    by Phillip Parker

    I feel like we haven't perfected human synthesized voice, and although we're pretty near, text to speech software is just not something I would use to More

  • by Gregory Franklin

    I was looking for a text to speech software, which would could perform speech following as well as I could customize single words per pronunciations.  More

  • Anthony Myers

    by Anthony Myers

    Sometimes simple solutions just work and there's really no reason not to use AudioBookMaker. It's free and can easily convert text to mp3's for listen More

17.Text Aloud 4

Paid: $25
TextAloud 4 is Text-to-Speech software that uses voice synthesis to create spoken audio from text. You can listen on your PC or save text to MP3 or wave files for listening later.
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  • Steven Wagner

    by Steven Wagner

    When driving I need an app to help read my emails and text. I could not find anything that worked properly. Text Aloud came along and converted everyt More

  • Mark Walters

    by Mark Walters

    Text Aloud appears to be a decent solution for turning text into speech. However, though it isn't free, it also isn't expensive. As I said previously, More

  • Juan Willis

    by Juan Willis

    This is perfect for those with hearing impairments or other things. I think its great what it does.

18.TextAloud 3

Paid: $29.95 Free trial available

TextAloud 3 is a text to speech software created by NextUp. It offers a huge list of voices in different accents and more than 29 languages from major voice publishers, including AT&T Natural Voices, Acapela Group, and Ivona.

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  • Philip Little

    by Philip Little

    I've tried other text to speech software, but TextAloud 3 is one that works with so many of the different formats I use on my Windows machines. The vo More

  • Christopher Morales

    by Christopher Morales

    The voices are very natural and I enjoy playing around with the different voices to change up what I am listening to at the time.

  • by Jeffrey King

    TextAloud 3 does a great job transcribing what I say in my mic to my computer screen. Sending a long email is so much easier thanks to TextAloud3. I h More

19.Capti Voice

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Capti offers a new approach to consuming digital content: instead of staring at the screen, use Capti to listen to everything you want to read on the go and at your leisure. You can listen to any content from the Web, GoogleDrive, or Dropbox. 
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  • Roy Simmons

    by Roy Simmons

    I think Capti Voice is the best text to speech software as I can use content from the Web, GoogleDrive or Dropbox to listen to information. I find tha More

  • Maria Mitchell

    by Maria Mitchell

    This is a great idea for a classroom or people with seeing disabilities. It would be a lot better if it also offered speech-to text.

  • Elizabeth Jordan

    by Elizabeth Jordan

    Capti is a text-to-speech program that gives a voice to a vast array of textual sources. It sounds like a great solution for this topic.

20.CereProc

Paid: $0.99 Varies by plan

CereProc is a text to speech (TTS) technology company, CereProc creates synthetic voices with character and personality that are designed to provide an engaging user experience and improved communication. 

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  • Lawrence Banks

    by Lawrence Banks

    CereProc makes very professional text to speech software that's suitable for consumers looking for a high-end product and for businesses alike. They h More

  • Janet Robertson

    by Janet Robertson

    Enhance your voice reognition software improving communication skills. CereProc's and CereVoice text-to-speech v4.0 works great with many techical dev More

  • by Samuel Aguilar

    CereProc could be one of the best text to speech software, but there's many things wrong with it. Sometimes when saying a sentence it will sometimes r More

  • Navya Jindal

    by Navya Jindal

    Many times I've tried TTS software only to give up because I work so much to correct errors. CereProc has been much better than the others I've tried. More

21.Text to Speech

with in-app purchases

Text to speech is a useful app that produces natural sounding synthesized text from the words that you have entered in. There 36 different voices to choose from and the ability to adjust the rate and pitch.

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  • Betty Su

    by Betty Su

    having lost my voice for few days, i struggled to communicate with my workmates and family members. i looked up for apps that has a text to speech fea More

  • Dennis Carr

    by Dennis Carr

    I found this to be is a decent Text to Speech app for iOS land. It's got decent ratings, but just not very many of them. 36 different voices can be fu More

  • Christina Castro

    by Christina Castro

    This app has amazing potential! It does so well at recognizing all words and has a quick turn around for speaking. There could be more advanced featur More

  • by Harry Lewis

    This free text to speech app for iPhone works very well. If you are looking for a desktop app or an Android app, you'll have to look elsewhere, but fo More

22.Voicepaper

with in-app purchases

Voicepaper is a Text To Speech Voice reader for Dropbox and Evernote. With Voicepaper, you can listen to txt.file, while you are walking, exercising, or doing your daily work. Your commuting or medial tasks can be more productive, and enjoyable.

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  • Jessica Bennett

    by Jessica Bennett

    The best this about Voicepaper is how easy it is to use. I personally to read, but it is nice to be able to mash a few buttons and hear an article, an More

  • Donald Rose

    by Donald Rose

    I absolutely despise this app. Its not very well thought out and the developer failed to think about it from a user perspective. Steer clear of this a More

  • Pranav Chattopadhyay

    by Pranav Chattopadhyay

    A good idea on paper but often makes mistakes. Very inaccurate in its reading. If you can look past that it is ok.

  • Howard Ortiz

    by Howard Ortiz

    Voicepaper really nails down the text to speech software. It sounds really natural when it is reading text to you. It doesn't have the normal robotic  More

  • Walter Ortega

    by Walter Ortega

    This is an ok app that lets you convert voice to text if you use Dropbox for dictation purposes. I dont and I do not know many people that do; but I b More

23.Notevibes

Paid: $7.9 Varies by plan

Notevibes is an online tool for text to speech conversion. With 24 natural voices, its free version has up to 200 characters only and features a fast online voice generator. 

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    by Steven Hansen null

    To my mind, this is the best text to speech software on the web now. There are more than 26 natural human voices available. It`s easy to use and has a free subscription plan as well.

24.Intelligent Speaker

69.99

Intelligent Speaker is a text-to-speech browser extension. It was designed to emulate human voice and emotions and is available in 18 languages. It has a adjustable speed range and can read numerous texts at once. 

  • Rebecca Taylor

    by Rebecca Taylor

    Intelligent speaker helps me a lot in saving time and multi-tasking. I can listen to blog posts and listen to any device because it has a great text t More

  • Vitaly Zdanevich

    by Vitaly Zdanevich

    The good voice from Amazon, sync with a podcast.

25.Text Speaker

Paid: $29.95 Free trial available

Text Speaker is a software which will make any text documents or files into an audio format. It will also read your documents with a natural sounding voice enabling you to listen to it anywhere and wherever you are. 

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    by Ben Kaufmann null

    One of the best text to speech app is "Text Speaker". Use it for listening to your docs on your PC. I can choose voices from multiple languages for reading out loud. Best app in the Microsoft store.

WHAT’S THE MEANING?

Text-to-Speech systems, often abbreviated as TTS, is a system that converts phonetic and orthographic transcriptions into artificial speech. It is part of natural language generation in natural language processing, wherein a machine is programmed to synthesize speech that is similar to the natural voices of humans in pitch, tone, and duration. Conversely, a speech-to-text system does the opposite, with speech recognition as its main function.

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that the first machine to produce a human sound was created in 1779? Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein made a model of the human vocal tract named “vowel organ." He used resonance tubes connected to organ pipes with free reeds to produce five long vowel sounds. Kratzenstein’s background in physiology greatly helped with his understanding of how the movement of air through the vocal folds produce sound which made him successful in producing a speech synthesis. However, the first machine to actually produce words and short sentences was the “acoustic-mechanical speech machine” invented by Wolfgang von Kempelen. It was made of bellows that simulate the movement of the lungs and had machine models of the tongue and lips. At present, scientists are focusing more on developing text to speech software, not hardware, for TTS systems. The TTS systems of today have two parts, the front-end and the back-end. The front-end is responsible for analyzing raw text and providing a phonemic transcription of it. The back-end is responsible for actually producing sound. A software utility that has speech recognition system helps people with visual impairment. You can consider it the best text to speech software if it can read text aloud from a specified website, email account, text document, the Windows clipboard, the user's keyboard typing, etc. 

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