How do I read only selected or highlighted text aloud?

Paste your text, select the exact passage in the box, choose Highlighted text under Start from, then press Play. Only that range is spoken; it does not continue into the rest of the document. Cursor is a separate mode that begins at the chunk holding your cursor and reads to the end. Empty or whitespace-only selections are refused.

Can this read a whole book or long chapter?

Paste plain text from the book or chapter. There is no imposed character limit; available device memory is the practical limit. The reader splits at sentence ends, then clause and word boundaries, preferring chunks of 240 characters or fewer. A single longer word is left whole. Short chunks help with browser speech limitations, but errors or background restrictions can still interrupt reading. A failure stops at the current chunk without skipping its text.

How do I resume where I stopped?

Choose Where I stopped, then Play. It restarts the current chunk, so you may hear part of it again. A stopped highlighted passage keeps its original end. Your draft and bookmark are stored in this browser when storage is available; editing the document clears its old bookmark. Pause and Resume continue an active browser utterance. Changing voice or speed restarts the current chunk; a change while paused, or a pitch edit while reading, stops it so you can press Play with the new settings.

How do I read Spanish text aloud or hear French pronunciation?

Choose Spanish or French in Language, then select an available matching voice. Paste Spanish or French text; try Hola. ¿Cómo estás? or Bonjour. Comment allez-vous ? at 0.75× or 1×. The tool reads supplied text without translating it or grading pronunciation. If no matching voice is reported, Play is disabled. Add a system voice and reload, or use another browser or device.

Can I download text to audio as an MP3, WAV or audiobook file?

This page provides playback only. The built-in browser speech API does not give the page audio samples to save, so there is no MP3, WAV or audiobook-file download. A tool that produces downloadable speech needs its own speech engine or an export-capable service; changing the file extension or recording a microphone is not an equivalent text-to-audio export.

Does the text stay on my device?

The page does not upload text to a site speech service. Voices marked Over the network may send text to their speech provider through the browser. On this device is the browser’s own classification, not an independently verified privacy promise. Draft text and deliberately changed preferences are saved in this browser when storage is available, so a shared device may retain them.

Why does the voice list differ across browsers and devices?

The browser reports available operating-system and provider voices. Names, languages, network access and pronunciation vary. No list yet does not prove that no system voice exists: the browser may still supply a default. An explicitly selected language requires a reported matching voice so the tool does not silently substitute another language.

How accurate are the reading clock and progress bar?

The clock estimates 150 whitespace-separated words per minute divided by the speed setting. It is a guide, especially for text without spaces and voices with a different natural pace. The bar shows document position from chunk offsets and any boundary events the browser reports; it is not proof that every word was heard. A completed request requires a native start and end for every nonempty chunk in the requested range.

Can this transcribe audio, read a picture or translate speech?

This reader starts with text. For a short English recording, Audio to Text accepts browser-decodable audio or video up to 50 MiB and five minutes; review its draft against the recording. For a JPG or PNG of printed English, use Image to Word , press Read text, correct the result, then copy and paste it here to read aloud. These are separate steps, not live microphone transcription, translation or camera capture. Morse Code Translator turns text into tones and a WAV; it does not decode recorded Morse sound.

Text to Audio

Read text aloud online with the voices your browser provides. Paste a chapter, article or your notes, then read from the top, from your cursor, from a saved stopping point or only the exact text you highlight. Short sentence, clause and word chunks help with long documents. Choose an available voice, filter for Spanish or French, and adjust reading speed or pitch. This is live text to speech playback; it does not export an MP3 or downloadable audiobook.

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Reading starts at the first sentence. The clock is an estimate at 150 words a minute scaled by the speed setting, because each voice sets its own pace and the speed control multiplies whatever that pace is.

Voices availableas your browser reports them
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Playback only. The browser speech API does not expose audio samples for an MP3, WAV or audiobook-file download.

Read a chapter, article or selected passage. Paste plain text from your book or notes. Top reads the complete document; Cursor begins at the chunk holding the cursor; Highlighted text reads only your exact selection. Where I stopped retries the current chunk, keeping the selection's end when one was used. Editing the text clears the old bookmark. Short chunks help with long documents, but the browser can still fail or stop in the background. A speech error stops reading instead of omitting text.

Spanish reading and French pronunciation. Choose Spanish or French in Language, then choose an available matching voice. For example, try “Hola. ¿Cómo estás?” or “Bonjour. Comment allez-vous ?” at 0.75× or 1×. The voice reads the supplied language; it does not translate or score pronunciation. If no matching voice is reported, Play is disabled rather than substituting another language.

Where your text goes. This page does not upload text to a site speech service. The browser may send text to the provider of a network voice. The list shows the browser's local/network classification, not an independent privacy audit. Text and selected preferences are saved in this browser when storage is available; shared devices may retain that draft.

Accuracy. Voices and pronunciation depend on your browser and device. Short chunks help with long text; a speech error stops reading without skipping text. The clock is an estimate. Built-in speech provides playback, not an MP3 or audio-file download.

Common questions

How do I read only selected or highlighted text aloud?: Paste your text, select the exact passage in the box, choose Highlighted text under Start from, then press Play. Only that range is spoken; it does not continue into the rest of the document. Cursor is a separate mode that begins at the chunk holding your cursor and reads to the end. Empty or whitespace-only selections are refused.
Can this read a whole book or long chapter?: Paste plain text from the book or chapter. There is no imposed character limit; available device memory is the practical limit. The reader splits at sentence ends, then clause and word boundaries, preferring chunks of 240 characters or fewer. A single longer word is left whole. Short chunks help with browser speech limitations, but errors or background restrictions can still interrupt reading. A failure stops at the current chunk without skipping its text.
How do I resume where I stopped?: Choose Where I stopped, then Play. It restarts the current chunk, so you may hear part of it again. A stopped highlighted passage keeps its original end. Your draft and bookmark are stored in this browser when storage is available; editing the document clears its old bookmark. Pause and Resume continue an active browser utterance. Changing voice or speed restarts the current chunk; a change while paused, or a pitch edit while reading, stops it so you can press Play with the new settings.
How do I read Spanish text aloud or hear French pronunciation?: Choose Spanish or French in Language, then select an available matching voice. Paste Spanish or French text; try Hola. ¿Cómo estás? or Bonjour. Comment allez-vous ? at 0.75× or 1×. The tool reads supplied text without translating it or grading pronunciation. If no matching voice is reported, Play is disabled. Add a system voice and reload, or use another browser or device.
Can I download text to audio as an MP3, WAV or audiobook file?: This page provides playback only. The built-in browser speech API does not give the page audio samples to save, so there is no MP3, WAV or audiobook-file download. A tool that produces downloadable speech needs its own speech engine or an export-capable service; changing the file extension or recording a microphone is not an equivalent text-to-audio export.
Does the text stay on my device?: The page does not upload text to a site speech service. Voices marked Over the network may send text to their speech provider through the browser. On this device is the browser’s own classification, not an independently verified privacy promise. Draft text and deliberately changed preferences are saved in this browser when storage is available, so a shared device may retain them.
Why does the voice list differ across browsers and devices?: The browser reports available operating-system and provider voices. Names, languages, network access and pronunciation vary. No list yet does not prove that no system voice exists: the browser may still supply a default. An explicitly selected language requires a reported matching voice so the tool does not silently substitute another language.
How accurate are the reading clock and progress bar?: The clock estimates 150 whitespace-separated words per minute divided by the speed setting. It is a guide, especially for text without spaces and voices with a different natural pace. The bar shows document position from chunk offsets and any boundary events the browser reports; it is not proof that every word was heard. A completed request requires a native start and end for every nonempty chunk in the requested range.
Can this transcribe audio, read a picture or translate speech?: This reader starts with text. For a short English recording, <a href="/audio-transcription">Audio to Text</a> accepts browser-decodable audio or video up to 50 MiB and five minutes; review its draft against the recording. For a JPG or PNG of printed English, use <a href="/image-to-word">Image to Word</a>, press Read text, correct the result, then copy and paste it here to read aloud. These are separate steps, not live microphone transcription, translation or camera capture. <a href="/morse-code-translator">Morse Code Translator</a> turns text into tones and a WAV; it does not decode recorded Morse sound.

Voices and pronunciation depend on your browser and device. Short chunks help with long text; a speech error stops reading without skipping text. The clock is an estimate. Built-in speech provides playback, not an MP3 or audio-file download.