Speechify
Text-to-speech reader — listen to anything, anywhere.
About
Speechify (speechify.com) is the listen-don't-produce TTS reader: 200+ voices in 60+ languages, mobile apps, browser extension, and OCR for physical pages — built for students and professionals who consume text by ear.
Free tier available; Premium ~$139/year (no cheap monthly option). Different job than the production tools: this is for listening, not voiceover production. Billing and cancellation complaints appear in user reviews — worth knowing.
What it can do
- 200+ voices, 60+ languages
- Mobile + browser extension
- OCR for physical pages
- Speed and HD voice controls
- Free tier
Setup
- Install the app or browser extension.
- Open any article, PDF, or doc.
- Press play; adjust speed and voice.
Prerequisites
None for basic use.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier). Widely used reader with a real free tier, but the annual-only premium and billing complaints are caveats. Proprietary, provider-estimated adoption. Metrics tier.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.5/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
- · text-to-speech reader; no public repo — adoption estimated
- · released 285 days ago
- · manual review: listen-don't-produce reader; mobile + browser extension; ~$139/yr premium; billing complaints noted; license: proprietary
Sources
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