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SAM TTS
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free browser-based recreation of the classic Windows Microsoft SAM text-to-speech voice with adjustable pitch and speed.

73K visits/mo
Voice Out logo
Voice Out
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free Chrome extension that reads aloud webpages, Google Docs, PDFs, and ebooks in 60+ languages with premium voice upgrades.

75K visits/mo
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notevibes.com
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI text-to-speech studio with 550+ voices in 72 languages for voiceovers, podcasts and audiobooks; free plan plus paid tiers.

239K visits/mo
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Crikk
✓ verifiedFreemium

Text-to-speech app that turns PDFs, images and documents into natural AI narration for listening, plus voiceover creation.

335K visits/mo2.2K saves
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Online Audio Converter
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free browser-based audio converter (123apps) supporting 300+ formats to MP3, WAV and more, with tag editing and batch conversion.

4.1M visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0

No public pricing

Starter: $8/mo billed yearly ($96/yr)
Personal: $16/mo billed yearly ($190/yr)
Pro: $83/mo billed yearly ($990/yr, commercial)
Credit Pack: $49 one-time (1M credits)

No public pricing

Free: $0 (70 files/day, up to 4 GB)
Premium: $6/mo (unlimited files, up to 10 GB, no ads)
Core features
  • Recreation of classic Microsoft SAM SAPI4 voice
  • Multiple voice presets (Sam, Mike, Mary, BonziBUDDY, etc.)
  • Adjustable pitch and speed controls
  • Client-side generation, no server processing
  • WAV file download
  • Works across modern browsers without installation
  • Text-to-speech reading across webpages, Docs, PDFs, and email
  • Support for 60+ languages and 100+ voices
  • Adjustable reading speed, pitch, and volume
  • Background listening while browsing
  • Highlighting of text as it's read aloud
  • Minimal permissions with no data tracking claimed
  • 550+ AI voices in 72 languages
  • 80+ emotion tags and tone controls
  • Podcast mode with multi-speaker dialogs
  • Audiobook narration with per-character voices
  • Document and URL import (PDF, DOCX, EPUB)
  • MP3/WAV/OGG downloads with commercial rights on Pro
  • Audio transcription and translation
  • TTS from PDFs, images and text
  • Word/sentence highlighting for read-along
  • Playback speed up to 4x
  • Support for many languages
  • Multiple natural AI voices and styles
  • Voiceover creation; iOS and Android apps
  • Convert 300+ audio and video formats
  • Extract audio from video files
  • Adjustable quality, bitrate and channels
  • ID3 tag editing
  • Batch conversion to ZIP
  • Runs in-browser, files auto-deleted
Use cases
  • Recreating nostalgic Windows XP-era text-to-speech audio
  • Generating novelty or meme voice clips
  • Testing SAPI4-style voice output for retro projects
  • Language learners listening while reading text
  • People with reading disabilities or visual impairment
  • Multitasking users listening to articles or documents hands-free
  • Editors and writers catching errors by hearing their drafts read aloud
  • Voiceovers for YouTube, TikTok and ads
  • Producing podcasts
  • Narrating audiobooks
  • E-learning and presentation narration
  • Listen to documents while multitasking
  • Study and improve retention
  • Create voiceovers for projects
  • Accessibility for reading difficulties
  • Converting audio to MP3 or other formats
  • Making iPhone ringtones (M4R)
  • Extracting a song from a video
  • Batch-converting many audio files
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