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Speechify
✓ verifiedFreemium

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
✓ verifiedFreemium

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
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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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Vozard
✓ verifiedFreemium

Real-time AI voice changer for Windows and Mac with 200+ voices and effects for gaming, streaming and chat.

1.3M visits/mo3.5K saves
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Udio
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Popular AI music generator that turns text prompts into full songs with vocals and instrumentation in seconds.

1.7M visits/mo
Pricing
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)

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

No public pricing

Core features
  • 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
  • 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
  • Real-time voice changing with low latency
  • 200+ voice effects including celebrities, cartoon and anime characters
  • Works with 14+ platforms: Discord, Zoom, OBS, Fortnite, Twitch and more
  • Background sound effects and meme sounds
  • Converts pre-recorded audio and video files
  • Vocal enhancement for AI cover production
  • Windows and Mac support with 3 free voice effects daily
  • Text-to-music generation with vocals and instrumentation
  • Song extension and remixing tools
  • Genre and style-guided generation
  • Library of user-generated tracks to explore
Use cases
  • 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
  • Voiceovers for YouTube, TikTok and ads
  • Producing podcasts
  • Narrating audiobooks
  • E-learning and presentation narration
  • Voice disguise for gaming and chat
  • Character voices for live streaming
  • Pranking friends in calls
  • Creating AI voice covers and content
  • Musicians and hobbyists generating original song ideas from prompts
  • Content creators needing background music or soundtracks
  • Songwriters exploring melody and lyric ideas quickly
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