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ttsMP3.com logo
ttsMP3.com
✓ verifiedFree

Free browser-based text-to-MP3 converter using Amazon Polly voices across 28+ languages with SSML controls.

599K visits/mo
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SpeechGen
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser TTS generator with thousands of voices in 150 languages for marketers, e-learning teams and IVR builders needing fast voiceovers.

585K visits/mo17K saves
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VoiceMaker
✓ verifiedFreemium

Full-featured text-to-speech studio with standard and neural voices plus SSML-level controls for developers and creators.

731K visits/mo
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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
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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
Pricing

No public pricing

Free: 1,000 characters (no account required)

No public pricing

Free: $0
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)
Core features
  • Text-to-MP3 conversion powered by AWS Polly
  • 28+ languages and multiple regional accents/voices
  • SSML tags for pauses, emphasis, speed, and pitch
  • Multi-speaker conversation formatting
  • Daily free character limit (~3,000 characters)
  • Over 5,000 AI voices across 150 languages
  • Adjustable speed, pitch, volume and pause timing
  • SSML controls for intonation and pronunciation
  • Background music mixing
  • Bulk conversion of long documents up to 1M characters
  • Upload of DOCX, PDF or SRT source files
  • Commercial usage license included
  • Multiple export formats and bitrates
  • Standard and neural AI voice engines
  • Multiple Pro voice models (Expressive, High-Res, Turbo)
  • Fine-tuned controls for pause, pitch, speed, volume, emphasis
  • SSML support with a pronunciation editor (paid plans)
  • Voice cloning and custom voice collections
  • Speech-to-speech voice conversion
  • Subtitle (.srt/.txt) generation alongside audio
  • 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
  • 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)
Use cases
  • Creating narration for e-learning or presentations
  • Adding accessible audio to websites
  • Producing quick voiceovers for YouTube videos
  • Generating multi-character dialogue audio clips
  • Producing marketing or product-explainer voiceovers on tight deadlines
  • Creating multilingual e-learning narration
  • Building bilingual phone/IVR prompts for small businesses
  • Generating narration for audio guides and tours
  • Localizing video content into other languages
  • Developers building TTS into products via API
  • Content creators producing narration for videos or IVR systems
  • Businesses needing multilingual, accent-specific voiceovers
  • Creators fine-tuning pacing and pronunciation for polished audio
  • Recreating nostalgic Windows XP-era text-to-speech audio
  • Generating novelty or meme voice clips
  • Testing SAPI4-style voice output for retro projects
  • 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
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