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Free online text to speech

Paste your text and hear it read aloud instantly, in 17 languages: choose the voice, adjust the speed, pitch and volume, then let playback advance sentence by sentence — or read only the selection. No account, no upload: the text is spoken by your browser's voices, directly on your device.

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Read any text aloud

Paste your text, import a .txt file or insert an example, then choose the language and voice: playback starts in one click, settings included. The text stays on your device.

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Text to speech is free and unlimited: read as many texts as you like, in 17 languages, with no account. Volade runs no voice server — your device does all the work.

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Features

A simple, fast and private text reader

17 languages, your own voices

The playback language automatically follows the page language, and the selector lets you pass from one language to another: French, English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese… The voices used are the ones already installed in your browser or system.

Choose a voice

Speed, pitch, volume

Double the speed to proofread an article, slow down for dense text, raise or lower the pitch and the volume. Settings apply immediately and stay in effect for the rest of the playback.

Adjust the voice

Sentence-by-sentence playback

Progress follows the sentences: a bar shows where you are and the current sentence is displayed during playback. Select a passage in the text and start "Play selection" to read only what interests you.

Play a selection

Private: Volade receives nothing

The text is passed straight to your browser's voice API, never to our servers: no account, no upload, no history on Volade's side. Ideal for sensitive documents — contracts, notes, internal reports.

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How it works

Listen to your text in three steps

Paste your text

Type or paste your content, import a .txt file, or insert the sample text to try it right away. The text is kept in your browser.

Choose the language and voice

The language matches the page; change it to listen in another language. Then select an available voice and adjust speed, pitch and volume.

Play, pause, start over

Click "Play": playback advances sentence by sentence with a progress bar. Pause, resume, stop, or replay only the selection.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about text to speech

How do I read a text aloud for free?
Paste your text into the tool above, choose the language and voice, then click "Play". Playback starts immediately, with no sign-up and no installation: the voices are the ones already present in your browser or system.
Is my text sent to a server?
No. Volade has no synthesis server: the text is passed straight to your browser's API, which speaks it with its own voices. Your content is never uploaded, stored or viewed.
Which languages are supported?
17 languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Russian, Indonesian, Japanese, Italian, Turkish, Korean, Dutch, Polish and Vietnamese. The playback language automatically follows the page language, and you can change it at any time.
Why does no voice appear for my language?
The voice list depends on your device and browser: some systems do not install every language by default. On Windows, add a speech pack under Settings > Time and Language > Speech; on Android and iOS, the voice usually follows the phone language. The tool then shows a message and falls back to the default voice.
Can I adjust the speed and pitch of the voice?
Yes: speed goes from 0,5× to 3× normal, pitch from low to high, and volume from 0 to 100%. Settings apply to the current playback as well as to later ones.
Can I read only part of my text?
Yes. Select the passage you want in the text area, then click "Play selection". You can also start playback, then pause and resume it at any time.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. On iPhone, iPad and Android, playback is started by your click (a mobile OS requirement) and uses the voices installed on the device. The interface adapts to small screens.
Can I download the audio file?
No: the browser's voice API produces a live audio stream without making it downloadable, and recording it would be impossible without sending the text to an external service. The tool therefore stays deliberately local: it reads, it does not export.
Text to speech

Online text to speech, free and without an account

The text to speech (text-to-speech or TTS) turns written text into spoken words. Volade runs it directly in your browser, with the voices already on your device: no account, no installation, no sending of text to a server. It is the simplest way to listen to a text aloud wherever you are.

Reading a text aloud rather than puzzling through it saves time, flags wording mistakes, prevents eye strain and helps you remember. Students, writers, travellers or people with low vision find an instant tool here: the text stays private, playback starts in one click.

How does text to speech work?

The browser splits the text into sentences, hands them to its speech engine (Web Speech API) and speaks each one after the previous, with the chosen voice and settings. Volade shows the progress and the current sentence, but holds no part of the process: if your device does not have the voice for the requested language, the tool tells you and falls back to the default voice.

Which languages are available?

17 languages, from Spanish to Japanese, taking in Arabic, Hindi or Polish. The choice takes one click and the voice list refreshes automatically. For better quality, use a recent browser: Chrome, Edge and Safari ship natural voices, Firefox supports the API with the system voices.

Settings: speed, pitch, volume

The speed (0,5× to 3×) speeds up a reading or slows down complex text; the pitch changes the tone from low to high; the volume adjusts the sound level. Combine these settings freely during playback, and use "Play selection" to handle only an extract: a great habit for proofreading an article, a script or a thesis.

Who is this tool for?

Writers and students who want to proofread their texts by ear, content creators preparing a script, people with low vision or tired eyes, children learning to read, adults practising a foreign language — or simply to listen to an article while you do something else.

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