eSpeak Alternatives

eSpeak is described as 'Compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows' and is a Text to Speech service in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to eSpeak for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best eSpeak alternative is Balabolka, which is free. Other great apps like eSpeak are SherpaTTS , Read Aloud Extension, NaturalReader and Kokoro.

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  1. Verbify-TTS icon
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    Free and offline Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine that reads any text on your screen with high-quality voices powered by AI models.

    91 Verbify-TTS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Central Access Reader (CAR) is a free TTS application, which reads docx files and pasted text using the voices installed on your pc.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser. It includes many iSpeech text to speech voices in different languages. You can configure the voice and speed options by changing the settings on the options page.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. Online text to speech converter that comes without subscription model. Pay for only what you need. With more than 30 languages used to produce natural sounding voices for commercial use.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Speakabo icon
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    With Speakabo, Convert your text to audio and download files in MP3. Speakabo has one of largest collection of realistic voices(100+ voices 20+ Languages) powered by AI. Get dazzling audio created in minutes with advanced customization with SSML tags.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. WebsiteVoice icon
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    WebsiteVoice is a text-to-speech solution for bloggers and web content creators to allow their audience to tune in to their content for better user engagement, accessibility and growing more subscribers for their website.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
     
  7. ShelfClauses icon
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    Hear to ebooks and book notes. Reads loud any epub, pdf or txt. A reading bookmark is set automatically to return to last read position. Use one of the many free Internet libraries suggested in the help menu to hear what is of your interest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. VoiceReader icon
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    TTS Text-To-Speech Application for script authors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Quickify icon
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    All-Format eBook and web articles speed reader with Text-to-Speech mode.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. Audeus is a text-to-speech app that reads your documents aloud using natural, lifelike voices. Instantly double or triple your reading speed, improve focus, and increase comprehension with synchronized text highlighting. Get started today.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • Android
     
  11. A backend for gSpeech, also usable in media players. The technology has been purchased by a German company for use in BMW automobiles for text to speech, as well. It is also used for GooglePlay. The open source libraries are still available, however.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
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