eSpeak has been discontinued. Similar apps include SherpaTTS , which is free and open source. Other options are Balabolka, Read Aloud Extension, NaturalReader and Kokoro. Text to Speech Services like eSpeak are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, the web, Mac, Android and iPhone.
TextReads is a Chrome extension that reads web articles aloud using natural-sounding Text-to-Speech voices, no copy-pasting, no switching apps. When you open an article, a compact floating widget auto-appears in the side.
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Convert text into natural-sounding speech using an API powered by the best of Google’s AI technologies.
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AudiowaveAI lets you convert text to high-quality audio easily and affordably. Listen to PDFs, epubs, articles, blog posts, links, emails or anything else you want on any device with natural-sounding voices.
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Thorsten-Voice: A free to use, offline working, high quality german TTS voice should be available for every project without any license struggling. It has also a really good explanation for the underlying Python TTS which can be used for TTS in other languages such spain or english.
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Narrator’s Voice app lets you create and share amusing messages using a narrator’s voice of your choice. With a wide range of languages and reliable, pleasant sounding voices. Simply speak or type a message, then choose the language, voice and any special effects for the app to...
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ClaroRead is an assistive technology software helping to readers with dyslexia to read aloud and providing word-prediction options for struggling writers.
iPlayText reads text to you. It turns wikipedia articles into podcasts. It gives your tired eyes a rest.
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Bark is a transformer-based text-to-audio model created by Suno. Bark can generate highly realistic, multilingual speech as well as other audio - including music, background noise and simple sound effects.
Announcify (formerly known as SayMyName) reads out loud the caller's name. Announcify reads out loud every website you want. For example, if you're too tired but still need to study one more Wikipedia entry, Announcify can help your tired eyes relax.
On-device AI voice cloning and text-to-speech for Mac with unlimited generation, no subscription or per-character fees, one-time lifetime payment, data privacy through local processing, custom voice creation from seconds of audio, and an ad-free interface.
Speechdub helps you listen to documents instead of only reading them. Upload a PDF, webpage, or text. Choose a natural voice. Listen, ask questions, and export audio.
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