



Speech Note is the most popular Linux alternative to NaturalReader.
- Speech Note is Free and Open Source
- Speech Note is Lightweight and Privacy focused
NaturalReader is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Speech Note, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to NaturalReader and 17 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to NaturalReader are RHVoice, eSpeak, Chatterbox TTS and eSpeak NG.




Speech Note is the most popular Linux alternative to NaturalReader.


eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows.


We're excited to introduce Chatterbox, Resemble AI's first production-grade open source TTS model. Licensed under MIT, Chatterbox has been benchmarked against leading closed-source systems like ElevenLabs, and is consistently preferred in side-by-side evaluations.
The eSpeak NG is a compact open source software text-to-speech synthesizer for Linux, Windows, Android and other operating systems. It supports more than 100 languages and accents. It is based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington.
Free open source AI voice cloning and text to speech synthesis. Clone a voice in 5 seconds to generate arbitrary speech in real-time.
Text to speech extension for a browser. Automatic text detection (can speak without necessary selection), adjustable voice speed, playlist.




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.

Creates natural-sounding speech from text in multiple languages and voices using neural networks, with an advanced browser editor, export options as MP3, WAV, or MP4, SSML formatting, transcription, video recording, customization features, and collaboration tools.







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



