Speechify

Turn documents, articles and books into listenable audio.

About

Speechify is a text-to-speech reading app that reads PDFs, web pages, books and documents aloud with highlighted follow-along, syncing across phones, browsers and desktops. A free plan with basic voices sits below Premium, while the separate Studio product and developer API serve voiceover creators and are billed on their own pricing pages.

Key features

• Read-aloud for PDFs, articles, books and web pages with follow-along highlighting
• 1,000+ natural voices in 60+ languages on Premium
• Listening speeds up to 5x on Premium
• Scan-and-listen for printed pages and documents
• AI summaries, chats, voice typing and AI podcasts on Premium
• Syncing across iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and browser extensions

Pricing

Free plan available; Premium $29/month or $139/year; Studio from $100/year (separate product)

Prices from the official pricing page and help centre as reported in October 2026; app-store prices differ and Studio/API are billed separately.

Best for

Readers, students and anyone who absorbs documents, articles and books by listening.

Limitations to know

AI narration can mispronounce names and technical terms, so it suits listening, not proofreading. The reader's Premium licence is personal use only — commercial voiceovers need the separate Studio product — and the free voices are noticeably robotic.

What users think

Public sentiment could not be verified from accessible sources at the time of writing, so no praise or complaint themes are listed here rather than invented ones.

Our editorial score

Our editorial score: 8.1/10 — our own judgement, not an aggregate of user ratings. No full review is published for this tool yet — this page is its directory entry.

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