What is Speechify used for?

Speechify reads text, documents and web pages aloud with natural-sounding AI voices, and also offers dictation, dubbing and voice-over tools. It is a good fit for listening to documents and books, and dictating text by voice.

Yes. Speechify has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month.

Is Speechify open source?

No. Speechify is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Speechify include ChatTTS and Piper.

What are some alternatives to Speechify?

Speechify competes with ElevenLabs and Murf AI. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Speechify alternatives.

Speechify: features, pricing and alternatives

About Speechify

Speechify is a text-to-speech product that reads books, PDFs, documents and web pages aloud. It is used for listening instead of reading, including by people who find reading difficult, and offers natural-sounding AI voices.

It runs as iPhone and iPad apps, an Android app, Chrome and Edge extensions, a web app and Mac and Windows apps. The product line also includes voice typing dictation, an AI voice generator for voice-overs and dubbing, studio voices and captions, AI podcasts and tools for delegating work to AI. There are editions for enterprise, education and developers.

Speechify is a hosted commercial service with free access to try and a pricing page. It is not self-hosted software, and it suits students, professionals and people who prefer listening to long documents.

Key features

Read aloud for PDFs, docs and web pages
Apps for mobile, desktop and browsers
Voice typing dictation
AI voice generator and dubbing
AI podcasts from content
Enterprise, education and API editions

Good fit for

→Listening to documents and books
→Dictating text by voice

Tags: text-to-speech; accessibility; dictation; ai-voice; reading; browser-extension; productivity; saas

Speechify: questions and answers

What is Speechify used for?: Speechify reads text, documents and web pages aloud with natural-sounding AI voices, and also offers dictation, dubbing and voice-over tools. It is a good fit for listening to documents and books, and dictating text by voice.
Is Speechify free?: Yes. Speechify has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month.
Is Speechify open source?: No. Speechify is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Speechify include ChatTTS and Piper.
What are some alternatives to Speechify?: Speechify competes with ElevenLabs and Murf AI. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Speechify alternatives.