# Read Aloud Reader — free online tool to read text out loud

> https://readaloudreader.com/ — a free, browser-based read aloud reader with neural AI voices, sentence highlighting, adjustable speed and MP3 export. No signup, no install.

## Facts

- **Price to start:** Free — no card, no account
- **Free daily allowance:** 20,000 characters per day (~3,000–4,000 words)
- **Voices:** 8 neural AI voices, 5 reading styles
- **Reading speed:** 0.5x, 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, 2x
- **Accepted input:** Typed or pasted text, PDF, DOCX, EPUB, article URL
- **Audio export:** MP3 download, plays offline in any podcast app
- **Works on:** Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox — Mac, Windows, ChromeOS, iPhone, Android
- **Install required:** None — it runs in a browser tab
- **Text storage:** Text is used to generate audio and is not stored or logged

## How it works

1. **Open the studio** — Open the Read Aloud Reader studio in any browser. No account or install is needed.
2. **Add your text** — Paste your text or upload a PDF, DOCX or EPUB — or paste an article URL. The text appears in the reading pane ready to be read aloud.
3. **Pick a voice and speed** — Choose one of the neural voices and set the reading speed. 1.25x suits most listeners.
4. **Press play or export** — Press play to hear the text read out loud with sentence highlighting, or download the audio as an MP3.

## Questions and answers

### What is Read Aloud Reader?

Read Aloud Reader is a free, browser-based read aloud tool that reads text out loud using neural AI voices. You paste text or import a PDF, DOCX, EPUB or article URL, choose a voice and speed, and listen — with each sentence highlighted as it plays.

### How do you read text out loud online for free?

Open readaloudreader.com, paste your text into the studio, pick one of the neural voices, then press play. Nothing is installed and no account is needed. To keep the audio, press download and you get an MP3.

### Is it free, and what are the limits?

Yes. The free tier gives 20,000 characters per day with the AI voices, MP3 export and sentence highlighting included. Paid plans exist for people who read long documents daily, but every core feature works free.

### Does it work on iPhone and Android?

Yes. It is a website, not an app, so the same read aloud reader runs in Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android as well as on Mac, Windows and Chromebook. Downloaded MP3s play with the phone's lock-screen controls.

### Can it read a PDF aloud?

Yes. Upload the PDF in the studio and the text is extracted and read out loud. Scanned, image-only PDFs need OCR first, since there is no selectable text to read.

### Which file types can it read?

Typed or pasted text, PDF, DOCX and EPUB files, plus article URLs — paste a link and the article text is extracted for you.

## Links

- Studio (the tool): https://readaloudreader.com/studio
- Blog: https://readaloudreader.com/blog/
- About: https://readaloudreader.com/about/
- Contact: https://readaloudreader.com/contact/