# Read text aloud

> Paste text and press Play. A voice reads it aloud, and each sentence and word is highlighted as it is spoken.

Read any text aloud with the voices on your device. Pick a voice, speed and pitch, and follow each word as it is spoken. Free, and nothing is uploaded.

- Tool: [Read text aloud](https://fixmint.cc/text-to-speech)
- Category: [Text](https://fixmint.cc/text)
- Fixes: Want this read out loud
- Runs in the browser: files and text stay on the device, no sign-up, free.

## How to read text aloud

1. Paste or type your text in the box.
2. Pick a voice, speed and pitch, then press Play.
3. Click any sentence to start reading from there.

## Questions

### Can I save the speech as an audio file?

No. Browsers do not let a web page save the speech it makes, so this tool can only play it. To keep a recording, use a sound or screen recorder while it plays.

### Is my text sent anywhere?

Not by this page. Voices on your device read the text on your device. Only if you tick “Include online voices” and pick one of those, your browser sends the text to that voice service, as it does for Chrome’s “Google” voices.

### Why do I see only some voices?

The list comes from the voices your operating system and browser provide. You can add more in your system’s speech or accessibility settings. Online voices stay hidden until you tick the box, because they send the text away.

### Why is it read in pieces, and why are some words not highlighted?

Some browsers stop a long utterance part way through, so the text is split into sentences, and long sentences into shorter pieces. Some voices do not report where each word starts. Then only the sentence is highlighted.

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