Speechify

Speechify is a freemium text-to-speech and voice AI app that reads documents aloud, offers voice dictation, and creates AI podcasts on web, mobile, desktop and API.

  • Free plan
  • Web app · Mobile · Desktop · API
  • Verified 16 Oct 2026

What Speechify does

Speechify is a voice AI assistant that reads text aloud, provides voice typing and dictation, answers questions about content, takes notes and creates AI podcasts. It reads PDFs, documents and web pages aloud, and offers an AI meeting note taker that produces summaries. It is available as a web app, mobile app, desktop app and API, with self-serve signup.

Key features

  • Text to speech reading of PDFs, docs and web pages
  • Voice typing / dictation in any app
  • AI podcast creation from documents (Premium)
  • AI meeting note taker with summaries
  • Scan and listen to printed pages (Premium)
  • Voice AI assistant for questions about content (Premium)

Pros and cons

Pros

  • The Free plan costs nothing and includes 10 robotic-sounding voices with listening speeds up to 1.5x.
  • Text to speech reads PDFs, documents and web pages aloud.
  • Voice typing and dictation work in any app.
  • Signup is self-serve and the product runs on web, mobile, desktop and API platforms.

Cons

  • The Premium plan costs USD 29 per month billed monthly and unlocks 1000+ voices, listening at up to 5x speed, AI podcasts and voice typing.
  • AI podcast creation from documents, scanning printed pages and the voice AI assistant for questions about content are available only on Premium.

Where Speechify is listed

Speechify is listed under AI voice generators in AI video and audio tools.

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