eSpeak Alternatives

eSpeak is described as 'Compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows' and is a Text to Speech service in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to eSpeak for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best eSpeak alternative is SherpaTTS , which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like eSpeak are Balabolka, Read Aloud Extension, NaturalReader and Kokoro.

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  1. Acapela TTS icon

    Acapela TTS

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    Acapela Group, the leading European voice expert leaning upon 25 years of experience, invents text-to- speech solutions to give your content a voice in up to 25 languages. Our speech solutions allow you to turn any written text into natural speech files, using any of the 50 High...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
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  2. SpeakLine icon

    SpeakLine

     2 likes

    SpeakLine lets your Mac talk to you!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Murf AI

    Generates realistic AI-driven voice-overs using over 100 voices and 15 languages, converts scripts or personal recordings into pro-quality speech, offers precise timing sync with video or slides, easy script editing, music blendi...

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  6. Read Aloud icon

    Read Aloud

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    ReadAloud is a very powerful text-to-speech app which can read aloud web pages, news, documents, e-books or your own custom contents.

    92 Read Aloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. ReadSpeaker icon

    ReadSpeaker

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    Online Text to Speech by ReadSpeaker. Speech-enable web sites, mobile apps, online documents and forms so that your visitors can listen to your content.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Web based player at the top of pages.
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  9. GhostReader icon

    GhostReader

     3 likes

    The premier Text-to-Speech solution for the Mac. GhostReader allows you to listen while your Mac does the talking in your language of choice

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. kurzweil 3000 icon

    kurzweil 3000

     3 likes

    Breakthrough attention, language, and reading barriers with technology built to drive meaningful progress.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. TorToiSe-tts icon

    TorToiSe-tts

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    A multi-voice TTS system trained with an emphasis on quality.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Easy Speech2Text icon

    Easy Speech2Text

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    Easy Speech2Text is the simplest speech recognition software used to convert your voice and speech into plain text. At the same time, it also supports converting your text to voice. With its high-quality natural sounding voice, this text-to-speech program will improve your work...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Text to MP3 Converter icon

    Text to MP3 Converter

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    Quickly convert text, Word, PDF, or other documents in most languages to speech and save results to MP3 files using OS Text-to-Speech voice synthesizer. Control speaker's voice, gender, speed, emphasis. Adjust sound quality, bit rate, other options.

    39 Text to MP3 Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  14. Speakonia icon

    Speakonia

     5 likes

    CFS-Technologies Speakonia is a FREE Text-To-Speech (TTS) GUI (graphical User-Interface) Program which uses the Microsoft ® Speech Technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Speakonia Main Window with Property Window
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  15. Verbify-TTS icon

    Verbify-TTS

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    Free and offline Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine that reads any text on your screen with high-quality voices powered by AI models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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