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. Central Access Reader (CAR) is a free TTS application, which reads docx files and pasted text using the voices installed on your pc.

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  2. Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser. It includes many iSpeech text to speech voices in different languages. You can configure the voice and speed options by changing the settings on the options page.

    55 Select and Speak alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Google Chrome
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  3. Online text to speech converter that comes without subscription model. Pay for only what you need. With more than 30 languages used to produce natural sounding voices for commercial use.

    107 SpeechParrot.app alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Speakabo icon
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    With Speakabo, Convert your text to audio and download files in MP3. Speakabo has one of largest collection of realistic voices(100+ voices 20+ Languages) powered by AI. Get dazzling audio created in minutes with advanced customization with SSML tags.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. WebsiteVoice icon
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    WebsiteVoice is a text-to-speech solution for bloggers and web content creators to allow their audience to tune in to their content for better user engagement, accessibility and growing more subscribers for their website.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
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  6. ShelfClauses icon
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    Hear to ebooks and book notes. Reads loud any epub, pdf or txt. A reading bookmark is set automatically to return to last read position. Use one of the many free Internet libraries suggested in the help menu to hear what is of your interest.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. Hushbird icon
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    On-device dictation, read-aloud and translation for macOS, bought once.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Audeus is a text-to-speech app that reads your documents aloud using natural, lifelike voices. Instantly double or triple your reading speed, improve focus, and increase comprehension with synchronized text highlighting. Get started today.

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    • Paid
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    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • Android
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  9. A backend for gSpeech, also usable in media players. The technology has been purchased by a German company for use in BMW automobiles for text to speech, as well. It is also used for GooglePlay. The open source libraries are still available, however.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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  10. Fala icon
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    Fala - A simple text reader is an open source application. A simple software that speaks a text. You can type the text or appoint a file. Fala is just a frontend to festival. Its designed for GNOME, but if you have gtk, pyhton and festival you are able to run it.

    55 Fala alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  11. SpeechGen icon
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    Online text-to-speech service. Available in 33 languages and 270 natural-sounding voices. Before you start dubbing, you can listen to how each voice sounds. This is very convenient since there are many voices.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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