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anywhere, offline.

Free & open source AI text-to-speech. 100% offline, 100% private — nothing you read or type ever leaves your computer. 50+ natural voices across 8 languages.

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Out Loud Desktop App

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Out Loud

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MIT licensed · Open source

  • Free forever — no fees, ever
  • Open source — audit, fork, and modify the code
  • 50+ natural AI voices in 8 languages
  • Desktop app + Chrome extension
  • 100% offline — your data stays on your device
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Latest release: v2.0.1 · MIT licensed

Hear the difference

50+ voices. Judge for yourself.

Not robotic. Not uncanny. Hit play and hear what free & open source sounds like.

Heart

English (US)

Warm & expressive

Bella

English (US)

Clear & confident

Emma

English (UK)

Refined British

Xiaobei

Chinese

Natural Mandarin

Alpha

Japanese

Clear & precise

Dora

Spanish

Warm Castilian

Sara

Italian

Smooth Italian

Beta

Hindi

Natural Hindi

Alex

Portuguese

Bold Brazilian

+ 44 more voices across English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, Italian & Portuguese

Features

Premium TTS, built in the open.
No subscriptions. No tracking. No compromises.

100% Offline

Everything runs locally on your machine. No internet required after install. Your text never leaves your device.

100% Private

No cloud. Nothing you type, paste, or read is stored anywhere except your own computer.

Free & Open Source

MIT licensed. Fork it, audit it, improve it. No ads, no trackers, no upsells — and the code is there for anyone to verify.

50+ Natural Voices

From warm & conversational to clear & professional. 8 languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and more.

Chrome Extension

Read any webpage out loud with a single click. Articles, PDFs, emails — anything in your browser, all local.

Comparison

Why switch from
Speechify?

Feature
Out Loud
Speechify
Price
Free
$139/year
Open source
Works offline
Natural AI voices
Chrome extension
Desktop app

Save $139 every year. Forever.

How it works

From install to first word in under a minute.

Download

Grab the installer for macOS, Windows, or Linux — or the Chrome extension.

Paste or browse

Paste text into the app, or hit the extension on any webpage. Everything is processed on your machine.

Listen

Pick a voice, press play. Natural speech streams in a couple of hundred milliseconds, fully offline.

FAQ

Questions? Answers.

Yes. 100% free to download, use, modify, and share — forever. No trial, no paywall, no “premium” tier. The source code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

There isn’t one. Out Loud runs entirely on your machine, so there are no servers to pay for and nothing to upsell you on. If you like it, star the repo — that’s thanks enough.

Out Loud uses a lightweight AI model that runs entirely on your device. The model is downloaded once during setup (80–320 MB) and then works without internet.

There is no cloud. Nothing you type, paste, or read ever leaves your computer — and because the source is public, you can verify that yourself.

macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows, and Linux. Plus a Chrome extension for reading webpages.

Our AI voice engine is ranked among the best in independent benchmarks. The voices are natural, expressive, and genuinely pleasant to listen to.

English (US & UK), Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, Hindi, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese — 50+ voices total.

Absolutely. Issues, pull requests, translations, and new voices are all welcome on GitHub. Out Loud is built in the open.

Stop renting your voice.
Own it. Fork it.

Free to download. Free to modify. Free forever. Your voice, your machine, your code.