Listen to anything,
anywhere, offline.
Free & private 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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Speechify Premium
$139/year
Out Loud
Free for personal use
- Free for personal use — no fees, no sign-up
- Source available on GitHub — read and audit 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: v2.1.0 · Source available
Hear the difference
50+ voices. Judge for yourself.
Not robotic. Not uncanny. Hit play and hear what free sounds like.
Heart
English (US)Warm & expressive
Bella
English (US)Clear & confident
Emma
English (UK)Refined British
Xiaobei
ChineseNatural Mandarin
Alpha
JapaneseClear & precise
Dora
SpanishWarm Castilian
Sara
ItalianSmooth Italian
Beta
HindiNatural Hindi
Alex
PortugueseBold Brazilian
+ 44 more voices across English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, Italian & Portuguese
Features
Premium TTS, no strings attached.
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 & Private
Free for personal use, with no ads, trackers, or upsells. The source is on GitHub, so anyone can read and verify exactly what it does.
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.
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Speechify?
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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 — free to download and use for personal, non-commercial use. No trial, no paywall, no sign-up. The source code is available on GitHub.
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 developed in the open.
Stop renting your voice.
Make it yours.
Free to download. Private by design. Your voice, your machine.