Best alternatives to Speechify — Text to Speech (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Speechify, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
Speechify — Text to Speech today
Speechify alternatives, compared
- 1
Voice Out: Read Aloud Text to Speech Reader
Read aloud any webpage, PDF, Google Doc or ebook with natural AI voices. Free text to speech (TTS) in 30+ languages, 130+ voices.
≈40K users4.1★ from 189 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago13 permissions- About 25× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (13 vs 15)
- Listed under Accessibility
- 2
ElevenReader — Text Reader by ElevenLabs
Read aloud any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book with text to speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 30+ languages & 130 voices.
≈20K users4.1★ from 65 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago6 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 15)
- Listed under Tools
- 3
PDF Text to Speech
Convert PDF text to speech and listen to documents in Chrome with natural, easy playback.
≈1K users5.0★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago11 permissions- About 1000× fewer users than Speechify
- Asks for fewer permissions (11 vs 15)
- Listed under Tools
- 4
Text to Speech TTS AI | Readvox
Read aloud Web articles, Google Docs, Kindle, PDF with natural, lifelike voices. Beautiful text to speech AI TTS.
≈50K users4.2★ from 273 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago9 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (9 vs 15)
- Listed under Tools
- 5
NaturalReader - AI Text to Speech
Read aloud any text with realistic AI voices, compatible with webpages, kindle Ebooks, Google Docs, PDF, Emails, and more.
≈1M users4.2★ from 2.4K ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago10 permissions- A similar number of users to Speechify
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (10 vs 15)
- Listed under Tools
- 6
Talkie: text-to-speech (TTS)
Fast & easy text-to-speech. Read aloud from websites, PDF, email. Privacy-aware, open source code.
≈40K users3.6★ from 171 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions- About 25× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 1.0 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 15)
- Listed under Accessibility
- 7
Text to Speech (TTS) Read Aloud Voice Reader by Audeus
Read aloud using text-to-speech (TTS) to convert webpages, PDF, emails, & text to audio. Text-to-speech extension with AI voices
≈2K users3.7★ from 50 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago8 permissions- About 500× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (8 vs 15)
- 8
Pixie Reader: Text-to-Speech, TTS, PDF, Web Highlight & OpenDyslexic
Text-to-Speech (TTS) reader with web highlighter & OpenDyslexic font. Perfect for dyslexia, studying & making web content accessible
≈60K users3.3★ from 47 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions- About 17× fewer users than Speechify
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 15)
- Listed under Accessibility
- 9
TTS Reader
Text to speech for any webpage, PDF, or Google Doc. Read aloud with 300+ AI voices, live highlighting and time estimates.
≈10K users4.5★ from 431 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago8 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Speechify
- Asks for fewer permissions (8 vs 15)
- Listed under Tools
- 10
Voice In - Voice Typing & Speech-to-Text Dictation
Voice typing in ChatGPT, Gmail, Google Docs & 10,000+ sites. Dictate emails, notes & AI prompts in 50+ languages.
≈700K users4.4★ from 2.8K ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago9 permissions- A similar number of users to Speechify
- Asks for fewer permissions (9 vs 15)
Speechify alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Speechify?
By users, the most popular alternative is NaturalReader - AI Text to Speech with ≈1M users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Voice Out: Read Aloud Text to Speech Reader.
Which Speechify alternative has the best rating?
TTS Reader has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 431 ratings.
Is there a Speechify alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Talkie: text-to-speech (TTS) asks for 5 permissions, against 15 for Speechify.
How many alternatives to Speechify are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Speechify on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.