Telereader

Read along while it reads to you.

Paste an article, a chapter, anything you can copy — and Telereader speaks it in a natural voice while the words light up on the page, so you never lose your place.

Free in your browser. No account, nothing to install.

Pride and Prejudice — Chapter 1Reading

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

0:02·Voice: Iris·Generating on your device

Runs in your browser. Nothing to install.

The pile

You have more saved to read than you'll ever get to.

Long articles pile up. Your eyes are tired by evening. You'd listen instead — but plain text-to-speech loses you the moment you look away, and finding your place again feels like work.

On a walk, resting your eyes, on a commute — the reading you meant to do just sits there.

How it works

The text is the scrubber.

Telereader speaks your text and lights up each word as it's spoken. Look away and look back — the glowing word tells you exactly where the voice is. Tap any word to jump there.

Pride and Prejudice — Chapter 1Reading

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a

Tap any word — the voice picks up from there.
0:02·Voice: Iris·Generating on your device

What you can do with it

Made for the reading you actually do.

Hear anything you read

Paste an article, a chapter, a long email — anything you can copy. If you can paste it, you can listen to it.

Pick up exactly where you left off

Your place is kept, word for word. Come back tomorrow and the reading opens right where the voice stopped.

Listen with your eyes closed

Audio keeps playing with the screen locked. Play and pause from your lock screen and headphones, the way you expect.

Read it your way

Choice of voice; light, dark, and sepia themes; adjustable type — including a dyslexia-friendly face.

Free, on your device

The free reader runs entirely in your browser.

No account, no install, no limits. Every other read-aloud tool meters its free tier. Ours doesn't, because it runs on your hardware, not our servers.

The voice is generated on-device, in your browser. That's the whole trick.

Pricing

Free in your browser, forever.

FreeThe full reader, in your browser. No account, no limits.
Paid plansWant it on every device, with faster server-side generation? Add a plan. It covers the server's costs — nothing more.

No credit card for the free reader. Cancel anytime. Browser generation is always free.

Questions

Before you ask.

Paste something you'd like to hear.

Open the reader