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title: Generating on our servers
description: When the reader offers to generate the audio on our servers, and what changes when you say yes.
category: reading
order: 3
last_verified_at: 2026-04-29
status: needs-author
---

# Generating on our servers

The reader runs in your browser by default. For some readings —
long pieces, slower devices, or moments where you would rather
not wait — Telereader can generate the audio on our servers
instead.

## What changes when you choose this

The reader behaves the same way in both modes. The difference is
where the audio is being generated. On our servers, the reader
does not occupy your browser's CPU during generation, and the
audio is delivered as it becomes ready.

## How to choose

The mode toggle appears as a chip near the player when the
choice is available. Tap it to switch. The reader tells you which
mode it is in before any work is done, so the choice is yours and
nothing happens behind your back.

## Pricing language

This page is reserved for pricing copy. The team is writing the
exact terms — what is included, what counts as a unit, what
something costs — and the page will be updated when those words
are settled. Until then, the in-app billing surface is the
authoritative source of what you will be charged.

## What this feels like when it works

You point Telereader at a long article on a slow phone, choose
"on our servers," and the audio starts within seconds without
your phone heating up.