AI Text to Speech Generator
Hearing text you've read is how spelling, stress, and rhythm connect. Four natural voices, a slow mode built for shadowing, free every day.
What this tool does
The AI Text to Speech Generator converts up to 600 characters of English text into natural-sounding audio in your choice of four voices and three speeds, including a slow mode designed for shadowing practice — listening and speaking along simultaneously to train pronunciation, stress, and rhythm.
How to use the Text to Speech
- 1Paste a sentence or short paragraph — vocabulary examples, essay sentences, tricky phrases.
- 2Pick a voice and speed; “slow” is the shadowing setting.
- 3Listen once for meaning, once for stress and rhythm.
- 4Then shadow: play again and speak along, matching the timing as closely as you can.
Shadowing in three minutes a day
Shadowing — speaking simultaneously with a model voice, a beat behind it — is one of the best-evidenced pronunciation techniques there is: it trains stress, rhythm, and intonation as one motor skill instead of three concepts. Short material at slow speed is exactly right for it, which is why this tool caps input at a paragraph and offers a slow mode. Three minutes daily with sentences you actually need beats an occasional hour of passive listening.
Hearing your own writing
A less obvious use: paste your own essay sentences. Clunky rhythm you can't see on the page is instantly audible — if the voice sounds breathless, your sentence is overloaded; if it sounds flat, the structure is monotonous. Writers of every level edit better by ear, and this gives learners the same feedback loop.
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Create a free accountFrequently asked questions
Why is the limit 600 characters?
Audio generation genuinely costs more to run than text tools, and short passages are what the tool's core uses — shadowing and example-hearing — actually need. The daily TTS allowance is separate from your text-tool allowance, so generating audio never eats your essay checks.
Which voice and speed should I choose for IELTS practice?
Rotate voices — the real Listening test mixes accents and genders, so training on one voice builds a fragile ear. Use slow speed for shadowing new material, natural speed for testing comprehension, and brisk occasionally to make natural feel easy.
Can I download the audio?
The player streams the generated clip in your browser for immediate practice. For a permanent pronunciation library with model audio across accents, the Pronunciation Coach's sound library serves cached reference audio for every English sound.
Does it handle non-English text?
It's tuned for English — the practice use cases it's built for are English listening and pronunciation. Other languages may render, but quality isn't guaranteed and it's not the intended use.
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