Voice tool profile
Speechify
A text-to-speech company with two products: a reading app for listening to documents aloud (1,000+ voices, 60+ languages on Premium), and Speechify Studio, a browser suite for AI voiceovers, voice cloning, dubbing, and AI video with stock assets.
- Best for
- Creators who want fast browser-based AI voiceovers, cloned-voice narration, or multi-language dubbing in one suite, plus a reading app for consuming content aloud.
- Starting point
- Free app plan (10 basic voices, 1.5x speed, reading features only).
- Free plan
- Yes — Free plan: listen anywhere at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, limited to...
- Key limitation
- Free Studio tier has no commercial usage rights — Studio Starter ($100/yr) is the entry point for monetized content.
Choose it if
Creators who want fast browser-based AI voiceovers, cloned-voice narration, or multi-language dubbing in one suite, plus a reading app for consuming content aloud.
Avoid it if
- Free Studio tier has no commercial usage rights — Studio Starter ($100/yr) is the entry point for monetized content.
- Premium reading app and Studio are separate subscriptions.
- Studio credits (600 free / 86,400 Starter / 345,600 Creator per year) are consumed by voiceover and dubbing output; no per-minute rate is published on the pricing page.
Free-plan suitability
Free plan: listen anywhere at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, limited to text-to-speech features; Premium is $29/month and adds 1,000+ natural voices, 60+ languages, 5x speed, AI summaries/chats, voice typing, and AI podcasts.
Where it fits
Creators who want fast browser-based AI voiceovers, cloned-voice narration, or multi-language dubbing in one suite, plus a reading app for consuming content aloud.
Pricing note
- Starting point
- Free app plan (10 basic voices, 1.5x speed, reading features only).
- Free plan
- Yes — Free plan: listen anywhere at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, limited to...
Free app plan (10 basic voices, 1.5x speed, reading features only). Premium app $29/month, with annual billing advertised at ~60% savings. Studio for creators: Free 600 credits (no commercial rights), Starter $100/year with commercial usage rights and voice cloning, Creator $300/year (345,600 credits).
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- Company
- Speechify Inc
Free plan details
Free plan: listen anywhere at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, limited to text-to-speech features; Premium is $29/month and adds 1,000+ natural voices, 60+ languages, 5x speed, AI summaries/chats, voice typing, and AI podcasts.
Trade-offs to check
- Free Studio tier has no commercial usage rights — Studio Starter ($100/yr) is the entry point for monetized content.
- Premium reading app and Studio are separate subscriptions.
- Studio credits (600 free / 86,400 Starter / 345,600 Creator per year) are consumed by voiceover and dubbing output; no per-minute rate is published on the pricing page.
What Speechify does
- Text-to-speech app and Voice AI Assistant: listen to text aloud across the web app, Chrome/Edge extensions, iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows
- Premium plan: 1,000+ high-quality natural voices in 60+ languages, listen at up to 5x speed, and Scan & Listen (OCR)
- AI features: Voice Typing dictation (write 5x faster), AI Podcasts (create natural-sounding podcasts instantly), and Voice AI Assistant chat about anything including websites and books
- Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive; AI summaries & chats on Premium
- Broader product family: AI voice generator, voice over, dubbing, voice cloning, Studio Voices, Studio Captions, Speechify Work, and Speechify API
- Free plan: listen at speeds up to 1.5x with 10 robotic-sounding voices, text-to-speech features only
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