How to Use Text to Speech and Save It as a File

Use this when you'd rather listen to a long text than read it.

How to use it

1. Paste your text into Text to Speech.
2. Choose a voice, speed and pitch. Only the voices installed on your device are listed.
3. Press Read aloud. You can pause and resume too.

If the voice you need is missing

If your operating system doesn't have a voice installed for a language, no voice for that language will appear. On Windows you can add voices in the Language or Speech section of Settings (menu names differ by version).

If you want to save it as a file

Browser speech synthesis is designed to play through your speakers, so it does not provide a way to save the audio as a file. Here are the alternatives.

• The tool's "Record tab audio (experimental)" option records the sound of the tab you choose when sharing your screen and saves it. You need to turn on tab audio sharing in the sharing window, and it may not work in every browser.
• Use the read-aloud or recording features built into your operating system or phone.

Sources and date checked

Checked: October 3, 2026

• MDN Web Docs, Web Speech API — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API

This article is general information. Devices and services can change over time.