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24 alternatives to Playtext

Turn articles into audiobooks & read 2x faster!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Playtext launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Play (for Medium)▲595
Listen to Medium Stories with a Chrome Extension
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Play for Medium writers▲252
Add audio to all your Medium Articles with one click
2017 · its alternatives →
3
ReadBit▲122
Read wisely & save time with text-to-speech audiobook reader
2021 · readbit.app · its alternatives →
4
Play.ht▲267
Turn your articles into podcasts
2017 · its alternatives →
5
Audioread (formerly Audiblogs)▲629
Listen to any web article in your podcast player
2021 · audioread.com · its alternatives →
6
Pocket Listen▲425
Reading is hard. Listen to articles instead.
2015 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
7
Speechify 3.0▲192
Widgets, new design, Explore and more!
2024 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
8
Speechify Gen 0.1▲256
Read faster, stay focused & absorb more - Create Audiobooks
2017 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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ReadToMe (iOS) turns paper books into audio▲74
I'm launching something that started as a side project publicly today: ReadToMe, which is an iPhone app that turns paper books and other printed text into audio. Originally this was a Christmas present for my fiancée, who loves books but has an eye problem that makes it hard for her to read more than a few pages at a time. She mostly listens to audiobooks while following along with the paper book, but some books aren't available in audiobook or even e-book form, and all of the existing apps we tried were surprisingly bad at scanning paper books into audio — they make lots of mistakes,…
2024 · readtome-app.com · its alternatives →
10
Spext▲155
Convert your speech, podcasts and videos to text.
2017 · spext.co · its alternatives →
11
Medium Audio Stories▲381
Listen to your favorite Medium stories
2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →
12
Wave▲298
Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
13
Read 💩 Faster▲192
Speed read articles w/o compromising your comprehension
2019 · its alternatives →
14
Play Embedded Player▲169
A handy tool to narrate your Medium articles
2017 · its alternatives →
15
Speak Reader▲80
Free speed reader with text to speech.
2020 · speakreader.com · its alternatives →
16
Speechify Reader▲83
Read smarter, not harder with this text-to-speech reader
2022 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
17
Readvox▲211
Chrome Extension that will read texts on web pages for you
2024 · readvox.com · its alternatives →
18
PlaysText▲2
Transform text to lifelike speech with AI-powered TTS
Jan 2026 · playstext.com · its alternatives →
19
texts.run▲103
A simple messenger-style webpage builder, with AI assist
2023 · texts.run · its alternatives →
20
Voitex▲67
A text to speech app to listen to news, docs and more
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
textreel▲123
Create audiograms by converting your audio files into video
2020 · its alternatives →
22
Harker▲138
Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech
2025 · getharker.com · its alternatives →
23
ReadMo▲78
Reading mode with an audio player 📖🎧
2020 · readmo.app · its alternatives →
24
read-this.ai▲153
Turn instantly any article into a podcast with one click
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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