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Work · February 17, 2020

Hearling

Text to speech for everyone

Hearling launched on February 17, 2020 with 73 votes, #493 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Hearling lets anyone create spoken audio from text (ie: text-to-speech). It is useful for learning a new language, designing online courses, narrating videos, or even snippets for music production. There is both a free and pro version available.

Text-To-Speech for everyone.

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