ReadAloud
Hi HN, Dima here. Super excited to launch ReadAloud! We built a Chrome extension that brings state-of-the-art text-to-speech to your browser. (for free!) The existing options forced a bad choice: the browser's built-in voices are unlistenable, and the products with good voices charge $29/month. This price made sense when quality TTS was expensive to run—it *isn't* anymore. We’re using the latest models that work on-device. All of it works on top of a super intuitive UI that never gets in the way. Here’s a quick demo: tryreadaloud.com ReadAloud is *free forever* at up to 2x speed.…
ReadAloud launched on July 11, 2026 with 9 votes, #1,899 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
What it does
Listen to any article, X/Reddit post, or ChatGPT response using the latest podcast-quality voices. Simple and intuitive UI. Free for daily use.
Podcast-quality voices in your browser, for free. ReadAloud has the most natural-sounding voices and never gets in the way — just press play.
ReadAloud has the most natural-sounding voices, and never gets in the way. Check it out below—just press play. Switch the voice while it plays — it carries on from the same word. Not because you don’t want to read it. It’s just that reading asks for your full attention—and apparently, fifty open tabs aren’t enough. ReadAloud turns it into clear, natural speech you can listen to while you cook, stretch, do more work, or reorganize your desktop for the third time today. You learn something new. You feel great about yourself. Your tab count goes down by one. This demo is live — press play, switch voices, click any word to play from there. The player appears at the right edge — a slim white…from tryreadaloud.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, Dima here. Super excited to launch ReadAloud! We built a Chrome extension that brings state-of-the-art text-to-speech to your browser. (for free!) The existing options forced a bad choice: the browser's built-in voices are unlistenable, and the products with good voices charge $29/month. This price made…
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