About Wordcast
Wordcast is a free, browser-based voice reader. We do not send your text to any server. We do not store anything. We do not have an account system.
How it works
Wordcast uses the Web Speech API, a feature built into Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox since 2014. When you press Listen, your browser asks your operating system (or its own bundled voices) to synthesize speech locally. Your text stays in this tab the whole time. PDF, Word, and URL extraction all happen on your device too — uploaded files never leave your browser, and URL fetching only sends the URL itself (so the article server can return its HTML).
Why we built this
Most voice readers require uploading your text to a server, signing up, or paying per character. The voices in your browser are already very good. We built Wordcast to make them easy to use — with proper controls, sentence highlighting, lock-screen support, file and URL imports, and a settings panel that does not get in the way.
What it can't do
Wordcast cannot save audio as MP3, clone a voice, or generate speech that does not exist in your browser. If you need those, you want a paid AI TTS service like Azure, Google Cloud, or ElevenLabs.