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Notes on free text to speech, voice readers, and the Web Speech API.

• How browser-native text-to-speech actually works

  Your browser already speaks. Here is what is happening under the hood when you press Listen on a website that uses the Web Speech API — and what is not.

  2026-05-08 · 5 min read

• The best free text-to-speech for Chrome is already installed

  You do not need a Chrome extension, a SaaS subscription, or a model download. Chrome already ships with the same neural voices that power Google's WaveNet — for free.

  2026-05-05 · 4 min read