Launched 2017 · Verified Oct 15, 2026

Speechify

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Reads PDFs, web pages and email out loud

text to speechdocument readeraccessibilitydyslexiaaudiobooksFreemium · from $29/mo

Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

InputsTOutputsiOS · Android · Chrome extension · Web · macOS · API

Screenshot of the Speechify website — speechify.com as we captured it — our own screenshot, not the vendor’s press image.

Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium
Paid options from: $29/mo
Billing: Monthly

Reader Premium is $29 billed monthly or $139 billed yearly (about $11.58 a month), so month-to-month costs roughly 2.5x the annual rate. The developer API is billed separately: 500K characters free a month, then Starter $10, Pro $99 and Scale $499 a month with included characters and $10 to $6 per extra million.

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Overview

About Speechify

Speechify reads documents, web pages, email and scanned pages aloud at up to 5x speed, with apps for iOS, Android and Mac, a Chrome extension and a web reader that share one library. Free accounts are held to 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed; Premium opens more than 1,000 voices in 60-plus languages, camera scanning, AI summaries and chat, cloud-drive imports and voice typing. A separate developer platform sells the Simba text-to-speech models by API with a free monthly character allowance, and Speechify Studio handles voiceover production on its own bill.

Platforms: iOS · Android · Chrome extension · Web · macOS · API
API: Yes
Last verified: Oct 15, 2026

Verified sources

Free plan limited to 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed; Premium $29 per month billed monthly or $139 per year on the yearly toggle; footer reads Speechify Inc 2026 (15 October 2026)speechify.com ↗
Developer API billed separately from the Reader app: Free 500K characters a month, Starter $10/month (1.9M characters), Pro $99 (13.5M), Scale $499 (78M), overage $10 to $6 per 1M characters (15 October 2026)speechify.ai ↗
Speechify, Inc. founded 2017 by Cliff Weitzman (as read 15 October 2026)en.wikipedia.org ↗

Fact check

Is Speechify legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered: May 8, 2013 (13 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Cloudflare, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 11, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked: Oct 15, 2026The site answered
On the market since: 2017The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Speechify Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Speechify

high confidence

The most complete listen-to-anything reader on a phone, but the $29 monthly sticker is a trap — the same thing is $139 a year, and the free tier is deliberately unpleasant.

Pros

Handles almost any input, including scanned pages captured through the camera
Voices stay intelligible all the way up to 5x playback
One library syncs between phone, browser extension and Mac

Cons

Monthly billing costs about 2.5x the annual rate for the same features
Free tier is held to 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed
Studio and the developer API are separate products on a separate domain with their own bills

Best for

Students and professionals working through long PDFs and articles by ear
Readers with dyslexia or low vision who need OCR capture plus playback
Developers who want the Simba voices without building a reader app

Not for

Anyone needing occasional text-to-speech — the OS built-ins cost nothing
Teams wanting one bill for reading and voiceover; Studio and the API are priced apart

Watch out: Premium is only affordable annually at $139/year; the $29/month option costs more than double across a year for nothing extra.

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