# TTSReader review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Online text reader with free voices, premium AI voices and MP3 export Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. TTSReader reads pasted text, files, PDFs, e-books and web pages aloud in the browser, remembers where you stopped, and exports speech as MP3. It offers free voices alongside premium AI voices from several providers, plus a browser extension, mobile apps and an API. Paid plans are required for commercial use and for publishing the audio. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** WellSource Ltd. - **Website:** https://ttsreader.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need commercial use on the free plan, as it bars commercial use or publishing. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, TTSReader has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($99); $10.99 billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited non-premium voices and 5K characters of premium AI voices, personal use only. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited free voices, 5K premium characters in total, no commercial use or publishing of audio. | | Premium | $8.25 per month, billed annually ($99); $10.99 billed monthly | Single seat, 1M premium-voice characters a month, commercial use and publishing allowed. | | Pay-as-you-go | $10 for 200K characters, prepaid credits valid 1 year | Prepaid credits for API use or going over plan limits: $32 for 1M characters, $300 for 10M. | Read from https://ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TTSReader before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing on Premium** (Annual discount): Premium is $99 a year ($8.25 a month) against $10.99 a month when billed monthly. Source: https://ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing/ ## Key features - **Reads text, files and web pages:** Plays plain text, PDFs, e-books and web pages aloud, and remembers the text and your position so you can resume later. - **Free and premium voices:** Free voices have no cap on the free plan; premium AI voices from Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and TTSReader's own are metered by characters. - **MP3 export:** Export speech as downloadable MP3 audio, mixing voices, languages, speeds and pauses. - **Extension and mobile apps:** A Chrome extension reads any web page, and iOS and Android apps support listening on the go, including CarPlay and Android Auto. - **Pronunciation dictionary:** Custom pronunciation entries let you fix how names and terms are spoken. - **API and automation:** Programmatic access is part of the pay-as-you-go credits plan; the free and Premium plans exclude API, bots and automation. ## Good for - Students and readers listening to articles, PDFs and books - Creators exporting MP3 voiceovers without a monthly commitment - Developers who want prepaid, credit-based speech API use ## Worth knowing - The free plan allows only 5K characters of premium AI voices in total and bars commercial use or publishing. - The Premium plan is single-seat; more users need extra licenses or pay-as-you-go credits. - A Premium Plus plan ($20.99 a month) is listed as not yet available. - The pricing page was last updated on June 20, 2025, and says the mobile apps have their own separate plans. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. TTSReader reads text, files and web pages aloud, with free voices and MP3 export. The free plan allows 5K premium-voice characters in total and personal use only, and Premium is for one seat. - **Value for money: C.** $8.25 a month on yearly billing, between the category's $5 cheaper quarter and $9.99 middle. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Unlimited non-premium voices and 5K characters of premium AI voices, for personal use. - **Features: B.** Reads text, files and web pages, free and premium voices, MP3 export, a pronunciation dictionary, an API and automation. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the mobile apps have their own separate plans. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, a browser extension, iOS and Android apps, and an API. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TTSReader's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI voice generators - TTSReader's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 64 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 63 of 72) and worst on value for money (C, above 5). - Its paid plans start at $8.25 a month, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 18 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-voices ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace TTSReader you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 64 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade. It costs $99 a year. - You could make: Read later: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft among them, and has an API. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: CarPlay. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google, OpenAI, Microsoft **Tags:** Text to speech, Read later, Public API ## Alternatives - [NaturalReader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/naturalreader): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents, with a voiceover app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/naturalreader-vs-ttsreader) - [Speechify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechify): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents and web pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechify-vs-ttsreader) - [Speechma](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechma): Free text to speech site with voice cloning, dubbing and an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechma-vs-ttsreader) - [Read Aloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/read-aloud): Open-source browser extension that reads web pages aloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/read-aloud-vs-ttsreader) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing/ - https://ttsreader.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ttsreader Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).