Unsubbed Listen

A free alternative to Speechify. Runs entirely in your browser. No account, no subscription, no tracking. Your files never leave your device.

Use it now: https://unsubbed.github.io/listen

What it does

• Reads your text aloud with the voices already on your device, and marks the sentence and word being spoken
• Click any sentence to start reading from there
• Speed from 0.5× to 3.0×, with words per minute shown
• Keyboard: Space plays and pauses, ← / → skip one sentence, [ / ] change the speed
• Opens .txt, .md, .html, .docx and .epub files right on your device, with no upload
• A Shelf of your documents that remembers where you stopped in each one
• Works offline once loaded, in light or dark mode
• Open and save your work as ordinary files on your own device

Known limits

• No MP3 download. Browsers can't record their own speech voices.
• No PDF yet.
• The voices depend on your device and browser. Some devices need a speech voice installed.
• If you turn on online voices, your browser sends the text to its maker (Google, Microsoft or Apple) to speak it. On-device voices are the default.

Privacy

Everything happens on your device. The app makes no outside network requests: no analytics, no ads, no server. Your work is stored in this browser until you clear it, and you can save a copy at any time.

Run it yourself

It's a plain web page. Download this repository and open index.html, or serve the folder with any static web server.

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Not affiliated

Speechify is a trademark of its owner. Unsubbed is an independent, clean-room project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by them. We mention the name only to describe what this app is an alternative to.

License & contributing

Unsubbed apps are licensed under the GNU AGPL-3.0. If you share a modified version or run it as a service, you must publish your changes under the same license.

Improvements are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md to send your changes back to the main version.