Thread: What TTS voices do you use for reading ebooks?
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Old 03-18-2026, 08:49 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by odamizu View Post
ElevenReader is pretty good: https://elevenreader.io. It was free when it first came out (soft launch), then once it gained traction, they added a paid tier and limited the free features. This caused quite an uproar because people were used to unlimited use for free.

I haven't tried Readify, but it looks pretty new. Given what ElevenReader did, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't stay free forever. Just something to consider.

There are lots of horror stories on Reddit about Speechify not letting you cancel a subscription.

All that said, if there's a human-narrated audiobook, that is always my first choice. I only use TTS for books that have no human-narrated audiobook.
At present, Readify is so-so.
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