Speechify review: our take
Speechify is for people who would rather listen than read. It reads documents, web pages and photographed book pages aloud, and on Premium the voices are natural enough for long sessions at up to 5x speed. AI summaries and chat let you skim a long PDF before deciding to hear all of it.
The money goes on voices and speed: the free plan's 10 voices, which Speechify itself calls robotic sounding, stop at 1.5x. Premium costs $29 billed monthly, and the pricing page says yearly billing saves 60%, so commit to a year only after the free plan proves the habit. To get notes from meetings rather than read documents, look at Otter.ai; to ask questions across your own files, Gemini Notebook.
By the Prompt Hackers team · facts checked 4 Oct 2026
What Speechify does
Speechify reads text aloud from documents, web pages, PDFs and photographed pages. Premium adds more than 1,000 natural voices in 60+ languages, speeds up to 5x, Scan and Listen, AI summaries and chat, AI podcasts, voice typing and cloud imports from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive. Separate Studio and API products cover voiceovers and developers.
Who Speechify is for
Best for
- people who absorb material better by listening
- students with long reading lists
- people who want PDFs and web articles read aloud on a phone and a computer
Not for
- natural-sounding listening for free: the free voices are described by Speechify itself as robotic sounding and capped at 1.5x
- monthly subscribers: Premium is $29 billed monthly, and the pricing page says yearly billing saves 60%
Speechify features
- F1Text to speech
- 1,000+ voices on Premium
- F260+ languages
- F3Up to 5x listening speed
- F4Scan and Listen
- F5AI Summaries and Chats
- F6AI Podcasts
- F7Voice Typing
- F8Cloud imports
- Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive
Speechify pricing and plans
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, per month | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | text to speech only, 10 voices Speechify calls robotic sounding, speeds up to 1.5x |
| Premium | $29 | — | 1,000+ natural voices, 60+ languages, up to 5x speed, Scan and Listen, AI summaries and chats, voice typing, AI podcasts; yearly billing advertised at 60% off |
Free plan: yes. Prices as listed by the vendor in USD, before tax; they change, so check the pricing page before you buy.
Speechify FAQ
- How much does Speechify cost?
- Paid plans start at $29/mo. Prices checked on 4 Oct 2026.
- Does Speechify have a free plan?
- Yes, Speechify has a free plan.
- What are the alternatives to Speechify?
- Tools that cover the same jobs include Otter.ai, Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM), Google Lens, ChatGPT.