Text to speech for teachers
Make audio versions of your course materials in minutes, not evenings.
In short
- Upload a reading and get an audio file back.
- Share the file, or embed a listen button in your LMS.
- One workspace your whole department can share.
- Free to try with no card.
What this does for you
Meet accommodation requests the same day
A request that used to mean finding a reader, booking a room, and scheduling a session is now a five-minute job you can do between classes.
Give every student the option
Once the audio exists, it costs nothing to offer it to the whole class. Students who never requested it are often the ones who use it most.
Share the work with colleagues
A shared workspace means the person covering your module can see what has already been converted instead of redoing it.
Put it where students already are
Embed a listen button directly in Canvas, Moodle, or Blackboard so nobody has to install anything.
How to use it
Upload the reading
Drop in a PDF or Word file. Headers, footers, and page numbers are filtered out automatically.
Check the extracted text
You see the text before anything is spoken. Thirty seconds of scanning catches most problems.
Share the audio
Download the MP3 for your LMS, or paste the embed snippet onto the page.
An example
A lecturer posts a 30-page reading on Monday. Two students have reading accommodations, and one has asked for audio before. She converts it once, uploads the MP3 alongside the PDF, and mentions it in the module announcement. Eleven students download it that week.
Questions people ask
Do I need my IT department to set this up?
Not for individual use — a trial account works in a browser with nothing installed. You will need IT if you want single sign-on, directory sync, or the LMS embed configured centrally.
Can I convert copyrighted course readings?
That depends on your institution's licence, not on our tool. Converting a text into an accessible format for a student with a documented need is permitted in most jurisdictions. Distributing audio of a copyrighted work to a whole class usually is not. Ask your library.
How long does a 30-page PDF take?
Under a minute for the conversion itself. The time you spend is in checking the extracted text, which is worth doing for anything with columns or heavy footnotes.
Can students convert their own material?
Yes, if you give them seats in the workspace. Many departments instead publish converted audio centrally and keep seats for staff.
What does it cost for a department?
Start with the EDU Pilot: 21 days, 3 seats, 50,000 characters, no card. That is enough to run a real evaluation across a term before anyone talks about budget.
Try it now
The converter on this site is free and needs no account. A 7-day trial adds document upload and longer text.
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