Speechify
by Speechify Inc.
Speechify is a text-to-speech platform that converts documents, webpages, PDFs, and other text into spoken audio. Its products include reader apps, browser extensions, voice generation, dubbing, transcription, and an API.
Why Abandoned
Speechify's official website remains operational and lists consumer, studio, and API products. Current App Store listings also show maintained Speechify applications.
🩺 Health Signals
- HTTP Status
- 200
- Response
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- SSL
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- Confidence
- 96%
- Domain expires
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- Last content change
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- API status
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📅 Timeline
Speechify launched
Cliff Weitzman launched Speechify as a text-to-speech tool designed to make written material easier to consume, drawing on his experience with dyslexia.
Speechify acquired WellSaid Labs
Speechify announced its acquisition of AI voice company WellSaid Labs, expanding its footprint in synthetic voice technology and enterprise voice production.
Speechify Dubbing Studio announced
Speechify introduced a dubbing product for translating video and audio while generating speech in multiple languages.
Speechify API launched publicly
Speechify announced public access to its text-to-speech API, enabling developers to add Speechify-generated voices to applications.
🔄 Alternatives to Speechify
Descript
🟢ActiveAI-powered audio and video editor that lets you edit media by editing text transcripts.
Murf AI
🟢ActiveAI voice generator that creates realistic text-to-speech voiceovers for videos and presentations.
ElevenLabs
🟢ActiveAI voice synthesis platform known for extremely realistic and expressive voice cloning.
AudioPen
🟢ActiveAudioPen is a web-based productivity tool that records or accepts spoken notes, transcribes them, and uses AI to reorganize the transcript into clearer written text for notes, journals, emails, and drafts.
🪦 Other dead Voice & Audio tools
Amper Music
🟡Acquired / MergedAmper Music was an AI-assisted music composition platform that let users generate and customize royalty-cleared tracks for videos, podcasts, games, and other media. Shutterstock acquired the company in 2020.
VocaliD
🟡Acquired / MergedVocaliD developed personalized synthetic voices for people who could not speak and later offered custom voice technology for brands. The company combined donated speech recordings with a recipient’s vocal characteristics.
Lyrebird
🟡Acquired / MergedLyrebird developed AI systems for copying a person’s voice from short audio samples and generating speech in that voice. Descript acquired the Montreal startup in 2019 and incorporated its technology and team.
Play.ht
🔴Shutdown / DeadAI text-to-speech platform with ultra-realistic voices for podcasts, videos, and audiobooks.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Speechify used for?
Speechify converts written content such as webpages, PDFs, documents, emails, and books into spoken audio. It also offers AI voice generation, dubbing, transcription, and developer APIs.
Is Speechify an AI text-to-speech tool?
Yes. Speechify uses text-to-speech and AI voice technology to read text aloud and generate synthetic speech in different voices and languages.
Who founded Speechify?
Speechify was founded by Cliff Weitzman, who has described building the product after using text-to-speech tools to help manage dyslexia.
Does Speechify work with PDFs and webpages?
Yes. Speechify can read PDFs, webpages, documents, and other supported text through its mobile apps, web app, and browser extension, although features vary by platform and plan.
What are the best Speechify alternatives?
Catalogue-listed alternatives include ElevenLabs and Murf AI for AI speech generation, Descript for audio and video editing with voice tools, and AudioPen for turning spoken notes into structured text.