Does Text to Speech upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Text to Speech runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.

Should I use Trim Audio instead of Text to Speech?

Use Text to Speech when you need Speak text with the browser speech engine. Use Trim Audio when you need Cut an audio file by time range. They share a category (Audio) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Text to Speech?

Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser. Also: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.

Text to Speech

Speak text with the browser speech engine.

Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.

What Text to Speech does

Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.

Text to Speech sits in the Audio group on purpose. It is not Trim Audio (Cut an audio file by time range.) and not Audio Volume (Raise or lower loudness and export MP3.). Choose this page when you need Speak text with the browser speech engine. If you stretch Text to Speech into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Text to Speech

Stay on this Text to Speech page (/text-to-speech). Do not switch to Trim Audio unless you actually want Cut an audio file by time range..
Add the file type Text to Speech accepts. Hint from the path: text to speech. Speak text with the browser speech engine.
Set only the options that match Text to Speech. Neighbor Audio Volume does something else (Raise or lower loudness and export MP3.). Tool note: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.
Run Text to Speech in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.
Download or copy the result from Text to Speech. If it is the wrong job, open Trim Audio instead.

When not to use Text to Speech

Skip Text to Speech when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Trim Audio or Audio Volume — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.

Questions about Text to Speech

What does Text to Speech do that other Audio pages on this site do not?: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser. Short version: Speak text with the browser speech engine.
Does Text to Speech upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Text to Speech runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.
Should I use Trim Audio instead of Text to Speech?: Use Text to Speech when you need Speak text with the browser speech engine. Use Trim Audio when you need Cut an audio file by time range. They share a category (Audio) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Text to Speech?: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser. Also: Use the Web Speech API to speak text at an adjustable rate. Export may be unavailable depending on the browser.