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What is Speechify?
Speechify turns anything you read into audio: a PDF, an article, an email or a book. Its core audience is people with dyslexia, students and anyone who uses their commute to 'read' by listening. It works as a browser extension and a mobile app, and lets you speed reading up to 4.5x with voices that sound natural.
Pros
- Turns PDFs, web pages and emails into audio in a couple of clicks
- Natural voices in more than 60 languages, Spanish included
- Widely used as a study and dyslexia support tool
- Well-built browser extension and mobile apps
Cons
- The free plan only gives 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed
- The monthly subscription is expensive ($29) against the annual one
- The free plan caps your library at 5 files
What Speechify is like in practice
Where it stands out
It turns any text into audio and does it well where it matters: long documents, PDFs, email and web pages, with voices that hold up across an hour of listening without becoming tiring. For anyone with dyslexia, reading difficulties, or simply a lot of material and little time, it solves a real problem, not a convenience.
Where it falls short
In Spanish the voice catalogue is shorter and less natural than in English, where it is tuned. With structurally complex documents — tables, footnotes, columns — the reading order gets scrambled and needs fixing. And the app pushes fairly hard towards subscribing.
How its pricing works
The free plan gives basic voices, enough to judge whether the flow suits you. The paid one unlocks the good voices and high speed, and that is where the real product is. Before subscribing, check the read-aloud features your operating system already has: for light use, they sometimes suffice.
Is Speechify right for you?
Yes, if…
You use your commute to read by listening, or you have dyslexia: it turns PDFs, web pages and emails into audio with natural voices in more than 60 languages, Spanish included.
No, if…
You want to stay on the free plan: it only gives 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed. And if you pay, go annual: monthly costs $29 against the equivalent $11.58.
Frequently asked questions
Is Speechify free?
It has a free plan with 10 basic voices, speeds up to 1.5x and a maximum of 5 files. The Premium plan costs $139/year and unlocks more than 200 natural voices.
Does it have Spanish voices?
Yes, the Premium plan includes more than 60 languages with natural voices, Spanish among them.
Is it useful for people with dyslexia?
It is one of its main uses: listening to text while following it visually aids comprehension, which is why it is common as an educational support tool.