tta1
Turn any article into audio, in your language.
About tta1
tta1 is a web app that turns written content into spoken audio. You paste a link to an article, newsletter, webpage or X thread, or paste text directly, and it reads the content aloud in a natural-sounding voice. The problem it targets is familiar: there is more worth reading than time to sit and read it, and most pages are cluttered with menus, ads, cookie banners and comment sections that a generic screen reader would happily read out. tta1 fetches the page, keeps only the article body and starts playing audio within a few seconds, so a long read becomes something you can listen to on a walk, a commute or while doing chores.
What sets tta1 apart from a plain text-to-speech box is the combination of clean extraction and translation. You choose the language you want to hear from 25 options, and if the source is written in a different language, tta1 translates it before reading it aloud. According to its privacy policy, the text extraction from PDFs and screenshots, the translation and the voice generation are handled by AI models accessed through OpenRouter, including models from Google. Paid plans add uploads of PDFs, Word documents and screenshots, plus MP3 downloads. Pricing is metered by words read aloud rather than by time spent in the app, and replays of a reading you already generated are free. The service is operated by PIXEL ONLINE, an Australian company.
Start by adding what you want to hear. The input box accepts a link (any public article, webpage, newsletter, or a post on X or Twitter), pasted text, or on Plus and Pro, an uploaded file such as a PDF, a Word document or a set of screenshots. Visitors can try a 500-character sample without creating an account.
Next, pick a voice and a language. tta1 offers 30 voices, each with a short preview, and 25 output languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. If the article is in another language than the one you selected under "Read in", it is translated first.
Then press Listen. tta1 fetches the page, strips out navigation, ads, related stories and comments, and starts reading. For an X link it reads the author's whole thread in order from the first post to the last, without anyone else's replies, and reads X Articles in full with their headings. For PDFs it drops page numbers, running headers and footers and joins words split across lines. For screenshots it reads the text in each image in the order you set, joining text that continues across images and skipping app buttons and status bars.
While listening you can change the speed from 0.5x to 2.5x without altering pitch. tta1 remembers your voice, language and speed for next time, and paid users can download any reading as an MP3. Pages behind a login or paywall cannot be fetched, but you can paste their text or upload screenshots instead.
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Article and webpage to audio - Paste a link from most public news sites, blogs, newsletters or documentation pages and tta1 reads the article body only. Menus, ads, cookie banners, related stories and comments are left out, so what you hear is the story itself. Pasted text is read as paragraphs with natural pauses between them rather than as one continuous block, which keeps longer passages easy to follow by ear.
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X thread and X Article reading - Paste a link to any post in a thread and tta1 reconstructs the author's full thread and reads it in order, skipping replies from other accounts. Long posts are not cut off, and X Articles are read in full along with their headings. Both x.com and twitter.com links work as long as the post is public, which makes long-form threads practical to consume without scrolling.
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Translation into 25 languages - Choose the language you want to hear and tta1 translates the source before reading it. That means an article in Japanese, German or Portuguese can be heard in English, or an English article can be heard in Hindi, Arabic or Vietnamese. The supported list spans European, Indian, East Asian and Southeast Asian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Indonesian and Malay.
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PDF, Word and text file reading - On Plus and Pro you can upload a PDF of up to 20 MB, a Word document (.docx), a plain text file or a Markdown file. tta1 removes page numbers, running headers and footers and rejoins hyphenated words, so the output sounds like the document rather than its layout. Scanned PDFs are supported too, with the text on each page read by AI before it is spoken.
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Screenshot and photo to speech - Also on paid plans, you can add up to 20 screenshots or photos, by choosing, dropping or pasting them, and put them in reading order. tta1 reads the text in each image, joins sentences that continue from one image to the next and skips interface elements like buttons and status bars. The site suggests it for chats, paywalled snippets and photos of printed pages.
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Voice, speed and download controls - Pick from 30 natural voices with previews, adjust playback between 0.5x and 2.5x without a pitch change, and let tta1 remember your preferences. Plus and Pro users can download any reading as an MP3 to listen offline or in another player. Usage is counted only on words actually read aloud, and replaying an existing reading does not use up your allowance.
tta1 suits people who save more articles than they ever get around to reading. Commuters, runners, dog walkers and anyone who spends time with their hands busy can turn a reading list into listening time, and the article extraction means they hear the story rather than the site furniture around it. Heavy X users who follow long threads and X Articles get a way to listen to them in order without the noise of replies.
Language learners and multilingual readers are a natural fit. Someone who finds a useful article in a language they do not read can hear it translated into their own, and someone practising a new language can hear content read in the language they are learning. With 25 languages that include several Indian and Southeast Asian languages, it covers audiences that many English-first reading tools do not.
Students, researchers and professionals who deal with PDFs, reports, papers and ebooks can use the paid plans to listen to documents with page numbers and headers stripped out, including scanned files. The screenshot mode helps when content has no shareable link, such as a chat, an app screen or a photo of a printed page.
People who find long stretches of on-screen reading tiring, or who simply absorb information better by listening, can use tta1 as a lightweight read-aloud tool in the browser. The free plan, with 1,000 words a month and no card required, is enough to judge whether listening fits your routine before committing to Plus or Pro.
