Readotte

Hear how an English text is pronounced

Readotte detects that a text is in English and gives it to an English voice: Alba, Peter or Eve, Heart with a US accent, George with a UK accent.

Listen to your document

Free, no account: about 10 minutes of listening a day. The text is extracted and read by our servers in Europe.

free listening, Plus at €3.99 a month

To work on your English

The steps

  1. 1. Add Paste the English text: the language is detected, and you can change it if needed.
  2. 2. Listen Press play: the current sentence is highlighted, and so is the word being spoken. Tap a sentence to jump to it.
  3. 3. Adjust Speed from 0.75× to 3×, your choice of voice, and pitch, warmth and clarity settings on the Voices page.
  4. 4. Pick up later The document stays in your library: reading resumes at the sentence where you stopped.

What the tool does well, and what it misses

Frequently asked questions

What about a text that mixes English and French?

A document is read in a single language, the one that dominates. For an English passage inside a French text, paste it separately.

Which English voices are there?

Alba, Peter, Eve, Heart (US accent) and George (UK accent).

Is it free?

Yes. Without an account you get about 10 minutes of listening a day. Readotte Plus (€3.99 a month, no commitment) removes the daily limit, within a fair use of about 20 hours a month, and adds MP3 download.