Lumotext — Text to Speech Reader

Read aloud any webpage, document or email with natural AI voices or free device voices. Word-by-word highlighting, up to 4x speed.

Read aloud any webpage, article, document or email with text to speech, and follow every word as it's spoken. Free device voices, or natural AI voices with Lumotext Pro. Lumotext turns the page you already have open into something you can listen to. Each sentence and word lights up as it's read, so your eyes stay on the line instead of drifting. Press play and keep reading, only faster and with less effort: the voice sets the pace, the highlight holds your place. Free to install and use. No account, no card, no character limit with your device's voices. v1.4.2 updates: Free voices read in their own language: pick a Spanish voice on an English page and each sentence is translated on your device, then read in Spanish (Chrome 138+) Switching the language switches to a voice that speaks it, straight away AI voice samples play in the language you choose, even with your allowance used v1.4.1 updates: - Listen in (Pro): hear any page in 34 languages. The translation shows as a caption built into the player while the page highlights the original sentence, so you can follow both - Ask Lumotext (Pro): select any text to explain, simplify, summarize or define it, and hear how a word is said - Natural AI voices (Pro), with a clear message if one is ever unavailable - Reading comfort: dyslexia-friendly font, letter, word and line spacing, and page tints - Bigger captions with A- / A+, highlighting in each site's own colour, and a cleaner settings panel v1.4.0 updates: - New side panel player: previous and next sentence, play, stop, your current voice, and one-tap speed presets - Clearer word highlight, even inside a highlighted sentence == Lumotext Features == ➤ Follow along, word by word Three levels of highlighting at once: the paragraph, the sentence and the current word, in the colour of the site you're on. You always know exactly where you are. ➤ Start anywhere Click or hover any paragraph to start reading from exactly there. Or select any text, right-click, and choose "Read selection with Lumotext." ➤ Listen at any speed From slow and careful to fast skimming at up to 4x. Change speed mid-sentence without losing your place. ➤ Natural AI voices (Pro) Seven lifelike voices that read any language the text is written in, with natural pacing and pronunciation. Pick one in the player's voice menu and keep reading. ➤ Listen in: any page, in 34 languages (Pro) Choose a language and the AI voice reads the page in it, translating as it goes. The translation appears as a caption in the player, word by word, while the page highlights the original sentence: read both languages side by side. Make the caption as large as you need, or turn it off with CC. ➤ Ask Lumotext (Pro) Stuck on a passage? Select it and tap the sparkle button to have it explained, simplified or summarized. Select a single word to get a plain definition and hear how it's said. ➤ Focus mode One click clears away menus, sidebars, cookie banners and "related stories," and leaves the article in a clean, distraction-free column at the text size you want. The voice reads just the article, not the clutter. ➤ Made for every reader A dyslexia-friendly font, adjustable letter, word and line spacing, soft page tints and paragraph focus, with every colour pairing checked for contrast in light and dark mode. ➤ A full player in the side panel Play, pause, stop, skip by sentence, change voice, language and speed from the browser's side panel, or from the small player on the page. Keyboard shortcuts work too. ➤ Picks up where you left off Close the tab, come back tomorrow, and Lumotext offers to continue from the sentence you stopped at. ➤ Reads what you actually read Articles, blogs, documentation, emails, online documents, encyclopedia pages and AI chat conversations. Lumotext finds the main text on the page and reads it as whole sentences, even when it's broken up by links and formatting. ➤ Private by default With your device's voices, speech is generated by your browser and the text you read is never sent to Lumotext's servers. Nothing leaves your device unless you sign in and choose an AI voice, Listen in or Ask Lumotext, and then only the text being read or asked about, never the page address. Voices synthesized online by your browser's maker are clearly labelled. ➤ Your library, on every device A free, optional account saves pages to your library at lumotext.com, where you can also listen to PDFs and EPUBs with the same highlighting and keep your place across devices, including on iPhone and iPad. ➤ Other features - Copy the clean article text from focus mode. - Voices grouped by quality, with a language filter. - Keeps reading when you switch tabs, if you want it to. == Use cases == ➤ Students Get through articles, papers and study material faster, and remember more by hearing and seeing each sentence at the same time. Ask Lumotext explains the hard parts. ➤ Language learners Listen in another language while the original stays highlighted on the page, and hear exactly how words are said. ➤ Readers with dyslexia or ADHD The highlight holds your place in long text, the comfort settings make the page easier on the eyes, and the voice keeps you moving when focus slips. ➤ Professionals Listen to long reports, documentation and email threads while you work through the rest of your day. ➤ Writers Hear your own writing read back to catch typos, missing words and clumsy sentences you read past on screen. Lumotext Pro adds natural AI voices, Listen in and Ask Lumotext: https://lumotext.com/pricing Privacy policy: https://lumotext.com/privacy Questions or bugs: support@lumotext.com