Translate and Read Aloud
Hear Your Text in 20 Languages
Paste your text and choose a language. ReadLoudly translates it and reads the translation aloud in a natural voice for that language.
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How to use Translate and Read Aloud
Three steps, all in your browser. Text you paste here opens in ReadLoudly Studio.
Paste your text
Up to 10,000 characters in any language.
Choose a language
Pick from 20, including Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese and Chinese.
Listen to the translation
Hear it read aloud in a voice for that language.
What does translate and read aloud do?
It translates written text into another language and reads the translation aloud. Paste up to 10,000 characters, pick one of 20 languages, and ReadLoudly translates it and reads it in a voice for that language.
Practise a language by ear
Translate a paragraph you already know into the language you are learning, then listen to how a voice for that language says it. Play it again as often as you like. Learn a language by ear
Make a voice-over in another language
Translate your script here, then paste the translation into the AI Voice Generator to record a downloadable voice-over. Open the AI Voice Generator
Already in the right language?
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Multilingual AI Chat
Chat with your text, adjust the voice, and translate to your language.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Translate and Read Aloud.
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai.
Yes. Pick a voice for the language you translated into. ReadLoudly has 1,200+ voices in 40+ languages.
It is an AI translation, so check anything important, such as legal or medical text, with a fluent speaker.
Up to 10,000 characters a run.
You need a free ReadLoudly account. Each run uses credits for what comes back: 1 credit per 40 characters. A run that fails costs nothing.
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