Auvrenth Text-to-Speech Reader

Auvrenth Text-to-Speech Reader adds a listen button to your posts and pages. Visitors press play and the article is read aloud by the voices already built into their browser.

• No API key, no account and no monthly cost.
• No audio files stored on your server.
• Play, pause, stop and speed control.
• Uses a voice that matches your site language when the browser has one.
• Set a default language and voice, and test it right from the settings screen.
• Visitors can switch the language and voice in the player, and their choice is remembered.
• Choose the post types, and show the player before or after the content.
• Hide the player on single posts, or place it anywhere with the [auvrenth_tts] shortcode.

The player only appears in browsers that support speech synthesis, which covers all current versions of Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox.

Shortcode

Add [auvrenth_tts] to a post or page, or to a Shortcode block, to show the player exactly where you want it. It reads the post it is placed in.

• Works on any post type, even ones not ticked under “Show on” in the settings.
• When a post contains the shortcode, the automatic player is skipped there, so the player never shows twice.
• Set “Player position” to “Only where I add the [auvrenth_tts] shortcode” to turn off automatic placement everywhere and use the shortcode only.
• The shortcode shows nothing when the player is hidden for that post in the editor, or when the post is password protected.