Every modern browser ships with speech synthesis and speech recognition capabilities built into the platform itself — the same underlying technology used by screen readers and voice assistants — but there's rarely an obvious, simple place to just use it directly for a quick task.
Hearing text read aloud
Text to Speech reads any pasted text aloud using your browser's built-in voices — useful for proofreading by ear (mistakes are often easier to catch when heard rather than read), or simply for accessibility.
Turning speech into text
Speech to Text transcribes spoken words directly into editable text using your browser's speech recognition — dictating a note or draft is often faster than typing it, especially for a rough first pass.
Both work best in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave), since browser-level speech API support still varies. Nothing spoken or read is sent to a third-party voice service — it's handled by the browser's own built-in engine.
