iSpeech vs Read Aloud
iSpeech
ispeech.orgRead Aloud
readaloud.appSide by side
| Figure | iSpeech | Read Aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.25/mo | $1/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 15 | 4 |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 9.2 (#6) | 8.2 (#95) |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 9.2 (#11) | 8.1 (#95) |
| API access | API access requires an API key, with mobile development, mobile production, and web/general production key types. | No |
| Commercial use | Yes | No |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | The company lists Newark, New Jersey as headquarters and San Francisco as an additional office. | 158 Magellan Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, United States |
| Languages | The homepage says the Speech API supports text-to-speech and speech recognition in more than 30 languages. | The extension listing says Read Aloud supports 40+ languages. |
| Platforms | web,ios,android,api | chrome_extension |
| Security | The privacy policy says iSpeech uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards, while stating it cannot warrant the security of transmitted information. | The maker says its servers are hosted on Amazon Web Services with subnet-level firewalls and per-instance security groups with strict access permissions. |
| Support | The developer pricing page lists priority technical support with purchases; the API guide directs support requests to [email protected]. | The maker directs users to its contact form for support requests and also lists [email protected] in its terms. |
Plans
iSpeech
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Pay Per Use$50 a month
- Pay Per Install$0.25 a month
- BasicFree
- HackerFree
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Junior$29 a month
- Pay-per-use 2,000 credits$50, paid once
Read Aloud
- Free TierFree
- Premium Voices - 2M$1 a month
- Read Aloud Free TierFree
- Paid CreditsPrice not published
In their own words
iSpeech
iSpeech provides text-to-speech and automated speech recognition through APIs, SDKs, and online tools. Its speech API can synthesize audio with multiple voices, formats, bitrates, frequencies, and playback speeds, and supports MathML and SSML. The API can also transcribe submitted audio across multiple languages and recognition models; iSpeech says custom models can be created. The homepage lists support for more than 30 languages. Audio downloads are available in AIFF, MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, WAV, A-law, μ-law, VOX, and MP4 formats. Listed access includes Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, API, and extension. The Basic plan is free for personal use, and commercial use is listed as available. Plus costs $2.95 a month, billed monthly, and includes 30-minute recordings, approximately 4,167 words. Premium costs $3.95 a month, billed monthly, with 12-hour recordings, approximately 100,000 words. Pay Per Use costs $50 a month for dynamic TTS usage only and includes 2,000 credits. Pay Per Install costs $0.25 a month and has a 10,000-install minimum.
Read Aloud
Read Aloud has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.