Text To Speech TTS Accessibility vs Toolbelt

AtlasVoice — Text To Speech TTS Accessibility is the most user-friendly text to speech plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce, and the simplest way to add a text to audio player to your site. Convert any post, page, or product description into natural-sounding audio with one click. The free version uses the browser’s built-in speechSynthesis engine with 20–300+ voices across all major browsers. Upgrade to Pro for AtlasVoice’s own AI voice engine (included with Pro — no extra API costs), or connect premium third-party providers like Google Cloud TTS, OpenAI (ChatGPT) TTS, and ElevenLabs TTS. No Registration, No Account, No API required for the free version. Simply install and let your visitors listen. Whether you run a blog, news site, online store, or educational platform, AtlasVoice, the free WordPress TTS plugin, makes your content accessible to everyone — including users with visual impairments, reading difficulties, or those who simply prefer listening. Support 81+ languages, 300+ AI voices, and reach a truly global audience. How It Works — 3 Simple Steps Install & Activate — Install the plugin from the WordPress repository. The audio player appears automatically on your selected post types. Choose Your Voice — Pick a free browser voice, use AtlasVoice’s own AI engine (included with Pro), or connect a third-party AI provider (Google Cloud, OpenAI, or ElevenLabs) from the Integration menu. Customize & Publish — Select your player style from the Customization menu, choose your preferred voice and language from the Listening menu, and you’re live. SOME USEFUL LINKS: AtlasVoice Pro Pricing Live Demo Pro Version Live Demo Free Version Video Tutorials Documentation SUPPORT AND HAVE QUESTIONS? Contact Us — We usually reply within 1 hour. Who Is This For? Bloggers, News & Media Sites — Let readers listen to articles while multitasking. Increase time-on-page and reduce bounce rate. WooCommerce & E-Learning Sites — Make product descriptions and course materials listenable for shoppers and auditory learners. Multilingual & Accessibility-First Websites — Serve a global audience in 81+ languages and meet WCAG 2.1 / ADA compliance. Why Choose AtlasVoice, the WordPress Text To Speech Plugin? Accessibility & WCAG Compliance: Help your site meet WCAG 2.1 and ADA requirements with audio alternatives for users with visual impairments, dyslexia, or reading difficulties. Boost SEO & Engagement: Audio increases dwell time and reduces bounce rate. Pro generates Audio Schema markup (JSON-LD) for rich results in Google Search. Multiple AI Providers: AtlasVoice’s own AI engine (included with Pro), Google Cloud Neural2 voices, ElevenLabs ultra-realistic voices, and OpenAI ChatGPT voices. Works Everywhere: Compatible with all major browsers, mobile devices, page builders (Elementor, WPBakery, Divi), caching plugins, and multilingual plugins (WPML, GTranslate, TranslatePress, Polylang). Text To Speech Plugin Free Version Features Zero Configuration Required: No account, no API key, no registration. Install and the audio player starts working immediately on your selected post types using your browser’s built-in speech synthesis engine. Easy Shortcode Integration: Add the [atlasvoice] shortcode to any post, page, or widget to place an audio player exactly where you want it. 20–300+ Browser Voices: Depending on the browser and operating system, access a wide range of voices. Microsoft Edge supports all available system voices; Chrome offers 20+ voices; Firefox supports core languages. Analytics Dashboard: Track how visitors interact with your audio content — play counts, pause events, engagement metrics, and more with the built-in analytics dashboard. Text Alias: Replace abbreviations, acronyms, or complex words with their spoken equivalents using the Text Alias feature. Unlimited Text-to-Speech: Convert unlimited text to speech at no cost — no character limits, no monthly quotas. Full Customization: Customize button color, width, border radius, hover effects, and text labels. Preview all changes in real-time from the dashboard. Button Position & Floating Player: Place the Listen button before or after your content, or anywhere with the [atlasvoice] shortcode. On long posts it follows readers, docking to the edge once they scroll past. Choose bottom full width, bottom right, bottom left or sticky top — or turn docking off. Language & Voice Selection: Choose the default language and voice from the Listening menu. Adjust speed, pitch, and volume for browser-native players. Read-Along Highlighting & Listen to Selection: The player highlights text as it is read — sentence by sentence, and word by word with supported voices — in your own colors, with optional focus-dimming and auto-scroll. Visitors can also select any passage to hear just that part, or click a word to start from there. Off by default; enable it in the Highlight tab. Cross-Device Compatibility: The free version uses the browser’s built-in speechSynthesis API, ensuring compatibility across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. Custom CSS Support: Apply custom styles to the audio player using your own CSS for pixel-perfect integration with your theme. Custom Post Type Support: Extend text-to-speech to any custom post type — WooCommerce products, portfolios, testimonials, and more. Compatible with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Custom Post Type UI, and Toolset Types. Clean Audio Output: Automatically removes special characters, URLs, shortcodes, and HTML tags from content before speaking, ensuring clean, professional audio. Gutenberg Block: Add and customize the AtlasVoice player directly from the Gutenberg block editor — adjust colors, size, and styles visually. Upgrade to AtlasVoice Pro for Advanced Features: Unlock premium AI voices, bulk operations, cloud backup, advanced analytics, and more by upgrading to AtlasVoice Pro. This premium add-on extends the free plugin with enterprise-grade capabilities. Text To Speech TTS Accessibility Pro Features: AI Voice Providers (Pro): For each provider: select its player from the Customization menu, then choose voice and language from the Listening menu. AtlasVoice TTS Pro (Included with Pro): AtlasVoice’s own AI voice engine — included with your Pro license at no extra API cost. Access 81 languages with natural-sounding voices, smart sentence splitting, and seamless audio without mid-sentence pauses. No third-party account needed — just activate Pro and start generating MP3 files. Google Cloud Text To Speech: Integrate with Google Cloud Text To Speech for enterprise-grade voices. 300+ voices across 90+ languages including Neural2, WaveNet, and Standard voice types. Paid service — billed by Google based on usage. Learn more ChatGPT Text To Speech (OpenAI): Integrate with OpenAI Text To Speech for natural-sounding audio. 6 voices — Alloy, Echo, Fable, Nova, Onyx, Shimmer — with Standard (tts-1) and HD (tts-1-hd) models. Paid service — billed by OpenAI based on usage. Learn more ElevenLabs Text To Speech: Integrate with ElevenLabs for ultra-realistic AI voices. 100+ premium voices with accent labels, plus stability, similarity boost, style, and speed controls. Real-time character usage tracking in your dashboard. Paid service — billed by ElevenLabs based on usage. Cloud Storage & Backup (Pro): Google Cloud Storage Backup: Back up generated MP3 files to Google Cloud Storage. Available for all TTS providers — Google Cloud TTS, ChatGPT TTS, AtlasVoice TTS Pro, and ElevenLabs TTS. Configure a Google Cloud service account JSON file from the Integration menu, even if using a non-Google TTS provider. Content & Playback Control (Pro): Word-Perfect Read-Along Highlighting: With Google Cloud and ElevenLabs voices, every word lights up exactly as it is spoken — sentence-level for AtlasVoice TTS Pro and ChatGPT. Bulk MP3 File Generation: Generate MP3 files for hundreds of posts at once using the bulk action from the WordPress posts list. Select your posts, choose “AtlasVoice Generate MP3 File”, and the plugin processes each post automatically. Watch tutorial. Downloadable MP3 Audio: Allow visitors to download MP3 files for offline listening. Unlimited downloads. Also upload your own pre-recorded MP3 files for any post. Read Content from DOM: Capture dynamically rendered content by reading directly from the page DOM instead of the database. Audio Schema Markup (SEO): Generates JSON-LD structured data for audio content, enabling rich audio results in Google Search. Content Splitting: Long articles are automatically split into chunks, then seamlessly combined into a single MP3 file. Content Controls: Add text before/after content for intros and outros. Include or exclude post title and excerpt from the audio output. Content Filtering (Pro): Add CSS Selector: Target specific elements within your content to include in the text-to-speech playback using CSS selectors. Read content from sidebars, footers, or any DOM element. Exclude Texts To Speak: Exclude specific words, phrases, or sentences from being vocalized. Separate multiple entries with the pipe symbol (|). Exclude Tag’s Content: Skip content inside specific HTML tags (e.g., code, blockquote, figcaption). Separate multiple tags with the pipe symbol (|). Exclude by Post ID, Category, or Tag: Precisely control which content gets audio by excluding specific posts, categories, or WordPress tags. Unlimited Text Alias: Replace unlimited abbreviations, acronyms, or domain-specific terms with their spoken equivalents using the Text Alias system. Analytics & Insights (Pro): Advanced Analytics Dashboard: Comprehensive analytics with engagement funnels, browser breakdown, device type analysis, OS distribution, location tracking, popular posts ranking, peak hours heatmap, listening trends, and listener segments. Watch demo. Usage Tracking: Monitor your AI provider usage directly from the WordPress dashboard — track ElevenLabs character usage with real-time subscription data, or access Google Cloud and OpenAI usage dashboards with one click. Search by Post ID & Date Range: Filter analytics data by specific posts or custom date ranges to measure content performance. Player & Customization (Pro): 6 Player Styles: Default (free browser voices), Default Pro, AtlasVoice TTS Pro (own AI engine), Google Cloud TTS, ChatGPT TTS, and ElevenLabs TTS. Pro players use a modern, responsive HTML5 audio player with progress bar, volume, speed, and download button. Display Controls: Display the player by date range, control margins, and apply full CSS customization. (Floating player positions are now included in the free version.) Translation & Multilingual (Pro): 81+ Languages with WPML, GTranslate, TranslatePress & Polylang: Full multilingual support. The player automatically detects language changes and adjusts the voice accordingly. Developer-Friendly (Pro): 50+ Filters & Hooks, REST API: Extensive WordPress filter/action API and full REST API (tta_pro/v1) for programmatic audio generation. Priority live support within 1 hour. Try AtlasVoice Pro today and transform your content into audio. AtlasVoice: Text To Speech Pro Review by Experts Video Tutorials Text To Speech Pro Supported Languages: AtlasVoice Pro supports 81+ languages with premium AI voices: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin/China), Chinese (Mandarin/Taiwan), Chinese (Cantonese), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh Google Cloud TTS supports 90+ languages. ElevenLabs supports 29+ languages with multilingual models. Exact availability varies by provider. Text To Speech TTS Free Supported Languages: The free version uses the browser’s speechSynthesis API, so available voices and languages depend on the user’s browser and operating system: Chrome Desktop: UK English, US English, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (US), French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Hindi, Indonesian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese — 18+ languages. Chrome Mobile: English (US/UK), German, Italian, Russian, French, Spanish — 7 languages. Microsoft Edge (Desktop & Mobile): All available system voices — the widest selection of any browser. Firefox Desktop: English (US/UK) — additional voices with OS speech packs installed. Firefox Mobile: English (US/UK), German, Italian, Russian, French, Spanish — 7 languages. Tip: For the widest voice selection on the free version, recommend Microsoft Edge to your visitors. For consistent, high-quality voices across all browsers and devices, upgrade to AtlasVoice Pro with premium AI voices. Compatibility Multilingual: WPML, GTranslate, TranslatePress, Polylang — auto-detects language and adjusts voice. Page Builders & Themes: Elementor, Avada, WPBakery, Divi Caching: WP-Optimize, LiteSpeed Cache, Autoptimize, W3 Total Cache, Speed Optimizer Custom Post Types: ACF, Custom Post Type UI, Toolset Types Other: Yoast Duplicate Post, Duplicate Post, Duplicate Page, Easy Table of Contents USAGE: Use the [atlasvoice] shortcode to add the audio player anywhere: [atlasvoice] — Basic player. [atlasvoice listen_text="Listen" pause_text="Pause" resume_text="Resume" replay_text="Replay"] — Custom button text. [atlasvoice text_to_read="Welcome to our website."] — Custom text to read. [atlasvoice class="my-custom-player"] — Add CSS class. [atlasvoice lang="en-GB" voice="Google UK English"] — Change language and voice. [atlasvoice id="42"] — Read a specific post by ID. [atlasvoice]This content will be read aloud.[/atlasvoice] — Container tag. Get Started Today! Boost engagement, accessibility, and SEO on your WordPress and WooCommerce site with the AtlasVoice text to speech plugin. It is the easiest way to turn your content from text to audio. Meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, increase time-on-page, reduce bounce rate, and cater to a global audience in 81+ languages. Try AtlasVoice Pro for premium AI voices, bulk MP3 generation, cloud storage backup, advanced analytics, and priority support. CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PLUGINS: More free plugins from AtlasAiDev: AI Workflow Automation – MCP, Smart Local AI, and AR/VR 3D Model & Try-On. Source code The complete, unminified source (GPLv3) is on GitHub: https://github.com/azizulhasan/text-to-audio. The git tag matching each wp.org version (e.g. 2.1.20) is the exact source used for that release ZIP. External services The third-party services below may be contacted. For each: what it does, the data sent, when, and the provider’s Terms/Privacy. AtlasAiDev Tracker (track.atlasaidev.com) Opt-in, off by default (stored in option text-to-audio_allow_tracking; revocable anytime). When enabled, sends usage telemetry — plugin/WordPress/PHP versions, site language, enabled features, site name and URL, admin email, and the site’s outbound public IP (resolved via icanhazip.com) — so AtlasAiDev can prioritise improvements. No visitor/listener data is sent. Provided by AtlasAiDev — Terms: https://atlasaidev.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy: https://atlasaidev.com/privacy-policy/ AtlasAiDev plugin catalog (raw.githubusercontent.com) Fetches https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atlasaidev/plugins/main/plugins.json only when an admin opens the “Other AtlasAiDev Plugins” screen (cached 24h). No site or user data is sent beyond standard HTTP headers. AtlasAiDev promotions (raw.githubusercontent.com) Fetches https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atlasaidev/plugins/main/text-to-audio-promotions.json in the admin to show occasional plugin notices (cached 12h). No site or user data is sent beyond standard HTTP headers. Translation downloads (api.github.com, raw.githubusercontent.com) To keep the ZIP small, .mo translations are downloaded on demand from https://github.com/azizulhasan/atlasaidev-translations (via api.github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com) on activation and when the site language changes, and skipped if the .mo already exists. Only the WordPress locale code (e.g. es_ES) is sent. GitHub, Inc. (catalog, promotions + translations) — Terms: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service Privacy: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement Geolocation lookups (ip-api.com, ipinfo.io, icanhazip.com) Opt-in, off by default (AtlasVoice → Analytics → “Show listener location in analytics”; requires Analytics on). When enabled, resolves a listener’s public IP to country/region/city via icanhazip.com (site’s outbound IP), ip-api.com (primary), and ipinfo.io (fallback). Only the listener’s IP is sent. – ip-api.com — Terms: https://ip-api.com/docs/legal, Privacy: https://members.ip-api.com/privacy-policy – ipinfo.io — Terms: https://ipinfo.io/terms-of-service, Privacy: https://ipinfo.io/privacy-policy – icanhazip.com — https://major.io/p/a-new-future-for-icanhazip/

A collection of simple addons that provide every day functionality with privacy and speed. There’s very few options, and no unnecessary filler. It does exactly what it needs to do and nothing else. Toolbelt takes a privacy first approach to adding features. Everything happens on your server. No data is sent to third party servers without your explicit consent. No data is loaded from third parties (for example social sharing scripts). Taking inspiration from Jetpack I want to rebuild the features I use the most and make them as simple and fast as possible. Toolbelt has been featured on The WordPress Tavern in an interview with me. You can read more about the creation of the plugin and my desire for a more private internet. Gutenberg Blocks Some of the Toolbelt modules include blocks to make working with the generated content easier. The available blocks are: Contact Form – The simplest way to have people get in touch. Works with the spam module. Post Categories – A category content list for magazine and newspaper themes. Simple Slider – A fast, CSS powered slider. No JavaScript and easy to edit. Projects Grid – to list a collection of projects. These can be filtered by project category. Testimonials Grid – to list a group of testimonials. Great for showing off! 🙂 Markdown – for those who like a simpler writing experience. Sitemap – Easily list all posts, pages, Categories and Projects. Star Rating – Rate things with a simple visual interface. Breadcrumbs – for full site editing. Related posts – for full site editing. All Features Toolbelt has a lot of features. The complete list is below. Admin Interface Tweaks – Small CSS changes to make the interface nicer to use. Avatars – Algorithmicly generated private avatars that are consistent across websites. Breadcrumbs Contact Form – Gutenberg compatible & private. Supports the spam blocker module. Cookie Banner CSP Header Disable Comment Urls – Removes comments urls from your site. Disable REST API – Disable the REST API from public usage. Fast 404 – Stops WordPress from loading the full 404 page for images and other content. Reduces server usage. Footnotes Get Image – Find a featured image for posts that do not have one assigned. Heading Anchors – Add anchor names to headings so that they can be linked to. Iframe Privacy Shield – Remove iframes and add a clickable screen so that they load when the user wants to see them. Infinite Scroll Jetpack Dev Mode – Disable Jetpacks connection so that only local functions are enabled. Lazy Loading Layout Grid – A nicer columns block. Markdown Monetization – Enable Coil Web Monetization. OEmbed – Add additional OEmbed providers. Optimization – Remove WordPress features that are rarely used. Portfolio – Portfolio custom post type and blocks. Post Category – A post category block. Random Redirection – Randomly redirect to a blog post. Related Posts Remove IP Addresses – Remove IP addresses from comments for user privacy (spam protection still works). Responsive Videos Search Redirect – If there’s a single search result redirect to it instead of displaying the restuls. Sitemap – Sitemap block. Slider – JavaScript free CSS slider block. Social Menu – Replace social links with icons in navigation blocks. Spam Blocker – Privacy focused spam blocker. Static Social Sharing – Link to social sharing pages, and don’t load social network content on your site. Stats – Enable privacy focused analytics providers like Fathom. Testimonials – Testimonials Custom post types and blocks. Tidy Notifications – Move plugin and theme notifications to a sidebar. Typographic Widows – Remove widows in post titles. Widget Display – Set rules for widget visibility. Toolbelt is Private Every week there’s a new story about Facebook (or Google, or Amazon, or whoever) tracking people inappropriately, or selling user details. Or some security breach that leaks users passwords or credit card info. Privacy is a big topic and frankly, it’s scary how much big corporations like Google, Facebook, and Twitter know. To ensure Toolbelt is as privacy focused as possible it: Does not phone out. No data is shared with third parties. Does not use standard social sharing javascripts (loaded from social networks servers). Does not track your usage of the plugin. Does not add generator comments, or secret promotional comments to your site html. Toolbelt is Fast Slow websites make me sad. I don’t want to add anything to Toolbelt that will impact site load speed. My Google Pagespeed score should not move from 100. Why? Faster sites are shown to increase conversions and time on site. Google loves fast sites and improves their search rankings. In addition fast sites are great for people with slower internet access, or on mobile data, and use less resources to generate the page. So many benefits! To be fast Toolbelt: Doesn’t use jQuery or any other javascript framework. All javascript is vanilla js, and minified. Minifies all assets (JS and CSS). Loads all assets inline. They are already small, and loading them directly on the page means there are no server requests. Only loads things when they are needed. JS and CSS are only loaded for activated modules. Very few options. There’s one main database option, an array that stores what modules are active. And another that stores settings for some modules. Uses the minimum code possible. Minimum Javascript and PHP. Less code means more speed, and fewer bugs. All options are disabled by default. You enable only the ones you need. Built for developers Toolbelt is built with developers in mind. It has a collection of hooks and filters to enable you to make the modules work the way you want. If you’re intersted to jump in the project, there are opportunities for developers at all levels to help out. Contribute to Toolbelt on GitHub and join the party. 🎉 The code can be found on Github Documentation with code examples can be found on the wiki You can reach out to me with questions or problems on Twitter