Inicio rápido
Esta guía abarca todas las funciones de ReadSpeaker:
- Empezando — Pick the right tool and get access
- How to Use speechMaker — Browser app that turns text into a downloadable audio file
- How to Use speechEngine SAPI — SAPI5-compatible voices installed on a Windows computer
- How to Use Custom Text-to-Speech Voices — Branded voice built with the VoiceLab team
- How to Use TextAid Personal Library — Personal library inside TextAid that stores uploaded documents
- Cómo usar la API de speechCloud — Cloud API that adds speech to your own application
- Cómo usar el resaltado sincronizado — Highlights words and sentences as webReader speaks them
- How to Use Reading Ruler — Line guide available in docReader and TextAid
- How to Use Text Mode — Plain text view of the page, free of layout noise
- How to Use Dictionary and Translation — Word lookup and language translation from selected text
Tiempo necesario: 5 minutos por función
También en esta guía: Consejos profesionales | Errores comunes | Solución de problemas | Precios | Alternativas
¿Por qué confiar en esta guía?
Every step here was checked against ReadSpeaker’s own product specification documents.
Product names, toolbar features and access keys match the official documentation rather than guesswork.
ReadSpeaker is not one tool. It is a family of texto a voz productos.
Most guides blur them together, which is why so much advice about it is wrong.
This guide on how to use ReadSpeaker keeps each tool separate and shows exactly where it fits.
Tutorial de ReadSpeaker
Each section below names the product that actually owns the feature.
Leer el altavoz
Let every visitor listen instead of read. ReadSpeaker webReader adds a listen button to your website and reads the page aloud, with no app for visitors to download. Request a quote for your organisation.
Primeros pasos con ReadSpeaker
How you get access depends on which tool you need.
Here is an overview before the steps:
The video shows the reading tools in use. Now let’s break down each step.
Step 1: Work Out Which Tool You Need
webReader reads a website. docReader reads documents linked on that website.
TextAid is the literacy tool for study, and speechMaker produces audio files.
Note that visitors to a speech enabled website never need an account at all.
Step 2: Get Access
Organisations request a quote, and a specialist replies within one negocio día.
TextAid is the exception, with a self-service signup and a 14 day free trial.
Here is what the tools look like in practice:
✓ Control: You have either a quote in progress or a TextAid account.
Step 3: Activate and Listen
On a live website, simply click the listen button or speaker icon to open the player.
The page is then read out loud from the top of the current page.
The pop-up control panel gives you play, pause, stop, volume and reading speed.
✅ Hecho: Ya puedes utilizar cualquiera de las funciones que aparecen a continuación.
How to Use ReadSpeaker speechMaker
speechMaker lets you paste text, pick a voz, and download the finished audio.
speechMaker is the tool that produces audio files. It is not the listen button on a website.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Sign In to speechMaker
Open speechMaker in your browser and sign in with the credentials your administrator issued.
Step 2: Paste Your Text and Choose a Voice
Paste the text, set the reading language, then preview the speech before committing.
Team packages let an administrator assign a licence per user.
Así es como se ve:
✓ Control: A preview plays and the export options become available.
Step 3: Download the Audio
Export as MP3, OGG or WAV, then save it to your device or Dropbox.
✅ Resultado: You have an audio file ready for e-learning, training or IVR prompts.
💡 Consejo profesional: Feed speechMaker an Excel sheet to batch produce clips, one row per line of text and filename.
How to Use ReadSpeaker speechEngine SAPI
speechEngine SAPI lets you add ReadSpeaker voces to Windows apps that already support SAPI5.
speechEngine SAPI supplies voices to other programs. It is not an app you read with yourself.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Get the Installer From ReadSpeaker
Your account manager supplies the Windows installer and the licence file for your voices.
Windows 10 and 11 are supported.
Step 2: Run the Installer
Install the engine and tick the voices you have licensed.
The voices then become available to Windows and any SAPI-compatible application.
Así es como se ve:
✓ Control: The new voice is listed in the Windows speech settings.
Step 3: Point a SAPI Application at the Voice
Open a program that already supports SAPI5 and select a ReadSpeaker voice in its own settings.
✅ Resultado: Any SAPI5 application on that computer can speak with a ReadSpeaker voice.
💡 Consejo profesional: Use the lexicon editor to add IPA pronunciations for product names the engine gets wrong.
How to Use ReadSpeaker Custom Text-to-Speech Voices
Voces de texto a voz personalizadas lets you commission a branded voice built by the VoiceLab team.
Custom voices come from VoiceLab, a guided service rather than a self-serve tool.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Book a Discovery Call
Describe your channels, deployment environment and the tone you want.
Step 2: Define the Profile and Record
ReadSpeaker auditions and contracts a professional voice actor, then records purpose-built material.
A neural model is trained on that controlled dataset.
Así es como se ve:
✓ Control: You receive sample clips to approve before the voice goes live.
Step 3: Test, Tune and Deploy
Linguists adjust intonation, speed and paso using brand-specific lexicons before release.
✅ Resultado: One consistent brand voice across cloud, on-premise or embedded builds.
💡 Consejo profesional: Simple projects can land in a few weeks, but full enterprise builds run to several months — plan temprano.
How to Use ReadSpeaker TextAid Personal Library
TextAid Personal Library lets you store documents you want to revisit inside one personal library.
The personal library belongs to ReadSpeaker TextAid, the literacy tool, not to webReader.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Log In to TextAid
Open your TextAid account, or let it be created automatically on first LMS login.
Paso 2: Sube tus documentos
Add files from your device, Google Drive, OneDrive or Bookshare.
Scanned images run through OCR, though accuracy is not guaranteed.
Así es como se ve:
✓ Control: Your uploaded documents appear in the library list.
Step 3: Open a File and Listen
Click a saved file, press play, and adjust reading speed between 5% and 200%.
✅ Resultado: Study material is available from any internet connected device.
💡 Consejo profesional: TextAid also offers spell check, word prediction and dictation, so writing support sits beside your reading.
Cómo usar la API de ReadSpeaker speechCloud
API speechCloud lets you call ReadSpeaker speech from your own product over HTTPS.
speechCloud API is the developer route. Credentials come from ReadSpeaker, not from a self-service signup.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Receive Your Portal Credentials
ReadSpeaker issues a username, password and portal URL once your order is confirmed.
Step 2: Retrieve Your API Key
Collect the key from the customer portal and send it with every request over HTTPS.
Regenerate the key there if you suspect misuse.
Así es como se ve:
✓ Control: A test request returns playable audio rather than an authentication error.
Step 3: Order Production Credits
New accounts start with limited trial credits; your account manager adds production capacity.
✅ Resultado: Your product can speak using licensed ReadSpeaker voices.
💡 Consejo profesional: Check your order confirmation before caching anything — storing or reusing generated audio needs explicit written permission.
How to Use ReadSpeaker Synchronized Highlighter
Resaltado sincronizado lets you follow each word visually while the audio plays.
ReadSpeaker webReader marks text as it reads so your eyes never lose the line.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Press Listen
Simply click the listen button and the player expands on the current page.
Step 2: Open Settings
Use the toolbar settings to change what gets marked.
By default words turn light blue and each sentence turns light green.
✓ Control: Each spoken word lights up as the audio moves forward.
Step 3: Pick Your Text Color
Choose from six text colours, eight background shades, or switch to an underline.
✅ Resultado: Listening while reading helps you retain more information.
💡 Consejo profesional: Japanese and Thai support sentence-level highlighting only, so word-level settings will not apply there.
How to Use ReadSpeaker Reading Ruler
Reading Ruler lets you isolate one line of a document while you work through it.
Reading Ruler lives in docReader and TextAid. On a web page the equivalent is Page Mask.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Open the Document
Click the docReader button beside a document link to open it in a pop up window.
Step 2: Expand the Toolbar
Open the toolbar and choose Reading Ruler, or Page Mask for a horizontal bar that shades the rest.
Page Mask is also on the webReader toolbar for ordinary web content.
✓ Control: Only the line or band you are reading stays fully visible.
Step 3: Adjust the Guide
Drag the guide down the page as you read, line by line.
✅ Resultado: Visual clutter drops away and your place on the page stays obvious.
💡 Consejo profesional: docReader converts the file on every click, so readers always get your current published version.
How to Use ReadSpeaker Text Mode
Text Mode lets you strip a cluttered page down to plain readable text.
Text mode rebuilds the page as plain text inside the webReader toolbar.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Open the Toolbar
Activate the ReadSpeaker webReader toolbar on the page you want to read.
Step 2: Switch to Text Mode
Select text mode from the toolbar and the content reopens without the surrounding design.
Navigation, images and sidebars drop away.
✓ Control: The article shows as plain paragraphs on a clean background.
Step 3: Enlarge Text if Needed
Use enlarge text to size the words comfortably before you start.
✅ Resultado: A dense page becomes something you can actually finish.
💡 Consejo profesional: Text mode is the official name — ReadSpeaker does not use the phrase Simple View anywhere in its documentation.
How to Use ReadSpeaker Dictionary and Translator
Dictionary and Translation lets you look up or translate any word without leaving the page.
Language translation and dictionary lookup share one pop up menu.
Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlo paso a paso.
Step 1: Highlight the Selected Text
Drag across the word or passage you do not recognise.
Step 2: Choose From the Menu
Pick Translate, Dictionary or Listen from the menu that appears.
Translation runs through Google Translate or DeepL, capped at 5,000 characters.
✓ Control: A small panel shows the definition or the translated sentence.
Step 3: Listen to the Result
Press the play button to hear the translated text or the definition spoken.
✅ Resultado: You can read past unfamiliar vocabulary without breaking your flow.
💡 Consejo profesional: The 5,000 character cap is per request, so translate a paragraph at a time rather than a whole page.
Consejos y atajos profesionales de ReadSpeaker
These are the details that save the most time once you know them.
Atajos de teclado
webReader uses access keys. The modifier differs by browser and operating system.
| Acción | Access key |
|---|---|
| Focus the listen button | Modifier + K |
| Focus player and start reading | Modifier + L |
| Deja de leer | Modifier + X |
| Open or close the toolbar | Modifier + 1 |
| Ajustes | Modifier + S |
| Page mask | Modifier + M |
| Text mode | Modifier + V |
| Download mp3 | Modifier + D |
Inside the player, Tab moves between controls and Enter activates one.
Features Most People Miss
- Download mp3: Readers can download the spoken page for personal use, straight from the toolbar.
- Reading language: Change the reading language from the toolbar without reloading the current page.
- Click and listen: Turn it on and any paragraph is read when you click it.
- Writing support: ReadSpeaker includes spell check, word prediction and dictation inside the TextAid tool.
- Exam module: TextAid can restrict features and whitelist URLs during assessments.
- Other settings: Depending on your configuration, the panel may also expose automatic scrolling and the pop-up menu.
Errores comunes que debes evitar según ReadSpeaker
Mistake #1: Expecting website visitors to log in
❌ Incorrecto: Telling readers to sign up before they can use the listen button on a web page.
✅ Derecha: Visitors just press Listen. Their settings are saved in a cookie on that device.
Mistake #2: Mixing up webReader and TextAid
❌ Incorrecto: Looking for the personal library or spell check on an ordinary website toolbar.
✅ Derecha: Those belong to ReadSpeaker TextAid. webReader reads public web content instead.
Mistake #3: Reusing generated audio without checking
❌ Incorrecto: Caching speechCloud API audio and republishing it across other projects.
✅ Derecha: Storage and reuse need explicit permission in your order confirmation.
Solución de problemas de ReadSpeaker
Problem: The listen button does not appear
Causa: The script has not loaded, often due to an ad blocker or a caching plugin.
Arreglar: Allow the script on that website, clear the cache, then reload the page.
Problem: Audio plays but nothing is highlighted
Causa: Highlighting was changed from the default settings, or the markup cannot be mapped.
Arreglar: Open settings, restore highlighting, and pick a stronger text color.
Problem: A linked document will not read
Causa: The file type is unsupported, or the document link points somewhere docReader cannot reach.
Arreglar: Check the format, then confirm the docReader button passes the full document URL.
Problem: Scanned images produce poor text
Causa: TextAid runs OCR on images, and accuracy on low quality scans is not guaranteed.
Arreglar: Re-upload a higher resolution scan, or use a text based file where you can.
📌 Nota: Si ninguna de estas soluciones resuelve su problema, póngase en contacto con el soporte técnico de ReadSpeaker.
¿Qué es ReadSpeaker?
Leer el altavoz is a text to speech company, not a single tool.
Its products read websites and documents aloud, support study, and power voices inside apps and dispositivos.
Mira este breve resumen:
ReadSpeaker includes these tools:
- Lector web: Adds the listen button to a website and reads web content aloud
- Lector de documentos: Reads documents linked on your website, with word and sentence highlighting
- Ayuda de texto: Literacy tool for students, with a personal library and writing support
- speechMaker: Browser app that turns text into a downloadable audio file
- API speechCloud: Cloud API for adding speech to your own product
- speechEngine SDK and SAPI: On-device speech for a Windows computer, mobile and embedded hardware
- speechServer: Server-side speech for on-premise and telephony use
- VoiceLab: Custom branded voices built with professional voice actors
It also supports transport, industrial and kiosk hardware where no internet connected device is guaranteed.
Following Web Content Accessibility Guidelines during development keeps your own site compatible.
Para una revisión completa, consulte nuestra Reseña de ReadSpeaker.
Precios de ReadSpeaker
Here is what ReadSpeaker costs in 2026:
| Plan | Precio | Mejor para |
|---|---|---|
| Precios personalizados | Contact for a quote | Websites, documents, APIs and custom voices |
| TextAid individual | From $9 per user per month | Estudiantes y usuarios individuales |
ReadSpeaker ofrece un modelo de precios personalizado para todos. Contáctalos para obtener un presupuesto personalizado.
TextAid is the one product with published individual pricing.
Prueba gratuita: TextAid offers 14 days free with no card required.
Garantía de devolución de dinero: Not published. Terms sit inside your agreement.
Here is the pricing page as it stands:
💰 Mejor relación calidad-precio: TextAid individual — the only plan you can start without talking to sales.
ReadSpeaker frente a alternativas
How does ReadSpeaker compare? Here is the competitive landscape:
| Herramienta | Mejor para | Precio | Clasificación |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leer el altavoz | Accesibilidad del sitio web | Cotización personalizada | ⭐ 4 |
| OnceLabs | Voice realism | $5/mes | ⭐ 4.8 |
| Murf | Video voiceover | $29/mes | ⭐ 4.6 |
| Perorar | Lectura móvil | $11.58/mes | ⭐ 4.5 |
| Lector natural | Estudiantes individuales | $9.99/mes | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Jugar.ht | Generación rápida | $31.20/mes | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Descripción | Podcast edición | $12/mes | ⭐ 4.6 |
| Laboratorios WellSaid | Corporate e-learning | $44/mes | ⭐ 4.5 |
Selecciones rápidas:
- Mejor en general: ReadSpeaker — the only one built around reading a live website.
- Mejor presupuesto: NaturalReader — cheap and simple for one person.
- Ideal para principiantes: Speechify — install it, point your phone, listen.
- Lo mejor para la calidad de voz: ElevenLabs — still the most human sounding speech.
🎯 Alternativas a ReadSpeaker
¿Buscas alternativas a ReadSpeaker? Aquí tienes las mejores opciones:
- 🧠 Hume: Reads emotional tone from your script and shapes delivery to match it.
- 🎨 Murf: Studio editor with a large voice library and simple timing controls for video.
- 🚀 Perorar: Mobile first reader that scans printed pages with your phone camera.
- 🔧 Descripción: Edits audio by editing the transcript, which suits podcast teams.
- 🌟 OnceLabs: Strongest raw voice realism, with cloning across many languages.
- ⚡ Jugar.ht: Fast generation and a wide voice library for marketing audio.
- 💼 Lovo: Bundles voice with a editor de vídeo, handy for training clips.
- 📊 Lista nr: Turns blog posts into podcast episodes with hosting included.
- 🎯 Podcast: Recording studio and speech tools in one browser tab.
- 💰 Duplicado: Low entry pricing with avatars in the same dashboard.
- 🏢 Laboratorios WellSaid: Corporate narration with tight pronunciation control for e-learning.
- 🔥 Revoicer: One time payment model instead of a monthly bill.
- 👶 Lector natural: Simplest pick for one person who wants text read aloud.
- 🎤 Alterado: Voice changing and dubbing aimed at film and game audio.
- ⭐ Speechelo: Budget tool for quick voiceovers on short marketing video.
- 🔒 TTS OpenAI: Developer API with predictable per character pricing.
Para ver la lista completa, consulte nuestra Alternativas a ReadSpeaker guía.
⚔️ ReadSpeaker comparado
Here is how ReadSpeaker stacks up against each competitor:
- ReadSpeaker vs Hume: Hume reads emotion better; ReadSpeaker covers website accessibility and compliance work.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Murf: Murf suits video producers; ReadSpeaker suits publishers who need an on page listen button.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Speechify: Speechify is better on a phone; ReadSpeaker is better for institution wide rollouts.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Descript: Descript edits recorded audio; ReadSpeaker generates speech from live web content.
- ReadSpeaker frente a ElevenLabs: ElevenLabs sounds more human; ReadSpeaker ships the reading tools and the toolbar.
- ReadSpeaker vs Play.ht: Play.ht is faster to trial; ReadSpeaker offers deeper LMS integration.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Lovo: Lovo bundles video editing; ReadSpeaker focuses on reading support.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Listnr: Listnr targets podcasters; ReadSpeaker targets schools, agencies and publishers.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Podcastle: Podcastle is a recording studio; ReadSpeaker is an accessibility layer for your website.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Dupdub: Dupdub is cheaper upfront; ReadSpeaker supports larger deployments properly.
- ReadSpeaker frente a WellSaid Labs: WellSaid excels at scripted narration; ReadSpeaker excels at reading pages nobody scripted.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Revoicer: Revoicer costs less long term; ReadSpeaker adds translation and literacy tools.
- ReadSpeaker frente a NaturalReader: NaturalReader is easier for one user; ReadSpeaker scales across a campus.
- ReadSpeaker frente a Altered: Altered is built for media production; ReadSpeaker is built for readers.
- ReadSpeaker vs Speechelo: Speechelo is cheaper; ReadSpeaker supports far more languages and devices.
- ReadSpeaker vs TTS OpenAI: TTS OpenAI needs developers; ReadSpeaker ships finished tools for non technical teams.
Empiece a usar ReadSpeaker ahora
Aprendiste a usar todas las funciones principales de ReadSpeaker:
- ✅ speechMaker
- ✅ speechEngine SAPI
- ✅ Custom Text-to-Speech Voices
- ✅ TextAid Personal Library
- ✅ API speechCloud
- ✅ Resaltado sincronizado
- ✅ Reading Ruler
- ✅ Text Mode
- ✅ Dictionary and Translation
Siguiente paso: Elige una herramienta y pruébala ahora.
Most people start with webReader on their own website.
It takes less than five minutes to brief your developer.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cómo funciona ReadSpeaker?
On a website, the site owner adds webReader. Visitors press the listen button and the page is read aloud, with text highlighting following each word.
¿Cómo usar ReadSpeaker en Canvas?
TextAid is added to Canvas as an LTI 1.3 tool by an administrator. Students then open it from inside a course, with no download needed.
¿Cómo puedo hacer que mi pantalla lea en voz alta?
Use the listen button on a speech enabled web page. To hear one part only, highlight the selected text and choose Listen from the menu.
¿Cómo activo la lectura en voz alta?
Simply click Listen and the player opens. For documents, click the docReader button beside the file link, then press Listen in the toolbar.
¿Está libre ReadSpeaker?
Mostly no. Website and developer products are quote based. TextAid is the exception, with published individual plans and a 14 day free trial.
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