Side by side
| Feature | Speechify | Fish Audio |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Reads PDFs, documents, web pages and books aloud with natural AI voices, and adds voice typing and an AI assistant for students and professionals. | AI text-to-speech and voice cloning platform for creating expressive voiceovers, audiobooks, character voices and voice agents. |
| Price from | 29 USD/mo | not listed |
| Free plan | yes | yes |
| Platforms | web, ios, android, windows, mac, chrome | web, api |
| API | yes | yes |
Speechify: key features
- Text to speech for PDFs, docs, web pages and books
- 1,000+ AI voices in 60+ languages (Premium)
- Playback speed control, up to 4.5x or 5x (Premium)
- Voice Typing dictation in any app
- AI summaries and chat about documents and websites
- AI Podcasts generated from documents or descriptions
Fish Audio: key features
- Text-to-speech with a library of over 2 million voices
- Voice cloning from short audio samples
- Emotion and non-verbal tags such as [laughing], [sighing] and [pause]
- Speech-to-text transcription with multispeaker and emotion tags
- Avatar lipsync for talking images and video
- Low-latency API for real-time voice agents
FAQ
Is Speechify or Fish Audio better?
It depends on the job - compare prices, free plans and features in the table above.
Are Speechify and Fish Audio free?
Speechify: Yes, there is a free plan. Listen at speeds up to 1.5x, listen anywhere, 10 robotic sounding voices, text to speech features only. Fish Audio: Yes, there is a free plan. Free sign-up to start; the homepage mentions a free plan with access to voice generation and cloning, but the specific limits are not stated in the text.