VoicedByMe / Use cases / Speechify alternative
Windows 10 and 11 · Macs with Apple silicon
VoicedByMe reads any text aloud in natural AI voices, like Speechify, but it runs on your Windows PC or Mac instead of online. It costs $30 once instead of $139 a year, has no word limits or account, and can read in your own cloned voice.
Samples made offline with ready-made voices. All of them are AI-generated.
Side by side
| Price | Where it runs | Limits | Your own voice | Phone and browser | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoicedByMe | $30 once | On your computer, offline | None | Yes, from 20 seconds | No: Windows and Mac apps |
| Speechify Premium | $139 a year, or $29 a month | Online, with an account | A monthly allowance of premium-voice words | Check Speechify's plans | Yes: phone apps and a browser extension |
| NaturalReader (personal) | $79 to $159 a year | Online, with an account | Depends on the plan | Check NaturalReader's plans | Yes |
As of October 2026. Check each app's own site for its current features and prices.
Why switch
$30 once, about what one month of Speechify Premium costs on its monthly plan. Over three years of the yearly plan you save more than $380.
The voice model runs on your own graphics card or Apple silicon chip, so a page costs the same as a whole library: nothing.
Your text never leaves your computer. Contracts, medical notes, school work and anything under an NDA stay put. No account.
Select text anywhere and press CtrlAltR. Or drag over the screen to hear text in pictures, videos and scanned pages.
EPUB and PDF to audiobook, with chapters, to listen to on your phone later.
Twenty seconds of talking is enough to hear everything read as you.
Be honest
Speechify works on phones, tablets and in a browser extension, and it reads many more languages. If you mostly listen on your phone, or need languages other than English, Spanish and German, it fits better.
VoicedByMe is for people who read on a computer: it reads anything on screen, works without the internet and never asks you to pay again. You can still take audio to your phone by making an audiobook or saving a clip.
VoicedByMe uses a modern AI voice model, so it sounds like a person rather than a robot. The best way to judge is to listen: the full app is free for a day.
No. VoicedByMe runs on Windows 10 and 11 and on Macs with Apple silicon. You can make audiobooks or audio clips and play them on your phone.
Yes. Select text in a browser or any app and press the shortcut, open a PDF, EPUB or Word file to read with highlighting, or drag over the screen to read text in pictures.
No. Everything runs on your computer, so you can listen as much as you like.
$30 once for the first 50 customers, then $50. No subscription. The full app is free for one day so you can try it first. A license is for one computer.
For Windows 10 and 11, and Macs with Apple silicon
$30once. Launch price for the first 50 customers, then $50.
One computer. No subscription.
The full app, free for 24 hours. Purchases aren't refundable, so please try it first.