Woord

What it does

Woord is a text to speech service that turns written text into audio using more than 100 voices across 34 languages and regional variations. Users paste text or share an article URL, pick a voice and download the audio as MP3, or host it with an HTML embed player. The site also lists API access and OCR for reading from images and scanned PDFs. Accounts can be created with Google, Facebook or email. Paid plans run from Starter at $9.99 per month to Pro at $99.99 per month, each with monthly character limits, and annual billing saves two months. A 7 day free trial requires a credit card. Enterprise pricing is available on request.

Woord Ltd. is based in London, UK, and states it builds speech solutions for software, web and mobile applications. Plans include Starter at $9.99 per month for 100,000 characters, Basic at $24.99 for 500,000 characters, Advance at $49.99 for 1,250,000 characters and Pro at $99.99 for 3,000,000 characters. Each plan lists male, female and child voices, no character limit per audio, full ownership of files, API access and cancellation at any time. The signup page lists realistic voices, OCR for images and scanned PDFs, a private audio library and API access. The site offers an Online Reader, a voices list, a FAQ and contact by email, with US phone +1 (925) 953-2799 and UK phone +44 (0)20 3289 6993.