Quick TTS Blog
Long-form posts on free text-to-speech — file-format workflows, accessibility, the browser engines under the hood, and honest comparisons against the paid alternatives. Eleven posts so far, written to be useful first and ranked second.
Best Free TTS Voices in 2026: An Honest Ranking
Browser TTS, Piper, and Kokoro ranked across three axes — quality, compatibility, and setup cost. Specific voices called out by name, with a decision tree at the end so you don't waste time on a voice your hardware can't run. Posted 2026-05-04.
Web Speech API vs Piper vs Kokoro: Browser TTS Compared
A working-engineer comparison from the position of a project that ships all three in production. Model sizes, latency, real chunking values, audio samples, and a benchmark table for time-to-first-audio + RAM peak. Posted 2026-05-04, deepened with samples + benchmarks 2026-05-10.
Kokoro-82M in the Browser: WebGPU Benchmarks Across NVIDIA, AMD, and Apple Silicon
How fast does Kokoro-82M actually run in a browser? Cross-GPU measurements: cold load, time-to-first-audio at 200/500/1000-character inputs, peak RAM, and the pipelined batch trick that keeps perceived latency bounded regardless of input length. Posted 2026-05-10.
Every Piper Voice, Ranked: The Practical Guide to Piper's voices.json
Piper's catalog is massive but uneven. The five English voices we'd actually ship, the ones we'd skip, the standout non-English community voices (German Thorsten, Argentine Daniela, Brazilian Cadu), and the licensing minefield you have to navigate. Posted 2026-05-10.
Why Piper-WASM Still Doesn't Work Reliably on iOS (and When It Might)
Three concrete failure modes — AudioContext autoplay restrictions, the 100MB tab memory cliff, and the no-WASM-threads main-thread tax — and an honest timeline for when iOS Safari might fix them. Posted 2026-05-10.
Listen to a PDF Aloud — Free, In-Browser, No Upload
Why PDFs are technically harder than EPUBs (print-layout vs. semantic format), how Quick TTS handles them with pdf.js locally, and an honest send-off to OCR tools when your PDF is scanned and Quick TTS can't help. Posted 2026-05-04.
TTS for Dyslexia Students: Free Browser-Based Reading Help
Why TTS specifically reduces decoding load for dyslexic readers, a concrete workflow for assigned readings, and clear pointers to school disability services and paid tools (Read&Write, Kurzweil, NaturalReader Pro) when those fit better. Posted 2026-05-04.
Proofread With Text-to-Speech: Catch Errors Your Eyes Skip
Hearing your draft surfaces duplicate words, awkward rhythm, and run-ons that silent re-reading misses. Tactics: read at 1.25× speed, pick a voice you don't normally use, do two passes. Complements Grammarly rather than replacing it. Posted 2026-05-04.
Listen to Articles While Walking: Free Browser TTS for Your Phone
Paste-and-walk for long-form articles. The iOS audio-unlock reality, the mobile Kokoro caveat, Bluetooth-button workflow tips, and where Readwise Reader beats this for daily use. Posted 2026-05-04.
Quick TTS vs NaturalReader: Honest Free-Tier Comparison (2026)
A fair head-to-head: where NaturalReader's OCR, mobile apps, and highlight-sync genuinely win, and where Quick TTS's free unlimited browser-only synthesis wins. With a use-case decision tree so you pick the right tool for your input. Posted 2026-05-04.
Free EPUB to Speech: Read Any Ebook Aloud in Your Browser
Drop a non-DRM EPUB into your browser and listen to the whole book aloud. Where to get free DRM-free ebooks (Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks), and an honest take on what to do with DRM-locked Kindle/Kobo files. Posted 2026-05-03.