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by superasn 1873 days ago
I made this site to do exactly that: https://www.speakreader.com

I've always found it a bit hard to keep focused while reading long text and books. So after trying a lot of things I noticed that this method works really well for me and I was able read almost 7 books in a month with it. Though for me it only works when I set the speed to at least 2.5x normal otherwise I get bored. Also only non-fiction. It's 100% free because I made this only for myself, but maybe try it and see if it works for you too!

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It doesn't seem to work when I paste text. After pasting text into the modal and submitting it prompts me to enter Wavenet API key.
Yes that is required to make the Google's text to speech work. There are instructions under the box on how to obtain it. I've also linked to a YouTube demo video (not mine) for getting the same in there too.