Improve Your Writing with Text to Speech

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3 years ago

So, you may have heard that a good way of proofreading your own content is to read it aloud. It may then become obvious if your sentences are too long or don't flow naturally. You can also pick up missing words or phrases that don't make sense.

However, even when doing this, you are obviously aware of how it should sound, and may therefore add a pause automatically. But if that natural pause isn't indicated by a comma in the writing, then somebody else reading it would be lost in a rambling sentence.

This is where a text to speech programme can help. Here is one that is free:

https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/

You simply copy and paste your text into it, and it reads it aloud. Admittedly, it's an artificially generated voice, which can be a bit off-putting. To add to the experience, close your eyes and don't look at the words. How does it sound? Does it make sense?

Is it easy to understand at the first hearing? Or, would you need to listen to it again? If it's not immediately obvious what you are trying to say, then the written version may need some tweaking.

If nothing else, it can be quite satisfying to listen to your own content and think, "Hey, I wrote that!"