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Speechable

AI Text-to-Speech for WordPress Websites

Details

External ID
46475535
Source
HN
Company
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Product
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Website domain
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Launched
Jan. 3, 2026
Cohort
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Upvotes
5
Upvotes percentile
0.09617918313570488
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

Description

Hi HN / YCI just shipped Speechable — a free, open-source AI text-to-speech solution for WordPress that runs entirely in the browser with no API keys, no paid services, and no server infrastructure.I wrote a full write-up here: https://tanishmittal.com/speechable-ai-text-to-speech-for-wo...What it doesAdds a native audio player to WordPress postsUses browser-based neural TTSSupports 12+ languagesOffers multiple voice presets & effectsLets visitors download audioHighlights words in sync with narrationWhy I built itMost TTS plugins depend on expensive APIs, external servers, and data sharing. I wanted:Privacy-first experiencesNo recurring costsHigh-quality voice outputEasy install for any WordPress siteTry itRepo & docs: https://github.com/tansihmittal/speechableWould love feedback — especially on:UX pain pointsPerformance in real blogsEdge cases you think it should supportIf you try it or build something cool with it, shoutout on X: @glowdoperaThanks!

Enrichment

Theme
voice dictation and control tools
Vertical
Media & entertainment
Function
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Audience
B2B
AI stance
AI feature
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
text-to-speech for wordpress websites
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes It is a standard WordPress plugin wrapping client-side browser Web Speech API or in-browser ONNX/Wasm TTS models (like Transformers.js) with no backend infrastructure.

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Attention rank: #209 of 218 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 58 days after the earliest competitor.

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