Text to Speech With No Subscription
Read any webpage aloud with premium voices — and never get charged a monthly fee again.
unChonk is the pay-as-you-go text-to-speech reader for your browser. Buy credits once, use them whenever you read, and skip the auto-renewing subscriptions that every other TTS app forces on you.
Why a subscription is the wrong model for text to speech
Most people don't read aloud every single day. You might lean on text to speech heavily during exam week, a big research project, or a stretch of long work documents — and then barely touch it for a month. A subscription charges you the same whether you used it 200 times or not at all. Over a year, that adds up to paying for a lot of silence.
Subscriptions also create friction you didn't ask for: free trials that quietly convert, annual plans that auto-renew, and the small chore of remembering to cancel. unChonk removes all of that. There is no recurring charge to forget about, because there is no recurring charge at all.
You buy credits, and the credits are yours. Read a hundred pages this week and nothing next month — you only ever spend on the text you actually convert to speech.
How pay-as-you-go text to speech works
Install free
Add the unChonk Chrome extension and start reading webpages aloud right away — no card required to begin.
Top up credits
When you want premium neural voices, buy a one-time pack of credits. No plan, no monthly bill, no commitment.
Spend only when you read
Each read draws from your balance based on the characters you convert. Read less, spend less — it's that simple.
Everything you'd expect — minus the monthly bill
Dropping the subscription doesn't mean dropping features. unChonk reads any webpage, article, or PDF aloud with natural-sounding premium voices, follows along with real-time word and sentence highlighting, and lets you control voice, speed, and highlight colors to match how you read best.
- ✓ Premium, natural-sounding neural voices
- ✓ Real-time word and sentence highlighting
- ✓ Reads webpages, articles, and PDFs in your browser
- ✓ Adjustable speed and customizable highlight colors
- ✓ Pay-as-you-go credits — no subscription, ever
Comparing options? See how the pricing stacks up on our unChonk vs Speechify comparison, or read why people switch on the Speechify alternative page.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a text to speech with no subscription?
Yes. unChonk is pay-as-you-go. You buy credits once and use them to read text aloud — there is no monthly subscription, no auto-renewal, and no recurring charge. Your credits stay on your account until you use them.
How does pay-as-you-go text to speech work?
You only pay for the characters you actually convert to speech. Top up a balance of credits, and each time unChonk reads text aloud it draws from that balance. When you read less, you spend less. There is no fixed monthly fee whether you use it or not.
Do unChonk credits expire?
Credit purchases are valid for 90 days from the date of purchase, so you have plenty of time to read at your own pace. There's still no recurring charge — you simply top up again whenever you need more. See the pricing page for current details.
How is this different from Speechify's subscription?
Speechify and most text-to-speech apps charge a recurring annual or monthly subscription. unChonk replaces that with one-time, pay-as-you-go credits — you are never locked into a plan and you never get charged for a month you didn't use.
Start reading aloud — no subscription required
Install unChonk and only ever pay for what you read.
Add unChonk to Chrome