To have a web page read aloud: in Chrome on a computer, reading mode > Play; in Chrome for Android, More > Listen to this page; in Edge, F9 > Read aloud; in Safari on iPhone, Page Menu > Listen to Page.
The steps come from Google Chrome, Microsoft and Apple official help, checked on October 8, 2026.
This guide is part of the Guide to saving articles to read later, which organizes every guide on the topic.
How do I make Chrome read a page aloud on a computer?
According to Chrome's help on reading mode, read aloud lives inside reading mode:
- Open the page, right-click and select Open in reading mode (or press Alt + Shift + R; on a Mac, ⌘ + Option + R).
- At the top right, select Play. Pause stops it, and Previous or Next jump between sentences.
- Use Playback speed to speed it up or slow it down.
- Under Settings > Voice selection you pick the voice and add languages; under Voice highlight you choose whether the word, the sentence or nothing is highlighted.
Chrome downloads Google natural voices for your language automatically; if the download fails, it uses the system voice.
What about Chrome for Android?
According to Chrome's help on Listen to this page:
- Open Chrome and go to the page.
- At the top right, tap More > Listen to this page.
- Tap the player to change the speed (1.0x) and, under Options, the voice or Highlight text & auto scroll.
You can keep browsing or switch tabs while you listen, and it keeps playing with the screen locked. The feature needs Make searches and browsing better turned on. Standard playback reads every word on the page and includes English and Spanish among its languages; AI playback, which generates a podcast-like conversation from the page, also requires Chrome to be set to English. If the option is missing from the menu, that page is not available for playback.
How do I use Read aloud in Microsoft Edge?
According to Microsoft's help on Reading mode in Edge:
- Select Reading mode in the address bar or press F9.
- On the Reading mode toolbar, select Read aloud.
- A toolbar appears at the top with buttons to play, skip paragraphs and open Voice options, where you change the voice and the pace.
To stop, select Pause or the X. Microsoft lists another route: Settings and more (the three dots) > More tools > Read aloud.
What about Safari on iPhone?
According to Apple's guide to listening to a webpage in Safari:
- Open Safari and the page you want to hear.
- Tap the Page Menu button, then tap Listen to Page.
- To pause, tap that button again and then the pause button; to resume, the play button.
Apple notes that it works on supported webpages.
Why is the option sometimes missing?
In Chrome and Edge, read aloud depends on reading mode, which does not work on every page: Chrome names video or forum websites, image galleries, maps, forms, payment pages and login screens. On Android, Chrome says the feature is not available yet on all websites.
Before you listen: three checks
These checks are an original KeepAnalog suggestion, not steps from Google, Microsoft or Apple:
- Listen to the first paragraph with the page open to confirm the voice is reading the article and not menus or captions.
- Try a slightly faster speed and go back if you lose the thread: every help page lets you change it.
- If the text matters to you, save it too: listening leaves no copy, and the page may change.
What next?
If you would rather read it without distractions, Reading mode in Chrome, Edge and Safari shows how to turn it on, and if screens tire you, Digital eye strain and reading reviews the evidence. To read it on another device, see How to send web articles to Kindle. And if you prefer paper, KeepAnalog turns eligible public links chosen by one person (HTML pages or PDFs) into a monthly printed issue. Nothing is printed or charged until that person approves the issue. For now, KeepAnalog's pilot is in Argentina only, with no delivery in the United States.