App4You

<p>Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles is a WordPress plugin that converts article text into high‑quality speech and provides an accessible audio player. It is designed to help meet WCAG 2.2 and improve access for users with visual impairments, reading difficulties, or cognitive disabilities.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Compliant</strong>: Fully compliant with WCAG 2.2 standards</li>
<li><strong>High-Quality Text-to-Speech</strong>: Convert articles to natural-sounding audio</li>
<li><strong>Accessible Audio Player</strong>: Keyboard navigable player with screen reader support</li>
<li><strong>Offline Caching</strong>: Service Worker implementation for offline audio playback</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Languages</strong>: Support for 50+ languages and locales</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Player</strong>: Responsive design that works on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong>: Intelligent caching and loading strategies</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Focused</strong>: GDPR compliant with user privacy protection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Accessibility Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full keyboard navigation support</li>
<li>Screen reader compatible</li>
<li>High contrast mode support</li>
<li>Focus indicators and ARIA labels</li>
<li>Semantic HTML structure</li>
<li>Alternative text for all interactive elements</li>
</ul>
<h4>Technical Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Service Worker for offline functionality</li>
<li>Progressive Web App (PWA) ready</li>
<li>Responsive design for mobile devices</li>
<li>Optimized loading with lazy loading</li>
<li>Cache management for better performance</li>
<li>Error handling and fallback mechanisms</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Educational Websites</strong>: Help students with learning disabilities</li>
<li><strong>News Portals</strong>: Make articles accessible to visually impaired readers</li>
<li><strong>Corporate Websites</strong>: Ensure compliance with accessibility standards</li>
<li><strong>Government Sites</strong>: Meet legal accessibility requirements</li>
<li><strong>Personal Blogs</strong>: Reach a wider audience including people with disabilities</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external third-party services to provide text-to-speech functionality. Below is a list of all external services used:</p>
<h4>OpenAI API</h4>
<p>Used for text-to-speech audio generation when OpenAI is selected as the TTS provider.</p>
<ul>
<li>Data sent: Article text content is sent when the user initiates audio generation</li>
<li>When: Only when the administrator explicitly configures and uses OpenAI as the TTS provider</li>
<li>Service provider: OpenAI, L.L.C.</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h4>ElevenLabs API</h4>
<p>Alternative text-to-speech provider for high-quality voice synthesis.</p>
<ul>
<li>Data sent: Article text content is sent when the user initiates audio generation</li>
<li>When: Only when the administrator explicitly configures and uses ElevenLabs as the TTS provider</li>
<li>Service provider: ElevenLabs, Inc.</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://elevenlabs.io/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h4>OpenAI API</h4>
<p>Used in the admin panel to display API usage costs and token consumption when the administrator has configured an OpenAI API key.</p>
<ul>
<li>Data sent: API key (Authorization header), query parameters (start_time, bucket_width, limit)</li>
<li>When: When loading the admin settings page with cost tracking enabled</li>
<li>Endpoints: https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/usage/completions, https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/costs</li>
<li>Service provider: OpenAI, L.L.C.</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-party Libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin includes the following third-party JavaScript libraries:</p>
<h4>Alpine.js</h4>
<p>Lightweight JavaScript framework for UI interactions.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
<li>Version: 3.x</li>
</ul>
<h4>SweetAlert2</h4>
<p>Beautiful, responsive popup library.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/sweetalert2/sweetalert2</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>This plugin respects user privacy and follows WordPress privacy guidelines:</p>
<ul>
<li>No personal data is collected without user consent</li>
<li>Audio files are processed securely</li>
<li>User preferences are stored locally when possible</li>
<li>Third-party services are used only when explicitly configured</li>
<li>All data processing is GDPR compliant</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, please visit:<br />
* Plugin support forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accessibility-audio-tts/<br />
* Documentation: https://app4you.dev/wcag-2-2-audio-generator-text-to-speech-accessibility/<br />
* Contact: https://app4you.dev/bezplatna-konsultacja/</p>
<h3>Build</h3>
<p>All JavaScript and CSS files are included in both uncompressed (readable) and minified forms.<br />
The plugin loads only the <code>.min.js</code> / <code>.min.css</code> versions at runtime; the uncompressed source files<br />
are shipped alongside for review and debugging purposes.</p>
<p>Asset layout:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>assets/admin/</code>  – admin-panel scripts and stylesheets</li>
<li><code>assets/public/</code>  – front-end player scripts and stylesheets</li>
<li><code>assets/vendor/</code>  – third-party libraries (Alpine.js, SweetAlert2) with both <code>.js</code> and <code>.min.js</code></li>
</ul>
<p>To build from source:</p>
<ol>
<li>Install dependencies: <code>pnpm install</code></li>
<li>Build minified assets: <code>pnpm build</code></li>
</ol>
<p>Build tools: Grunt (see gruntfile.js and package.json for configuration).</p>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>We welcome contributions! Please visit our GitHub repository for development guidelines and to report issue, contact with us: office@app4you.dev</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Developed by App4You.dev</li>
<li>Icons by WordPress Dashicons</li>
<li>Audio processing powered by modern web APIs</li>
</ul>


Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles

Great Plugin

Accessibility-focused text-to-speech player for articles. Convert posts to high-quality audio

DAEXT

<p>Real Voice is a text-to-speech plugin for WordPress that supports the Web Speech API, Google Text-to-Speech AI, and Azure Text to speech.</p>
<h3>Pro Version</h3>
<p>A <a href="https://daext.com/real-voice/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version of Real Voice</a> is now available on our website. This upgraded edition includes more text-to-speech converters (other integrations for Amazon Polly and ElevenLabs are available), the ability to make the audio files downloadable by the visitors, customizable audio player placement using a shortcode, and more.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<h4>Automatically Add the Audio Player</h4>
<p>The plugin automatically adds an audio player at the beginning of the articles. Note that from the plugin options, you can configure post types on which the audio player should be displayed.</p>
<h4>Manually Generate the Audio Files</h4>
<p>We have included a dedicated post sidebar section where you can create a new audio version of the post, update the existing audio version, or delete the audio data.</p>
<p>The website administrator, the editor, or other authorized users can at any time access to this area.</p>
<h4>Monitor the Presence and State of the Audio Files</h4>
<p>The plugin adds a new column named “Audio File” to the posts menu (and to the admin menu of all the other enabled post types). Here, you can verify if a specific post has its related audio version and if this version is up to date with the post.</p>
<h4>Customizable HTML Audio Player</h4>
<p>The plugin generates a custom audio player built with HTML and the browser API. You can customize the style of the player (color, typography, shadows, etc.) using the plugin options.</p>
<h4>Responsive Audio Player</h4>
<p>The audio player is responsive, and you can specify the breakpoint used to switch from the desktop to the mobile version with a dedicated option.</p>
<h4>Supports Plain Text and SSML</h4>
<p>You can generate the audio version of an article from plain text or SSML.</p>
<p>In the case of SSML, the supported tags vary depending on the selected text-to-speech converter.</p>
<h4>Add Additional Text Before or After the Player</h4>
<p>Use the dedicated options to configure the message displayed before (or after) the player. You can set messages like “Listen to this article”, “This article is also available in an audio format”, etc.</p>
<h4>Optionally Read the Post Title</h4>
<p>Do you want to use the post title as the first synthesized sentence? Then, use the dedicated settings option to apply this behavior.</p>
<h3>Knowledge Base</h3>
<p>Get started with the plugin or explore the advanced features with the documentation available in the <a href="https://daext.com/kb-category/real-voice/" rel="nofollow ugc">Knowledge Base</a>.</p>
<h3>This plugin can optionally use paid third-party services</h3>
<p>This plugin can optionally use third-party services to perform the text-to-speech conversion. If you configure one of these services and perform a text-to-speech conversion using the tools provided by the plugin, the third-party service will charge you according to their terms.</p>
<h4>When the third-party service “Text-to-Speech AI” from Google Cloud is enabled</h4>
<p>The plugin will use the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/" rel="nofollow ugc">Text-to-Speech AI from Google Cloud</a> third-party service to perform the text-to-speech conversion when both these conditions are met:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Cloud Text-to-Speech AI</strong> is selected with the <strong>Text-to-speech Converter</strong> option available in the <strong>Text-to-Speech -> General</strong> section of the plugin.</li>
<li>A valid key is provided in the <strong>Google Cloud Secret Access Key</strong> option available in the <strong>Text-to-Speech -> Google Cloud Text-to-Speech AI</strong> section of the plugin options.</li>
</ul>
<p>The Terms of Service of the Google Cloud Platform are available in the link below:</p>
<p><a href="https://cloud.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://cloud.google.com/terms</a></p>
<h4>When the third-party service “Text to speech” from Microsoft Azure is enabled</h4>
<p>The plugin will use the <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/text-to-speech" rel="nofollow ugc">Text to speech from Microsoft Azure</a> third-party service to perform the text-to-speech conversion when both these conditions are met:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Azure Text to Speech (Cloud service)</strong> is selected with the <strong>Text-to-speech Converter</strong> option available in the <strong>Text-to-Speech -> General</strong> section of the plugin.</li>
<li>A valid key is provided in the <strong>Azure Speech Resource Key</strong> option available in the <strong>Text-to-Speech -> Azure Text-to-speech</strong> of the plugin options.</li>
</ul>
<p>Legal information for Text to speech by Microsoft Azure:</p>
<p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/</a></p>
<h4>When the plugin performs a text-to-speech conversion</h4>
<p>In the contexts described below, the plugin performs a text-to-speech conversion. Note that with a third-party service enabled, this involves sending text/SSML to the third-party service API (on a remote server) to retrieve the audio data.</p>
<p>Text-to-speech conversions are performed when you click the <strong>Generate file</strong> button in the <strong>Audio File</strong> post sidebar section. For <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/" rel="ugc">Classic Editor</a> users, the text-to-speech conversions are performed when you click the <strong>Generate file</strong> button in the <strong>Audio File</strong> meta box.</p>
<h4>Accessing the plugin options</h4>
<p>You can access the plugin options anytime from the <strong>Real Voice</strong> menu on your WordPress dashboard. Please note that this menu is available only for WordPress users who own the <a href="https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/#manage_options" rel="ugc">manage_options</a> capability.</p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>To the extent permissible under applicable laws, in no event shall DAEXT di A. D. (the company that developed this plugin) or its employees be liable to you for problems associated with using the third-party services supported by this plugin (E.g., Unexpected charges, violations of the third-party terms of services, etc.).</p>
<p>We recommend that you enable the third-party services included in this plugin only under the following conditions:</p>
<ul>
<li>We do not guarantee an implementation free of errors, and this WordPress plugin (both in terms of features and codebase) should be evaluated by a professional before being configured to use a third-party service.</li>
<li>Your site is secure, and only authorized users can access the WordPress administrative pages where the text-to-speech conversion is performed or configured.</li>
<li>The third-party service is configured by a professional.</li>
<li>This WordPress plugin is configured by a professional.</li>
<li>The costs for the use of third-party services are constantly monitored by a professional.</li>
<li>You can afford the costs associated with the use of a third-party service.</li>
</ul>


Real Voice – Text to Speech

Real Voice is a text-to-speech plugin for WordPress that supports the Web Speech API, Google Text-to-Speech AI, and Azure Text to speech.

Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles vs Real Voice – Text to Speech