Adam Greenwell

<p>ListenUp is a powerful WordPress plugin that adds text-to-speech functionality to your posts and pages. With just a few clicks, you can generate high-quality audio versions of your content using Murf.ai’s advanced AI voices.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Easy Audio Generation</strong>: Generate audio for any post or page with a simple click</li>
<li><strong>Murf.ai Integration</strong>: Uses professional AI voices for natural-sounding audio</li>
<li><strong>No FFmpeg Required</strong>: Ideal for hosting environments where FFmpeg is not available or restricted</li>
<li><strong>Smart Caching</strong>: Audio files are cached locally to save API credits</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Chunking</strong>: Long content is automatically broken into manageable chunks</li>
<li><strong>Seamless Playback</strong>: Multiple audio chunks play continuously without interruption</li>
<li><strong>Leech Protection</strong>: Secure audio delivery prevents unauthorized direct file access and hotlinking</li>
<li><strong>Download Control</strong>: Restrict downloads to logged-in users or disable downloads entirely</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Placement</strong>: Choose where to display the audio player (before/after content)</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode Support</strong>: Use [listenup] shortcode to place players anywhere</li>
<li><strong>Accessibility First</strong>: WCAG-compliant audio player with keyboard navigation</li>
<li><strong>Mobile Responsive</strong>: Works perfectly on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Admin-Friendly</strong>: Simple settings page with clear instructions</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Setup</strong>: Enter your Murf.ai API key in the plugin settings</li>
<li><strong>Generate</strong>: Use the meta box on any post/page to generate audio</li>
<li><strong>Display</strong>: Audio players appear automatically or via shortcode</li>
<li><strong>Listen</strong>: Visitors can play, pause, and download audio content</li>
</ol>
<h4>Advanced Features</h4>
<p><strong>Content Chunking</strong>: For posts that exceed Murf.ai’s API limits, content is automatically broken into smaller chunks. Each chunk generates a separate audio file, but the frontend player seamlessly plays all chunks in sequence without interruption.</p>
<p><strong>Audio Concatenation</strong>: When downloading audio content that has been chunked, the plugin automatically concatenates all audio files into a single WAV file, ensuring compatibility across all platforms and devices.</p>
<p><strong>No FFmpeg Dependency</strong>: Unlike many audio plugins, ListenUp doesn’t require FFmpeg, making it perfect for shared hosting environments, managed WordPress hosts, or any situation where FFmpeg is not available or restricted.</p>
<p><strong>Leech Protection</strong>: Audio files are served through a secure PHP proxy with nonce-based authentication, preventing unauthorized direct access and hotlinking. All audio is delivered via WordPress AJAX endpoints with proper HTTP range request support for smooth seeking. This server-agnostic solution works on Apache, Nginx, IIS, and any PHP-capable server without requiring special server configuration.</p>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bloggers who want to offer audio versions of their posts</li>
<li>Content creators looking to improve accessibility</li>
<li>Websites targeting mobile users who prefer audio content</li>
<li>Educational sites with long-form content</li>
<li>News sites wanting to offer audio news</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>Reduced motion support</li>
<li>Proper ARIA labels and descriptions</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin integrates with external services to provide text-to-speech functionality and optional cloud storage capabilities.</p>
<p><strong>Murf.ai API</strong><br />
This plugin uses Murf.ai’s text-to-speech API to generate high-quality audio content from your post and page text.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose</strong>: Generates high-quality audio from text content using professional AI voices</li>
<li><strong>Data Sent</strong>: Post/page text content, selected voice ID, voice style preferences, pronunciation dictionary rules (if configured)</li>
<li><strong>When Sent</strong>: Only when you manually generate audio for a post/page using the plugin’s meta box, or when generating pre-roll audio through the plugin settings</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service</strong>: https://murf.ai/terms-of-service</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy</strong>: https://murf.ai/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Optional Cloud Storage Services</strong><br />
This plugin optionally supports uploading audio files to cloud storage services (Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2) to reduce bandwidth usage on your web server. This feature is completely optional and disabled by default. No data is sent to these services unless you explicitly configure and enable cloud storage in the plugin settings.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Amazon S3</strong>: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/</li>
<li><strong>Google Cloud Storage</strong>: https://cloud.google.com/terms/</li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare R2</strong>: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, please visit the plugin’s support forum or contact the developer.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect or store any personal data. Audio files are cached locally on your server. The plugin only communicates with Murf.ai’s API to generate audio content.</p>


ListenUp

Add "read this to me" functionality to your WordPress posts using Murf.ai text-to-speech technology.

Freemius

RelyWP

Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

<p>A simple plugin that allows you to create an AI generated audio version of your posts, or any other type of content like videos and podcasts, using OpenAI’s Text to Speech API.</p>
<p>When the audio has been generated for a post, an audio player will be displayed automatically at the top of your post, which visitors can listen to.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to create a post, use the admin “AI text-to-speech” generator page instead to generate audio files for other purposes.</p>
<p>This plugin is perfect for bloggers, content creators, businesses, and anyone who wants to generate a realistic audio version of their text and posts.</p>
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<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Powered by OpenAI’s Text to Speech API.</li>
<li>Easily generate an audio version of your posts on the post editor page.</li>
<li>Quickly generate an audio version of any text on the “AI text-to-speech generator” admin page.</li>
<li>Choose between 10 natural-sounding AI voices for your TTS audio.</li>
<li>Choose between several “voice style” presets to change the tone and style of the generated audio.</li>
<li>Automatically display an audio player at the top of your posts.</li>
<li>Supports text to speech generation for over 50 languages.</li>
<li>Optionally include the post title, author name and post date at the start of the audio.</li>
<li>View a log of the last 50 audio generation API requests.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Statistics tracking and analytics reporting.</li>
<li>Integration with Dropbox to store generated audio files.</li>
<li>Add custom text before and after the generated audio. This can be done on a global or per post basis.</li>
<li>Fully replace the content used when generating the audio for a post.</li>
<li>Specify how certain words should be pronounced with custom pronunciation settings or shortcodes.</li>
<li>Choose from 20+ additional voice style presets.</li>
<li>Enter your own custom voice style instructions to change the tone and style of the generated audio.</li>
<li>Multi-voice feature to allow multiple voices to be used within a post for different pieces of text.</li>
<li>Choose a default voice to be used when generating audio.</li>
<li>Automatically generate TTS audio for new posts when they are published.</li>
<li>Audio player style customisation settings.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://relywp.com/plugins/ai-text-to-speech/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about the PRO version.</a></p>
<h3>Suggestions and Support</h3>
<p>If you have any suggestions for additional functionality, need any help, or have found a bug, please create a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-text-to-speech/#new-topic-0" rel="ugc">support ticket</a>.</p>


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Easily generate a realistic audio version for your content and posts using OpenAI's Text to Speech API.

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