ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech

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1. ★★★★★ tkarius

   1.0y ago

   I needed this plugin for testing reasons. Getting the API key was medium easy, implementation was easy. I could not test the functionality for long because documentation is a little poor. I was able to implement the given example button shortcode. But I expected to have a functional button all over my website after registering and implementing the scripts. Okay. Afterwards I wanted to delete my account. To do that you need to open a support ticket. Getting in contact is hard. Two mails from a mailing list after after 15 minutes since signing up.

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2. ★★★★★ michelswiss

   1.9y ago

   Ai perdu beaucoup de temps avec ce plugin qui fonctionne difficilement avec Elementor.Surtout, l’accessibilité à la documentation est des plus incompréhensible. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by michelswiss.

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3. ★★★★★ pgazzola

   2.9y ago

   This is NOT only for this extension it all that advertize and charge an harm and a leg for impair users I hope one dy you suffer like tham maybe then you would realize charging so much is ridiculous. Wordoress also to blame why you let that going on. Maybe wordpress should included to futur core.

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4. ★★★★★ Annonnimmo

   3.1y ago

   Using it (for free) since years 💗

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5. ★★★★★ luisserrano

   3.9y ago

   The user experience is boring and confusing, coding and API required, bad quality voices.

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6. ★★★★★ mike2972

   4.7y ago

   The plugin sends data to their server, but it generates a ton on 403 errors. This means the service on their end is not working at all. Anyone who says it works great, is not telling the truth. Don’t waste your time on this. It’s not even worth the 1 dollar they ask for a trial!!

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7. ★★★★★ alexobi

   5.3y ago

   Works great! I made Arabic Male and Arabic Female TTS for different authors. Good sound, good pronounce, really kind to listen. But installation and activation process is something terrible This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by alexobi. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by alexobi.

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8. ★★★★★ fcsab

   5.6y ago

   It used be OK before the need to register. Now it is sometimes working, sometimes not, and support (on their website) is unusable. Sometimes, they give useless generic replies to my questions, like “consult the documentation” or even worse – e.g. how an I enable it on only specific pages? – answer: enable it specific pages. Deleting this plugin now.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.2 web player options now match your ResponsiveVoice plan 2.0.2
2. — Version 2.0.1 [ResponsiveVoice] shortcode no longer distorts layout; button aligns across themes 2.0.1
3. — Version 2.0.0 Removed the voicebox shortcode. Now requires WordPress 6.3+ and PHP 7.4+. New v2 WebPlayer with a visual customizer: live preview, Basic/Advanced modes, custom colours, content-column alignment, and a configurable positi 2.0.0
4. — Version 1.7.16 Tested with upcoming WordPress v7.0 release 1.7.16
5. — Version 1.7.15 Tested with upcoming WordPress v6.8 release 1.7.15
6. — Version 1.7.14 Tested with upcoming WordPress v6.7 release 1.7.14

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech <= 1.7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-01-11 CVE-2023-0070 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.6 Patched in 1.7.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-21 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-07-20 7K+ → 8K+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2025-07-15 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-07-14 7K+ → 8K+ up after 8 days in tier
5. 2025-07-06 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-07-05 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-07-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-07-03 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• Real Voice – Text to Speech 300+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags C
• Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A
• Say It! 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D
• BeyondWords – AI audio for publishers 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B

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ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech: 7K+ active installs, 3.9★ (34 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/responsivevoice-text-to-speech