5 min read
2026-02-02
Remove unnecessary symbols, brackets, links - they will be spoken out loud. Replace abbreviations with full forms.
Periods, commas, and dashes create pauses. Without punctuation, speech sounds monotonous and flows together.
Learning: 0.8x - slower to learn
Normal listening: 1.0x
Quick view: 1.5x – 2.0x
Numbers can be pronounced as numbers or as words. For dates and phone numbers it is better to write in words.
It is better to voice long texts in parts - this allows you to control the quality of each fragment.
Each voice is suitable for a different type of content. A business text has a calm voice, a story has a more expressive voice.
Replace “etc.” to "and so on"
Replace "i.e." to "that is"
Write numbers in words if necessary
Remove emojis and special characters
See also: Find and Replace, Word Count