AudioPal

AudioPal lets you add a short spoken message to any website by recording your voice, uploading an MP3 or generating speech from typed text. It is a free tool from Oddcast, the company behind SitePal talking characters, and needs no account.

You create the message on the AudioPal site, pick one of more than 100 text-to-speech voices across 25+ languages if you are not recording yourself, and then copy an embed code. The result is a small player that you paste into your page, and AudioPal hosts the audio so you do not need your own storage.

It is meant for simple uses such as a welcome greeting, an announcement or an audio version of a short note. People who want an animated speaking avatar instead of a plain player are pointed to Oddcast's paid SitePal product.