Have anything on your screen read to you
Option+A reads the selection out loud, with speed, volume, trimming and save. Nothing selected? The same key starts recording you.
Screen readers are built for accessibility settings, not for the paragraph you want to hear while you make coffee.
Select, press, listen. Adjust the speed, crop the part you want, save the file if it is worth keeping.
Listen, step by step
- Select what you want read to youAn article, a draft of your own, a paragraph in a language you are learning to pronounce.
- Press Option+A and pick ListenSpeed, volume, cropping and save are all on the player, inside the message rather than in a separate window.
- Use it as a proofreading toolA sentence that is wrong almost always sounds wrong first. This is the cheapest editing trick there is.
What makes aiCat's listen different
Natural voices
Several providers, from cheap and clear to studio quality.
Full playback control
Speed, volume, crop, save.
Any language
The voice follows the text.
Double duty
With nothing selected the same hotkey records you instead — and that half is free on every plan.
People use it for
- Proofreading by ear
- Long articles while cooking
- Pronunciation practice
- Accessibility
Have the article read to you while you do something else
Free to start; read-aloud starts at Premium, from $6/month.
Why voice is the expensive one
Text is cheap and audio is not: generating speech costs several times more per request than rewriting the same passage, and that is a property of the providers rather than of aiCat's pricing.
So read-aloud sits on Premium, aiCat shows what a clip will cost before it plays, and below five coins it stops offering audio first and keeps the text tasks running.
aiCat pricing at a glance
| Plan | Price | aiCatCoins / month | Max selection | What it unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 | 500 chars | Everything aiCat does, plus free dictation and your own memory |
| Premium | from $6/mo (list $10) | 3 000 | 5 000 chars | Think More, read-aloud, encrypted memory, premium models |
| Team + Offline | from $18/member | 12 000 | 50 000 chars | Edit your memory, MCP access, local models, team sync |
| Enterprise | from $90/member | 150 000 | Unlimited | SSO, audit, best coin rate |
Proofread the next draft with your ears
Download for free — the dictation half costs nothing on any plan.
Frequently asked
Can I listen text in any app?
Yes — aiCat reads the selection at the OS level, so it works in native apps, browsers, IDEs, terminals and PDF readers.
Is listen free?
The Free plan includes everything aiCat does, with 10 aiCatCoins per month. Think More and read-aloud start at Premium, which starts from $6/month.
Which AI model does it use?
By default the cheapest model that is good enough — currently Gemini Flash Lite, falling back to Gonka. You can pick Gemini Pro, Claude, GPT or a local model instead, per task.
Does aiCat work in every application?
Yes. It works at the operating-system level rather than through per-app plugins, so it covers native apps, browsers, IDEs, terminals and PDF viewers alike.
Is my text sent anywhere?
Only the text you explicitly act on is sent to the model you selected, for that one request. Your history is stored locally on your device. Team + Offline can run a local model so nothing leaves the machine at all.