Kahoot text to speech: how to read questions out loud
Kahoot! can read questions aloud, which helps young players and anyone who struggles with reading. There are two different features, and most of the confusion comes from mixing them up: one is a free option for players in the app, the other is audio a creator adds to a question.
This guide follows Kahoot’s own announcements: where each feature works, what it needs, and how teachers can make longer listening tasks with natural voices.
Read aloud for players (free)
In the Kahoot! app, a player taps the read aloud icon in the top right corner after the game starts. The app then reads the question and the answer options one by one and highlights the part being read. Kahoot says this is free for all account types and works in study modes and challenges.
Audio (read aloud) in questions
Creators can add spoken text to a question: click Add media, choose Audio (read aloud) and type up to 120 characters; the language is detected automatically. Players see the question first, then hear the text, and the timer starts after the audio. Kahoot lists this for Premium, Premium+ and EDU plans.
Languages and voices
Both features use Microsoft Azure’s text-to-speech service, and Kahoot says they support 37 languages. The voice is chosen by the service, so you cannot pick a character or your own voice.
Listening tasks for class
For a listening exercise longer than 120 characters, a dictation or a story for the class, make an audio file: type 30 to 100 characters on any SuperClonica voice page to hear it free, or install the free engine with python -m pip install superclonica-cpu and voice a whole text in any of 31 languages. Our guides for teachers and for dictations show ready-made workflows.