Game text to speech
Text to speech for Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II
The classic Baldur's Gate games are mostly text: voice lines are short, and the dialogue, journal, spell and item descriptions are there to read. Corvo Reader reads any of it aloud in a natural voice, without mods.
- Free plan, no card
- Windows 10 & 11
- No mods
Text worth hearing in Baldur's Gate EE
- Dialogue
- The journal
- Spell descriptions
- Item descriptions
- Books
Press CtrlShiftE and draw a box round any of it to hear it read aloud.
Mostly text, few voice lines
In the first game, players on GOG's forums note that usually only a character's opening line is voiced. Baldur's Gate II has more voice work, but most of both games is still text: one player on the Steam forums put Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition at over 1.6 million words. The journal, spell and item descriptions and books add more.
The Enhanced Editions have a Font Size slider in Options, Graphics, added after players said the text was hard on the eyes. It helps, and a whole campaign is still a lot of reading.
Read the dialogue box with one key
Save the dialogue area as a region and one key reads the current text.
Box a spell, an item or a journal entry with Ctrl+Shift+E to hear it.
Coming from BG3?
Baldur's Gate 3 voices its conversations and leaves tooltips, books and the journal as text. Corvo Reader works the same way in all of them, and there's a guide for Baldur's Gate 3 too.
Questions
Baldur's Gate EE and Corvo Reader.
Does it work with Siege of Dragonspear?
Yes. Corvo Reader reads whatever text is on your screen, expansions included.
Can I make the text bigger instead?
Yes: Options, Graphics, Font Size. Corvo Reader reads the text at whatever size you choose, so you can use both.
Which display mode does Baldur's Gate EE need?
Borderless or Windowed. In exclusive fullscreen, Windows keeps the game's picture away from other apps, so Corvo Reader can't see the text. Where to look: the game's graphics options: windowed or borderless. Check your game's display settings, as the exact label can change between versions.
Is it free?
Yes. The free plan needs no card: standard neural voices for 20 minutes of narration a week. Paid plans start at $6.99 a month and add weekly premium voice minutes, unlimited standard voices, Summarize and Translate.
Other games
Same reader, every game.
Baldur's Gate 3
BG3 voices its dialogue, but tooltips, item text, books and the journal stay silent. Hear them in a natural AI voice. No mods. Free plan, no card.
Read the guideCrusader Kings III
Hear Crusader Kings III events, option tooltips and nested tooltips read aloud in a natural voice. One hotkey, no mods. Free plan, no card.
Read the guideEuropa Universalis V
EU5 fonts too small? Hear Europa Universalis V events, situations and tooltips read aloud in a natural AI voice. One hotkey, no mods. Free plan, no card.
Read the guide
Hear Baldur's Gate EE instead of squinting at it.
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