Audio File / Text-to-Speech (Paper and Speaker) Free Icons | Vector Assets

From “Reading” to “Listening.” An Icon That Gives a Voice to Documents

A design combining an icon of “paper (document)” indicating text information and a “speaker” indicating audio output. This symbolizes that it is not merely a music file, but content where text and audio are linked. It is ideal as a symbol for services that provide visual information (text) as auditory information (voice), such as “text-to-speech features” on websites, “audiobook versions” of e-books, or “voice memos” attached to meeting materials.

Specific Usage Scenes and Suggested Applications

This material is active in scenes conveying the diversity of information transmission, from improving the usability of web media to guiding educational content.

• For “Text-to-Speech” Buttons on Web Articles and Blogs: Placed at the beginning of an article on a news site or owned media, as a trigger for a function that reads the article content aloud with a machine voice when clicked. It presents a new option of “listening instead of reading” to users who are too busy to look at the screen or who want to “listen while doing something else” while on the move. By reducing the visual burden, it can be expected to prevent users from leaving the article and increase the time spent on the content.
• For Playing “Listening Materials” in Language Learning and e-Learning: Ideal as a button to “Play the audio for this text” on pages with long English reading comprehension questions or texts for online courses. It intuitively expresses the learning style of listening to native audio (speaker) while simultaneously looking at the text (paper). This leads to the reassurance for the learner that “I can confirm the correct pronunciation,” making it an important UI part for enhancing learning effectiveness.
• For Links to the “Script” of Audiobooks and Podcasts: In services where audio content is primary, as a link icon to a “script” page where the content has been transcribed. Conversely, it can also be used when guiding users to “Click here for the audiobook version” on a book introduction page. It visualizes the mutually complementary relationship between audio and text, smoothly guiding users to a viewing style that matches their preferences.
• For Displaying “Accessibility Compliance” on Websites: As a mark indicating that it is a “text-to-speech supported page” considering the visually impaired and the elderly on the websites of public institutions and companies. It appeals an attitude of complying with accessibility guidelines such as JIS standards, conveying an inclusive stance of trying to deliver information equally to all users.
• For Displaying “Documents with Voice Memos” in Business Tools: In groupware and document management tools, as a status icon indicating that a voice comment from the person in charge or recorded meeting data is attached to a text file. It serves as a signal that “nuances that are difficult to convey through text alone are supplemented by audio,” helping to facilitate communication within the team.

Editing Tips and the Merits of the EPS Format

Completely free for both commercial and personal use. In addition to PNG and SVG that can be used immediately on the web, EPS data that is easy to process according to the design is also available as a set.

By utilizing the EPS format (vector data), you can edit the paper and speaker elements individually. Using software like Adobe Illustrator, you can express an active playback state by adding a “sound wave mark ()))” indicating that sound is coming out of the speaker.
You can also freely make fine adjustments to match the site’s design, such as making the paper color “blue” to emphasize that it is a link, or changing the speaker’s color to the brand color.