Reddit’s latest experiment creates videos with AI voices reading posts and comments out loud.
Reddit’s latest experiment creates videos with AI voices reading posts and comments out loud.
byJay Peters Aug 17, 2026, 7:46 PM EDT
Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / video content. As part of an experiment, some posts are being adapted into videos that use AI voices to read the text of the main post and some comments. The video highlights the text as it’s read by the AI voice, and under the video, a note says that it’s a “Real conversation voiced by AI.”
An old post in r/boardgames from eight years ago with 101 responses to a request for good road trip games that adults will like is an example of Reddit’s AI at work. Instead of the usual text thread, it has the main question above a three-minute video full of AI voices reading out the responses. You can still access the post from a slider toggle at the top marked “Read” for text or “Play” for the video. Playing the video is probably easier for someone who isn’t used to internet forums, but it could introduce other problems, like mispronunciations or citing incorrect comments.
_I can’t find a way to embed a Reddit video, but here’s a screenshot of what the video looks like on the web._Image: Reddit
The launch follows Reddit recently saying in an earnings shareholder letter that it was “reimagining how users and communities connect, share, and consume content through a modernized video experience on Reddit.”
