Turn a PDF into audio you can listen to.
Open a PDF, Word or EPUB file, pick a natural voice and get the whole document as one MP3. A long file is voiced part by part, so you hear the first part before paying for the rest.
Open a document →Watch the full tutorial on YouTube
From a document to an MP3 in three steps
No copying text page by page, and no guessing what it will cost.
A book or a course with chapters can come out as one MP3 per chapter instead, each named after its chapter. Ebook to audiobook →
Why a long document needs more than a read-aloud button
Listening in a browser tab is one thing. A file you keep is another.
A browser voice leaves no file
Read-aloud in a browser or a PDF reader plays once and is gone. You cannot take it on a walk or put it on a phone.
Now: a standard MP3 of the whole document, to keep and play anywhere.
Two hours of a flat voice
Built-in voices are fine for a paragraph. Over a chapter the monotone is what you hear, not the text.
Now: natural voices with rhythm and emphasis, in three quality tiers.
Paying before you have heard it
Converting a whole book in one go means finding out at the end that the voice is wrong for it.
Now: a sample first, then part 1, then the rest. Each part is charged only when it starts, and you can stop after any of them.
Rather hear the document talked through than read out? Make a podcast from text turns it into a conversation between two hosts of about 5, 10 or 20 minutes that sticks to the text, voiced into one MP3. Text to podcast →
What a document costs
You pay for the characters that are voiced. Here is what that means for real files.
Per-character pricing, three tiers
Pick the tier for the whole document, or try a part on each.
Clear and natural. The everyday choice for articles, reports and study material.
More expressive and lifelike. Good for long listening.
The most natural. For anything you publish.
≈ 1,000 characters make about one minute of speech. A page of a typical PDF is about 2,000 characters.
Frequently asked questions
Which files can I open?
PDF, Word (DOCX), EPUB and plain text files, including Markdown and subtitle files. The text is extracted in your browser, and reading a file costs nothing.
How long can the document be?
Up to 200,000 characters, roughly 100 pages or three hours of speech. A longer book can be split into parts and voiced one after another.
What about a scanned PDF?
A scan is pictures of pages with no text inside, so there is nothing to read aloud yet. Open it on the Scan text tab first: it turns the pages into text for 40 credits a page, and that text can then be voiced.
Do I get one file or many?
One. A long document is voiced in parts of about 5,000 characters, and when they are done you download them joined into a single MP3. Each part can also be played and downloaded on its own.
Do I get subtitles with the MP3?
Yes, with Enhanced and Premium voices: an SRT or VTT file timed word by word to the audio, one file for the whole joined MP3, so you can follow the text in any player that shows subtitles. It costs nothing extra. Standard voices do not have subtitles.
Can I stop halfway?
Yes. Each part is charged only when it starts. You can stop after any part and continue later, and if your balance runs out the finished parts stay, with an email telling you what the rest needs.
Is my document uploaded?
The file itself is not: the text is read out of it in your browser. The text you choose to voice is sent to the voice service to be spoken, and the audio is kept in your account so you can download it.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Voice generation is account-only so your audio and credits are saved to you. Signup is free and comes with 150 credits.
Can I just listen for free?
Yes, with the voices built into your device: the free read-aloud tool opens the same files and reads them in a browser tab. It cannot save a file, and the voices depend on your device.
Can I turn a PDF into an audiobook?
Yes. Open the PDF, pick a voice, and the whole document is voiced into one MP3 that plays in any audiobook or podcast app. A long book is voiced part by part, so you hear the first part before paying for the rest.
Open a file and hear the first pages.
A 10-page PDF costs about $2 on Standard. Top up once, use it anytime, credits never expire.
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