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Paper2Audio: Text to Speech

Paper2Audio: Text to Speech

PDFs, Docs & Books Read Aloud

605 ratings
137 reviews
📚 Education
📊 Productivity
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 29, 2025
  • September 21, 2026

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Paper2Audio
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Listen to your documents, articles, and ebooks with advanced text-to-speech technology. It intelligently skips irrelevant content and summarizes visual elements, making learning hands-free and productive. Enjoy natural voices and a familiar interface for an enhanced listening experience.

✓Reads PDFs, webpages, ebooks, .docx, .txt
✓Summarizes math, code, tables, and figures
✓Intelligently skips junk text and ads
✓High-quality, natural text-to-speech voices
✓Document summarization and context addition
✓Highlighting, notes, and table of contents navigation
✓Adjustable playback speed
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Paper2Audio. Based on 605 reviews and a 4.9/5 average, it highlights the 10 positives and 3 negatives reviewers mention most about this Productivity app.

Positive things

  • 🗣️Natural voices
  • 👍Intuitive interface
  • 🚀Efficient text extraction
  • 💯Excellent for academic/technical content
  • 🆓Completely free with no hidden fees
  • 🤖High-quality AI narration
  • 🔍Accurate PDF/EPUB handling
  • 🔗Syncs across devices
  • 🧠Helpful for ADHD/reading difficulties
  • 🤝Responsive and helpful developers

Negative things

  • 🔍Occasional issues with formatting/layout
  • 📓Lacks support for footnotes/citations
  • 🌐Limited compatibility with other formats (Kindle, etc.)
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What's New in Paper2Audio

2.66.2815

September 21, 2026

We have updated the app to improve your listening experience! What's new: - Import Markdown files or paste Markdown text - Export transcripts as one Markdown file with images included (Plus) - Improved readability and player experience on iPad - Bug fixes and UI improvements

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Subscription plans

Paper2Audio Plus Annual

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$191.991 Year
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User reviews

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Huge college help

Recently began my first year in college, majoring in history, which comes with mountains of readings. I struggled to keep my attention on the book and readings would take me hours and i'd get little to nothing out of them. With the help of this app Ive been able to knock out a reading that would take me 2 hours to just read to an hour with notes taken.

The app gives you more than enough hours per week to generate audios and really does not force you to pay anything.

The app is designed amazingly and is super user friendly and easy to use. Plus, it has a browser version that you can sign in on different devices.

Usually not one to leave reviews, but this app has been so extremely helpful, so I figured i would.
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MinizzxxMinizzxx

Excellent, and free!

The voices are as natural as ElevenReader, and the number of free hours of audio generation provided per week is just absurdly generous! Love it for long articles.
mugman10mugman10

Nice app

Amazing
Yukio-sidYukio-sid

Great app but still buggy despite reports

Great app but still buggy despite reports
P2A loverP2A lover

Frictionless Knowledge

Now that the aridity of reading by reading it is fixed by someone else doing it for absolutely free, there is less tension. For this app to offer this for FREE and offer a 56 week refresh, is already great. But you go on and add a viewer where you can highlight, make notes, and it highlights the words as it reads? This is crazy. I’ve already read 10 books with this app that are over 200 pages long and It easily becomes very addicting because you’re making frictionless progress in learning.

The only issue I have is that I have to split books into parts because the free tier has a limit (250 pages). Other than this, phenomenal.
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Response from developer

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you're enjoying different features in Paper2Audio. Please email us if you ever have more feedback. Joe, Paper2Audio Founder

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

1 issue

Occasional issues with chapter/section detection in long documents

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Requested Features

4 requests

Add support for footnotes and citations

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Implement custom pronunciation dictionary

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Improve handling of multilingual content

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Expand compatibility to more file formats

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FAQ

What does Paper2Audio do?

Paper2Audio transforms your written content, including research papers, ebooks, and web articles, into spoken audio. It uses advanced text-to-speech technology to read the text aloud, making it possible to learn and consume information hands-free.

What are the key features of Paper2Audio?

Key features include support for various document formats like PDFs and .docx, intelligent skipping of clutter such as page numbers and ads, and the summarization of complex elements like math equations and tables into plain language. It also offers high-quality voices, document summarization, note-taking, and adjustable playback speeds.

Is Paper2Audio free to use?

Yes, Paper2Audio is 100% free with a generous limit of up to 56 hours of audio generation per week. The app is also free of ads, providing an uninterrupted listening experience.

What devices is Paper2Audio compatible with?

The description does not specify device compatibility. However, as a mobile application, it is designed to run on smartphones and tablets that support its operating system (typically iOS or Android).

How can Paper2Audio help me be more productive?

This app turns your commute, workout, or any downtime into productive learning time. By listening to your documents hands-free, you can absorb information without needing to actively read, allowing you to multitask effectively.