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.
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
Finally found the one.
I am so impressed with your app. It is intuitive, fast uploading speed and so many different file types supported including EPUB. The voices aren’t robotic. I love that I can read along and highlight my notes as I go. I would love to know which e readers support your app specifically, as that will be a mist when purchasing. Thank you for creating such a great, accessible product.
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This App is saving lives
Every student needs this. You sit while that lady reads out your notes to you and there is a highlight to enable your ages follow. Easy to restart a paragraph if you miss anything. Simple, affordable and does the job. Tkusm
Great app
Overall, the app works well for medicine articles. Occasionally, the audio misreads reference numbers or symbols, which can be confusing. When that happens, I need to replay or re-read the paragraph to understand the meaning. However, generally, the audio and voice are very clear, with a natural tone. You can also change the speed, and the free version offers plenty of audio time. I'm considering upgrading to the paid option. I usually listen to one or two articles daily while preparing for work, and that's what matters most to me.
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Amazing app love the Librarian voice
Only thing I don't like is that I can't categorize outputs by most recently generated at the top and that inputs can be used for Ai training data (correct me if I'm wrong that's what I read online). Would love a one time purchase to pay once and run locally with custom voices on iPhone and Mac.
Recommended to Fellow PhD Students
As a student in academia with ADHD, it is helpful for me to listen to articles while reading. However, I have been having trouble finding a program capable of accommodating figures, scanned documents, and texts with handwritten notes in the margin. This app has been a gamechanger for me. It does everything I need it to do--AND it's free!? A huge thanks from this student to the developers. The completion of my degree will have been in no small part due to this app.
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Way better than the other guys
Such a great app. It’s hard to believe it’s free. And if you have any issues, their customer support is super responsive and helpful.
Helpful
Extremely good app
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback! Please email us if you ever have more to share. Joe, Paper2Audio Founder
Really good app
It’s just a really good when you want to either listen to a book or an article or just about whatever you want, plus you get to listen how new words are meant to be spoken
pointless
The first time you create an audio file, say from an epub book, you probably won’t realize a voice was chosen for you, like me. I went to go change the voice, and the app makes you create an entirely new file. I expected the voice I chose yet I was given the same voice as the first time, again. I went to change the voice, but now I’m out of free credits, so the app is pointless.
Also, It might be a good quality voice, but good luck changing a voice you don’t like. Why not just be like Speechify? They have good quality voices, a much bigger selection of voices, and instant (not 20 minutes wait) and unlimited access. Why would changing the voice in this app create an entirely new audiobook, which you may not even like, or worse, is the wrong one? Then you can’t use the app anymore. It makes no sense practically speaking.
Also, It might be a good quality voice, but good luck changing a voice you don’t like. Why not just be like Speechify? They have good quality voices, a much bigger selection of voices, and instant (not 20 minutes wait) and unlimited access. Why would changing the voice in this app create an entirely new audiobook, which you may not even like, or worse, is the wrong one? Then you can’t use the app anymore. It makes no sense practically speaking.
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Response from developer
Thanks for sharing this feedback. Our app generates the entire audio file at once, to support offline playback. That's why you have to pick your voice up front and there is a wait while we process your document. You can then pick a different voice and regenerate your audio using the "Change voices" option. I'm sorry this wasn't clear to you from using our app. We'll work on clarifying our app based on your feedback here. Please email us as well, so we can increase your quota since the app didn't work as you expected. Joe, Paper2Audio Founder
Amazing
This has been exactly what I needed to help write. I can put chapters in and listen to them cause I process them better that way. It’s not perfect but it’s free and easy to use! A must for budget friendly options!!
Absolute Godsend
Incredible app. The free version is solid but wow the paid one is absolutely worth it. I rarely write reviews (sorry everybody else) but this is really fantastic.
Essential College Student App
I am using it right now and this was exactly what I was looking for. I have an exam in the morning and I had so many readings I needed to do. Thanks to this app I am able to get through all the boring readings I need in order to prepare for my test and save my grade. I am using this app for studying from now on. I am even gonna use it to help me read through big boring books that don’t have any audio. I also like how it highlights the text allowing me to follow along easier. I wish I would have found this sooner.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad you're finding Paper2Audio helpful for reading and preparing for your exams. Please email if you ever have more feedback. Joe, Paper2Audio Founder
A truly helpful app
Invaluable for listening to PDF articles, and a generous free plan.
This is so good
Does everything. I don’t know how long this app is gonna stay like this but it is the whole thing
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This app is awesome!
Extremely Helpful
Fundamentally, this is an extremely helpful app. The conversion is excellent, the voices are very smooth, and while you’re reading a book it even indicates when there’s an image. If you have notes, it can explain what they mean. It’s immensely helpful. Thank you, Joe and team, for building this, I’ll definitely be using it more. It’s an amazing, extremely well-made app.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your feedback! I've shared this review with my team, and we all appreciate your kind words. Please email us anytime if you have feature requests or other feedback. Joe, Paper2Audio Founder
Absolutely recommend
This app is incredibly simple to use and what sets it apart from competitors is it has non robotic voices available for free! It is sufficient even when using free mode. The only downside is the price of the plus version of the app and if I were to give a criticism I would suggest the developers to create a secondary ‘plus’ option that is cheaper but perhaps has less hours or features than the original, however I find the free version to be great. Thanks for creating the app we all needed!
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Here is am update from my last review not only I’ve shown the dedication to the app, but as well as the customer approach, I got a message from them explained to me on how I can do so and now I am more than satisfied. I love this app.
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While I love this app and it really helped me with my studies I suggest that you could put in an option whether they could read aloud the image summaries or not cause sometimes I realise that most of the times the reason the audio was long because of reading the image summaries
