Listenly vs Speech It

Turn any PDF into an audiobook — instantly. Listenly reads your documents aloud with natural, human-like AI voices, so you can get through textbooks, reports, research papers, and ebooks without staring at a screen. Drop in a PDF, hit play, and listen on your commute, at the gym, while cooking, or anywhere your eyes need a break. WHY LISTENLY Reading isn't always practical — but listening is. Whether you're a student buried in coursework, a professional drowning in reports, or someone who simply absorbs information better by ear, Listenly gives your PDFs a voice. KEY FEATURES Natural AI voices — Choose from dozens of studio-quality voices that sound like a real person reading, not a robot. 80+ languages — Listen in English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, and more. Variable speed — Slow down to study, speed up to skim. Background listening — Lock your phone, switch apps, keep listening. Full lock screen controls. CarPlay & Bluetooth — Perfect for commutes and road trips. Sentence highlighting — Follow along with word-by-word karaoke-style highlighting when you want to read and listen together. Document library — All your PDFs in one place, with progress saved automatically. PERFECT FOR Students turning textbooks and lecture notes into audio study material Researchers and academics working through dense papers Professionals processing reports, contracts, and whitepapers People with dyslexia, visual fatigue, or reading difficulties Anyone who learns better by listening than reading Multitaskers who want to reclaim commute and chore time SUPPORTS EVERY PDF From scanned books with OCR to multi-column research papers, Listenly handles it. Long documents, short memos, legal briefs, medical notes — if it's a PDF, it can be an audiobook. BUILT FOR FOCUS No cluttered interface. No ads interrupting chapters. Just a clean player, a clear voice, and your document. Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Speech It turns the books and documents piling up on your device into audio you can enjoy anywhere. Import DRM-free EPUBs, PDFs, text files, and web articles, and listen to them read aloud in a natural voice. Clear your reading backlog during your commute, chores, or walks. ◆ Key Features - Flexible importing EPUB / PDF / plain text / web pages by URL / clipboard text. Files can also be opened from the Files app and the share sheet. - On-device translated listening Listen to an English book in Japanese and more: translation happens while reading aloud (iOS 18 or later, supported language pairs), with the translation and original shown side by side. - Background playback Keeps playing while your screen is locked, with full control from the Lock Screen and Control Center. Playback resumes automatically after interruptions such as phone calls. - Follow along visually The current sentence and word are highlighted and kept in view. Tap any sentence to start playback from there. - Table of contents & bookmarks Jump between chapters, bookmark individual sentences, and browse bookmarks across your whole library. - Organized library Sort books into folders. Your reading position is saved automatically, so you always pick up where you left off. - Voice customization Adjust speed (0.5x-2.0x), pick from your device's voices, tune the pitch, and preview voices before choosing. - Privacy first Parsing, translation, and speech synthesis all happen on your device. The contents of your books are never sent to a server. ◆ Notes - DRM-protected e-books are not supported. - Image-only (scanned) PDFs cannot be read aloud. - Translation requires iOS 18 or later. The app shows ads; an optional subscription removes them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/