E-books
A book you have as a PDF
Choose the chapter you want and listen on a walk, on the train or at the stove.
PDF to speech. Have your PDF read aloud.
Open a PDF, choose which pages to listen to, and crop away the headers, footers and page numbers you don’t want read out. Outloud Reader reads the rest aloud in a natural voice, each phrase highlighted as it’s spoken.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Quick answer
Open the PDF in Outloud Reader, choose the pages to listen to, up to 50 in one book, and crop away the headers, footers and page numbers. The rest is read aloud in a natural voice, each phrase highlighted as it’s spoken. Choose another language and the PDF is translated before it’s read.
How to read
a PDF aloud.
Open the file, keep the pages you need, and listen.
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Open the PDF
Start a new book in the app, choose PDF file and open the PDF.
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Choose the pages
Choose the range to listen to, pages 12 to 18 for example. Up to 50 pages go into one book.
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Crop the margins
Crop away headers, footers and page numbers, so only the text is read.
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Choose the language, then listen
Choose the PDF’s own language, or another one to have it translated first. Tap Create, press play and follow the highlight.
A PDF reader that reads aloud.
Every book stays in your library with its audio, ready to play again whenever you need it.
- A long PDF? Make the next chapters into another book.
- One page of a PDF, up to 5,000 characters, is one page of your balance; a denser page counts as more than one.
- Playing a book again is free, as often as you like.
- Search the library by any word inside.
PDF to audio,
for what you have to read.
The files on your phone, read to you.
Slides
Lecture slides and readings
Open the slides or the reading for your course and choose just the pages you need.
Papers
Papers and articles
Crop away the headers, footers and page numbers, so you hear the text and not the layout.
Reports
Reports
Listen to a long report on the way to work, and glance at the highlight when you want to see the words.
Your next page, read aloud.
Outloud Reader for iOS and Android. Your first 5 pages are free.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Questions about PDFs.
Something else? Write to support@outloudreader.app and a person will answer.
Can I listen to just some pages of a PDF?
Yes. Choose the range you want; the other pages are left out. Up to 50 pages go into one book.
Will it read the page numbers and headers?
Not if you crop them away. Crop the margins and only the text inside is read aloud.
Can it translate a PDF?
Yes. Choose another language when you make the book and the text is translated in natural sentences before it’s read. Choose the PDF’s own language to hear it as it is.
Can I download the audio as an MP3?
No. The audio stays in your library in the app, ready to play again as often as you like, at no cost. It isn’t exported as a file.