Just listen, or follow along
Glance at the page now and then: the phrase being spoken is highlighted and its sentence set in black, so you always find your place.
Rather listen than read? Turn a book into an audiobook.
Photograph the pages of a paper book, open a PDF, or paste an article or a letter. Outloud Reader reads it aloud in a natural voice, so you can listen while you walk, commute or cook.
Free to download · iOS & Android · No sign-up
Quick answer
To turn a paper book into an audiobook, photograph its pages one after another in Outloud Reader; a PDF or a pasted article works too. It’s read aloud in a natural voice, in any of 14 languages, and up to 50 pages go into one book. The audio stays in your library, ready to play again as often as you like, at no cost.
An app that reads books aloud,
the ones you already have.
There’s no store and no catalogue. It reads what you bring it: the book on your shelf, a PDF, an article you saved, a letter.
14 languages, natural voices
A woman’s or a man’s voice in every language except French, which has a woman’s.
At your speed
Anywhere from 0.5× to 1.25×, so a long chapter goes at the pace you like.
Easy on the eyes
When you do read along: light, sepia or dark, with contrast, text size and line spacing to suit you.
Read a PDF aloud, or a paper book.
Whatever the text is on, there’s a way in, and every book stays in your library with its audio.
- Photograph page after page; the app finds the page in each photo and crops it.
- Open a PDF, choose the pages to listen to, and crop away headers, footers and page numbers.
- Paste an article, an email or a letter, and it’s read like any other book.
- Up to 50 pages go into one book; make the next chapters into another.
- Play a book again whenever you like, at no cost, and search the library by any word inside.
How it works.
Your book, out loud.
Three steps from the page in your hand to the voice in your ears.
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Bring the book
Photograph its pages one after another, pick photos from your gallery, choose pages from a PDF, or paste an article.
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It becomes an audiobook
The text is recognised from your photos and read by a natural voice. Pick a language other than the page’s and it’s translated first.
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Listen anywhere
Press play and listen on a walk, on the train or at the stove. Look at the screen and the phrase being spoken is highlighted.
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 listeners ask.
Something else? Write to support@outloudreader.app and a person will answer.
Can I turn a paper book into an audiobook?
Yes. Photograph its pages one after another and they become a book read aloud in a natural voice. Up to 50 pages go into one book, so a long book becomes several.
Can it read a PDF aloud?
Yes. Open the PDF, choose the pages you want, and crop away headers, footers and page numbers, so only the text is read.
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.
Do I need an internet connection?
To make a book, yes: the text is recognised and voiced online. The audio is then kept on your device.