Next-Gen Neural Audiobooks

Free Text to Speech That Reads Your Books Aloud

Turn any PDF, EPUB, or text document into your personal audiobook with ultra-realistic AI voices. Enjoy seamless background playback and automatic progress tracking—all completely free.

Read Aloud Any PDF or EPUB

Easily upload PDFs, EPUBs, or plain text books and have them read aloud directly from your personal library.

Natural AI Voices

A high-quality text-to-speech (TTS) engine that makes long listening feel like a human narrator.

Background Play

Lock your phone screen, multitask, or keep listening on the go without interruption.

Progress Tracking

Never lose your spot again with automatic chapter and session position saving.

Audio Caching

Cache generated audio blocks locally for continuous playback anytime, anywhere. Connection to server still required.

100% Free

Enjoy full-featured listening with no hidden subscriptions or paywalls.

Frequently Asked Questions

Got questions? We've got answers.

We currently support standard document formats including PDF, EPUB, and TXT files. Your documents are processed instantly right in your browser or library workspace.

Yes, absolutely. Your privacy is our priority. Files are handled securely, and we do not store your private documents or sell your data.

No — Readalouder needs an internet connection to generate and stream audio from our servers, so it isn't available offline right now.

Our core reading and text-to-speech features are designed to be fully open and accessible to all readers without unnecessary paywalls.

Built-in screen readers are made for short snippets, not long-form listening. ReadAlouder is built specifically for books and documents — it tracks your position across long PDFs and EPUBs, caches audio for offline playback, and keeps playing in the background without you needing to keep the page open.

ReadAlouder uses a natural-sounding neural text-to-speech engine designed to feel closer to a human narrator than a robotic voice. You can preview and switch between multiple voices right from the settings menu to find the one that fits your ear best.

Not yet. ReadAlouder currently reads text-based PDF, EPUB, and TXT files. Scanned or photographed pages without a text layer aren't supported at this time.

Audio generation takes a lot of CPU resources, allow around 4 minutes to generate, grab a coffee while you wait.

Yes. Due to the resources required for audio generation, uploads are limited to 1 per hour.

Yes — your library is tied to a cookie session in your browser. Click on settings button to view the session id, copy it and use on another device's settings panel to pull in your books and progress there.