Audio ⇄ Page · a reversible transformation
Scroll to watch a document become an audiobook — words strip down, lift off the page, and turn into sound.
Running header · The First Recording
Chapter One
The recording began before dawn, a single voice against the hum of the room.12 Every sentence carried the weight of the thing it described.
What arrives as sound leaves as structure — the words find their margins, the paragraphs settle into columns, and the chapters announce themselves.
12. See the appendix for a full account of the morning’s session and related citations, ibid., pp. 204–211.
Everypagebecomesavoiceyoucanhear
Audiobook · 04 chapters · 31 min
read aloud, chapter by chapter
The finished book
Every conversion keeps the text and the audio side by side — follow along in the reader, or close your eyes and listen. Chapters, speed, bookmarks and sleep timer included.
What you can bring
Drop in whatever you're reading. Chapters, structure and clean text are handled for you.
Research papers
Academic PDFs
PDF books
Any PDF file
EPUB books
E-book format
Web articles
Any URL
Legal docs
Contracts & briefs
Plain text
TXT & markdown
Slides
Presentations
Word docs
DOCX files
Scanned forms
OCR handled
Textbooks
With equations
Try a voice
“The experiment showed a 27% reduction in failures versus the baseline, with p < 0.001 using a t-test.”
The voices
Press play to hear each voice read a real excerpt.
Jenny
Warm & expressive · Fiction
Guy
Deep & authoritative · Science
Aria
Clear & friendly · Narration
Andrew
Calm & measured · Non-fiction
Try it yourself
These were made by the same pipeline you'll use. Press play.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Science textbook
Plato
Built for readers
Tables, figures and math are summarised, not garbled — complex documents parsed correctly.
Footnotes, citations, page headings and other junk stripped automatically for clean flow.
Listen from 0.5× to 3×. Choose your pace for study sessions or commutes.
Auto-detected table of contents. Jump between chapters and sections instantly.
Follow along with reformatted text while you listen. Tap any passage to play from there.
Every conversion in one place — organise, search and sync across devices.
Why Book2Audio
| Feature | Book2Audio | Audible | Speechify | Generic TTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your own documents | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Natural AI voices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Handles math & figures | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Strips footnotes / junk | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Chapter detection | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Free to use | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| Resume playback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Reader view | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| No subscription | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | — | — | — |
Readers
“This is honestly a life saver. I have ADHD and struggle reading off a page. It delivers a better product than competitors, converting only the relevant text.”
App Store reviewer
Student
“A PhD workflow game changer. Excellent for research papers on my commute — figures show up clearly and the voices sound natural.”
iOS user
PhD researcher
“I've tried every text-to-speech app and this is the best. Handles large EPUBs flawlessly and I can listen offline while hiking.”
Power user
Avid reader
Questions
Yes. Book2Audio is open source and free to use. No ads, no subscription, no hidden limits.
PDF, EPUB, DOCX, TXT, web articles, slides, legal documents, research papers and more. Chapters and structure are detected automatically.
Unlike generic TTS tools, Book2Audio summarises visual elements like tables and figures, reads math naturally, and removes inline references and footnotes for clean audio.
Typically 1–3 minutes for a full book. A 200-page book usually takes about 2 minutes.
We use state-of-the-art neural voice engines with natural intonation and rhythm. Multiple voices — press play above to hear.
Your books are stored securely and never shared with third parties. Delete your data anytime.
Take it with you
It installs straight from the web — no App Store, no download. Scan the code, open it, and tap Add to Home Screen. It opens full-screen like a native app.
iPhone / iPad
Open in Safari → tap the Share icon ⎋ → Add to Home Screen.
Android
Open in Chrome → menu ⋮ → Install app.
Scan to open
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