Upload a PDF and listen to it read aloud. Adjust speed, choose a voice, and follow along with highlighted text. Everything runs in your browser.
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Upload a PDF to see extracted text here
How It Works
Upload any PDF file
Text is extracted from each page
Press play to hear it read aloud
Follow along with highlighted text
Features
Adjustable speed (0.5x - 2x)
Multiple voice options
Page-by-page navigation
Auto-advance pages
Live text highlighting
100% browser-based
Privacy
Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser using the Web Speech API. No files are uploaded to any server. Your documents remain completely private.
Supported Browsers
Works best in Chrome, Edge, and Safari. Firefox has limited voice support. The number of available voices depends on your operating system.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser. The text is extracted locally using JavaScript, and the audio is generated by your browser's built-in text-to-speech engine. No data is sent anywhere.
Voice availability depends on your browser and operating system. Chrome typically offers the most voices. Try reloading the page if voices haven't loaded yet. On some systems, voices are loaded asynchronously and may take a moment to appear.
This tool extracts text from PDF text layers. Scanned PDFs that contain only images won't have extractable text. For scanned documents, use our PDF OCR tool first to add a text layer, then use this tool to listen.
You can adjust playback speed from 0.5x (half speed) to 2x (double speed) in 0.25x increments. The default is 1x (normal speed). Slower speeds are helpful for complex or technical content.
Yes. When auto-advance is enabled, the tool automatically moves to the next page when the current page finishes reading. It stops after the last page. You can also manually navigate between pages using the skip buttons.