PDF to Speech Converter
Turn the text of any PDF into natural-sounding speech — you pick the voice, the language and the pace
Upload a PDF of up to 10 MB and PDF2Audio extracts its text and speaks it with one of 13 AI voices. Choose Clean Read-Through to hear your text read faithfully, in order, or let the AI rewrite it as a lecture, podcast or summary first. Then play it in your browser or download it as an MP3.
What you control when you convert PDF to speech
13 AI voices
Alloy, Ash, Ballad, Coral, Echo, Fable, Marin, Nova, Onyx, Sage, Shimmer, Verse and Cedar — from bright and clear to deep and calm. Podcast mode lets you pick two, one for each host.
18 audio languages
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified, Traditional and Cantonese).
Faithful reading, or rewritten
Clean Read-Through speaks your text faithfully and in order. Lecture, Podcast, Summary and Deep Analysis rewrite it for listening first.
Playback speed
Listen at 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x or 2x. The speed you choose is remembered for your next document.
MP3 download
Every conversion is saved to your account and can be downloaded as an MP3 for your phone, car or any player.
Try it free
Every new account includes 50,000 free characters — roughly 15 to 25 pages. After that, pay for a single document by its length, or choose a plan.
Who uses PDF text to speech
👀 Easier than reading
- • Long reports after a day at the screen
- • Readers with dyslexia or low vision
- • Proofreading your own writing by ear
- • Documents in a language you read slowly
🚶 Listening on the move
- • Articles and papers on the commute
- • Manuals while your hands are busy
- • Course notes at the gym
- • Saved MP3s on any device
How to convert a PDF to speech
1. Upload your PDF (up to 10 MB). The text is extracted automatically — a scanned PDF with no text layer has nothing to read.
2. Pick a voice, the audio language and a mode. Clean Read-Through keeps your wording; the other modes rewrite it for listening.
3. Convert, then play it in the browser at the speed you like, or download the MP3.
Which voice should I choose?
Each mode starts with a voice that suits it: Nova, clear and neutral, for Clean Read-Through; Onyx, deep and steady, for lectures; Shimmer for summaries; Ash for deep analysis; and Nova with Onyx as the two podcast hosts.
You can switch to any of the 13 voices before converting. The audio language defaults to the language you are browsing the site in, so check it matches your PDF.
Hear your PDF in a natural voice
Upload a PDF, pick a voice and listen right in your browser.
Convert PDF to speech