Listening: Text to Speech

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4.2
5.55K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

Listening.com transforms articles, research papers, books, and PDFs into high-quality, natural-sounding audio. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or someone who loves learning on the go, Listening offers an effortless way to consume written content seamlessly.

Key Features:

Versatile Content Conversion
Convert a wide range of texts—whether they’re academic papers, business reports, articles, or eBooks—into audio, making it easy to listen wherever you are.

Natural Voices
Experience human-like voices, even for complex or technical terms, making listening more engaging and easier to follow.

One-Click Note-Taking
Capture key ideas with just a single tap while listening. Ideal for tracking important points during your commute or workout.

Efficient Multitasking
Listen while you exercise, drive, or relax, freeing up time for other activities without missing important reading.

Custom Listening Experience
Adjust playback speeds from 0.5x to 4x to suit your needs. Speed through simpler content or slow down for detailed comprehension.

Multi-Format Support
Convert PDFs, Word documents, articles, and more into audio, with support for a wide variety of formats.

Who Is Listening For?
Whether you’re a busy professional trying to keep up with the latest reports, a student balancing a heavy reading load, or someone who enjoys audiobooks and podcasts, Listening makes it easy to turn written text into a hands-free, on-the-go experience.

Pricing:

Premium Plans
Unlock unlimited listening and advanced features with flexible monthly or yearly subscriptions.

Join thousands of users who are transforming the way they read and learn with Listening.

[Minimum supported app version: 3.2.7]
Updated on
24 Apr 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 5 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
5.37K reviews
jakub suchánek
14 January 2025
The only actually usable text to speach app. So good job. Mainly the fact that I can upload a bunch of files and then things happen without me having to watch it. There are still a bunch of bugs (failing for some websites, the order being sometimes weird, notifications not dismissable...) and some features for describing formulas and pictures would be useful to, so still ways to go.
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Luke Johnson
8 October 2024
This app has a lot of potential, but it could use some improvements. For one, I constantly have problems with uploading on my phone, paryicularly for larger PDFs. A lot of the time an upload gets stuck at 90% and then eventually fails. A couple times it's been stuck at 90% then I retry and it ends up uploading the PDF twice. The voices are a bit robotic compared to the latest advancements in text to speech, and often the word tracking gets out of sync with the audio after a couple minutes.
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James Pankaew
30 October 2024
Hello Luke, We appreciate your insights and are always looking to enhance user experience. Thank you for pointing these areas out. Our team is actively working on improving stability for file uploads and refining voice and audio features. Please reach out to us directly at support@listening.com if we can assist you further—we’re here to help!
Kieran
3 March 2025
After I used it for the first time and uploaded a PDF I wanted it to read for me, the app will now only open on a black screen. So it is currently unusable for me. In the desktop version it is not possible for me to change the voice, even though I changed my preferences in the settings. I'll change this rating once the issue is fixed, because I think the app is really quite helpful and the free features are very generous!
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