Listening: Text to Speech

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3.3
5.05K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 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 simply love learning on the go, Listening offers a seamless way to consume written content effortlessly.

Key Features:

Versatile Content Conversion: Turn a wide range of text—whether it’s academic papers, business reports, articles, or eBooks—into audio, making it easy to listen wherever you are.

Natural Voices: Enjoy human-like voices, even for complex or technical terms, that make listening more engaging and easier to follow.

One-Click Note-Taking: Capture key ideas with just one tap while listening. Perfect for keeping track of important points during your commute or workout.

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

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

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

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

Pricing:

Free Plan: Access core features, including text-to-speech functionality, for free.

Premium Plans: Unlock unlimited listening and enhanced 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: 3.0.54]
Updated on
Jan 21, 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

3.2
4.89K reviews
Helena S
October 4, 2023
I was very excited at first with this app, but after a week trial i don't think I will be paying for a subscription. I actually think it's appalling that a paid service works so badly. The paragraphs are split in weird ways. Sometimes some phrases are read as if there were no spacing between the words. Sometimes the sections of the papers are mixed up and end up being sandwiched among each other (especially in the case of columns). Lastly, many times the audio of the PDF doesn't load...
91 people found this review helpful
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Meia Oei
November 28, 2023
Honestly... It's fine, but needs a lot of work before I'm willing to pay for it. Perhaps it's good for scientific papers, but wouldn't recommend for humanities students. Besides the formatting stuff mentioned in other reviews, not a lot of work seems to be put in the actual capabilities: there's only a single voice (male and American) to choose from, the pitch goes up when sped up, it can't pronounce words like modernity and interpellate, let alone homonyms (or non-English names)
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Ashley-Ann Cooper
January 23, 2025
This app is useful, HOWEVER the ads are absolutely lying when they say the AI knows how to pronounce technical terms correctly. The AI can't even say words like "excitatory" properly, much less "acetylcholine". It takes more mental effort than it should to understand pretty basic words because the pronunciation is completely off. The app is also very expensive considering you can use free TTS in the Edge browser on your PC that's just as good
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What’s new

* Improved sharing extension
* Enhanced folders management
* Fixed PDF reading view

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About the developer
The Listening App Inc.
1655 Oak Street San Francisco, CA 94117 United States
+1 917-420-1339