Listening: Text to Speech

James Pankaew

In-app purchases

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: 2.2.25]

Ratings and reviews

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.

I was able to listen to a pdf successfully and it worked impressively, skipping footers headers and footnotes. Worked very good, was very impressed. I tried listening to another paper and it freezes and says "processing the rest of your audio". I'm especially disappointed that it isn't continuing to work because this app has worked terrifically at first, but now will not play audio. I'm really hoping to see this problem resolved.

This could've been great. However there is no way to cancel or properly delete a download, so it's just stuck on your app even if you have 'deleted' it. I attempted to convert a PDF and the image quality of my file came out terrible after going through the conversion, and I checked that I wasn't just my file. I love the voices though, and the minimalist design is amazing. The converting software just needs some work, along with not getting stuck downloading something at 90%. I'll check back in.

What's new

- Handle ATT consent on iOS only