Citation skipping
Citations off. Sections kept.
Listening reads the prose without bracketed references, footnotes or the reference list, and keeps the sections navigable.
4.4on the App Store and Google Play
Listen to anything. Hear only what matters.
Listening turns articles, PDFs, documents and newsletters into natural audio. It skips the clutter other apps read aloud, and follows you to every device.
- Unlimited listening
- AI overviews
- Every device, one plan
How it compares
Listening vs. other apps
Most read-aloud apps read everything on the page, cap how much you can listen and stay on one device. Listening doesn’t.
| Features | Listening | Other apps |
|---|---|---|
| How it reads | ||
| Natural, human-sounding voices | Included | Some apps |
| Skips clutter like footnotes and page numbers | Included | Not includedRead aloud |
| Handles tables and complex layouts | Included | Not included |
| Pronounces difficult words | Included | Some apps |
| What you can listen to | ||
| PDFs, documents and web pages | Included | Some apps |
| Newsletters and emails | Included | Some apps |
| Imports from the apps you already use | Included | Some apps |
| AI overviews and key points | Included | Some apps |
| Your plan | ||
| Unlimited listening | Included | Not included |
| Every device on one subscription | Included | Some apps |
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4.4on the App Store and Google PlayiPhone, Android, Mac, Windows and Chrome
What makes Listening hard not to love?
Everything students and researchers need from a reader, in one app.
- Skips citations and footnotes
- Every section, one tap away
- Imports your Zotero library
- Reads your newsletters
- One app for everything you read
Made for the way you actually read
Papers, the articles around them and the newsletters you subscribe to, in one app that knows what not to read aloud.
Scientific pronunciation
Says the jargon right
Built for scientific terms. If a word comes out wrong, report it.
Zotero import
Your Zotero library, ready to play
Connect once and import the papers you want to hear.
No quotas
No word budget. No hour cap.
Many readers meter words, characters or hours. Listening is unlimited on the paid plan.
Every device
Listen wherever you are
In the browser, on any phone or desktop, with the Chrome extension, in your car, or even on your watch. One subscription covers all of it, and your progress follows you.
The usual setup
Your reading is scattered across apps that never talk.
One reader for papers, one for articles and newsletters, one for everything else. Three apps, three subscriptions, and citations still read aloud in the middle of a sentence.
Listening combines all three in one app. Papers, articles and newsletters, one subscription.
From people who switched
They tried the others first.
Students and researchers on what changed when they moved their reading to Listening.
I tried a lot of text-to-speech apps before finding listening. From the purpose of reading academic books or papers it takes the top spot. It reliable skips footnotes and other content I do not want read out, and this cannot be said for other apps. I'm impressed.
Joseph WatersAbsolutely brilliant, haven't been able to find an app that can say scientific words properly until now. Very easy to use.
Samantha Lumby
Start listening to everything you read.
Articles, PDFs, emails and newsletters, read aloud in a natural voice on every device you own.
4.4on the App Store and Google PlayiPhone, Android, Mac, Windows and Chrome
Frequently Asked Questions
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