Listen to your PDF read aloud with your browser's built in voices. Free, private, and nothing is uploaded.
Upload a PDF and hear its text read aloud by your browser.
Is this tool really free?
Yes. Every tool on this site is free, with no account or sign-up required.
Are my files uploaded to your servers?
No. All processing happens in your browser, so your files never leave your device.
Which voice will I hear?
The voices built into your browser and device. Quality and available languages depend on your system. Chrome includes several natural voices for many languages.
Read Aloud uses your browser's built in voices to read a PDF's text out loud. Upload a PDF, pick a voice, speed and pitch, then press Listen. Pause, resume or stop at any time. Nothing is uploaded.
Voices come from your browser and device, so the available voices depend on your system. Speed and pitch adjust how the reading sounds. Try a faster speed for skimming and a slower one for dense text.
The tool reads the PDF's text layer. Scanned pages with no text layer have nothing to read, so the result stays silent for those pages. It does not read text out of images.
Whose voices are these?
Your browser's built in voices.
Can I pause and resume?
Yes. Pause, resume or stop at any time.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Nothing is uploaded.
Read our step by step guide: How to Read a PDF Aloud.