BookAloud

PDF to MP3 converter

Convert PDF to MP3 — free, in your browser

Drop any text PDF — an article, a report, class notes, a book — and download it as MP3 read by a natural voice. 20,000 characters a day free, no account, nothing uploaded. Long PDFs are split into chapter files automatically.

Input
Text PDF
Output
MP3 64 kbps
Free
20k chars/day
Upload
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Illustration: a book's chapters laid out as a listening list
● Runs in your browser · files never uploaded
Voice · 28 natural voices

Good to know

Free vs paid

FreeBook Pass / Pro
Characters20,000 a day (5,000 per run)Unlimited
Text → MP3YesYes
PDF / EPUB → chapter MP3sYesYes
All chapters as ZIPYesYes
One audiobook MP3 with chapter markers—Yes
28 voices, speed 0.7–1.5×YesYes
Sign-up, watermarkNoneNone
Your files uploadedNeverNever

Questions

+How big is the MP3?

About 0.5 MB per minute of speech; a 1-hour chapter is about 29 MB.

+Does it read tables and footnotes?

Table cells and footnotes are read as plain text in page order. For clean listening, untick appendix chapters.

+Can I change the voice or speed?

Yes, 28 voices and speed from 0.7× to 1.5×. Preview a voice before converting.

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