Audeus

Listening to a PDF or Word file instead of reading it is the whole point of Audeus, a text-to-speech reader app that reads your documents, pasted text and web articles aloud.

It handles PDF, Word (docx) and non-DRM EPUB files, so ebooks with copy protection are out.

Voices are lifelike, and the text is highlighted in sync as it plays, which helps if you want to follow along on screen.

You can change the playback speed to suit dense or light material.

Audeus also connects with Chrome, Canva and OpenAI, so you can pull in content from places you already work.

As an AI reader, it suits people with long reading lists who would rather listen during spare moments than sit down with every page.