article2audio

What article2audio is

article2audio is a web application that converts English articles into audio. The site describes reading the text, interpreting images, adding smart pauses and making sense of the article before turning it into speech, with descriptive imagery and table summaries rather than a literal read-through.

The FAQ states only English is supported, with two American English voices, and that it is a web app only.

What you can do with it

• Listen to English blogs and long reads
• Hear descriptions of images in an article
• Get a summary of a table instead of every cell
• Add the web app to a phone home screen

Who it is for

• Engineers and researchers reading English heavily
• Commuters
• Students working through long articles

What to watch out for

• Output is not verbatim: images are interpreted and tables are summarised, so details can be dropped
• Only English is supported, with two voices, so it does not suit other languages
• Copyright still belongs to the original author; sharing converted audio publicly needs permission
• Code, formulas and complex diagrams are better read in the original text