Listening.com

Save time by listening to papers anywhere.
What is Listening.com?
Listening.com is a Chrome extension that allows users to save any web page as an audio and listen to it in the browser or on their Android, iPhone, or tablet device. It provides a convenient way to listen to papers anywhere.

Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
Rating: 3.53 (15)
Version: 1.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-11-04)
Creation date: 2022-07-18
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 1.71M

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Extension summary

This Listening.com browser extension is a simple tool for saving any web page, and turning it into audio.

You can listen to the audio in the Chrome Extension's "Listen" tab, or you can listen on your Android, iPhone, or tablet device.

Clicking the Chrome Extension's icon will pop up the Chrome Extension modal, which allows you to convert the current tab to audio.

The converted audios are saved to your Listening.com account. Users who aren't logged in will be taken to a login or registration page.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Natural-sounding and pleasant voice
  • Filters out irrelevant information effectively
  • Useful concept for listening to articles
  • Works great for many users
Cons
  • Pronunciation and reading flow need improvement
  • Technical issues with document loading and account access
  • Inconsistent handling of punctuation and formatting
  • Lack of customer service support
Most mentioned
  • Needs improvements on pronunciations and reading flow
  • Issues with document loading and account management
  • Natural voice quality appreciated
  • Effective filtering of irrelevant content
Recent reviews
I just tried it out today. The voice is very natural-sounding and pleasant. It correctly filters out irrelevant information such as references and notes etc. However, at least from what I experienced on the papers that I converted, the produced audio suffers from some issues that made it hard to understand the structure both at the sentence level and at the section level. For instance, it seems to systematically treat the hyphen as a long dash, thus marking a pause in the middle of compound word, which is very annoying as it breaks the flow of the sentence. On the other hand, it does not mark a pause after reading the title of a section, jumping directly to the first sentence of that section. It also fails to make appearant that something is between parentheses, so it's difficult to know what the main point is and what is mere detail. For those reasons unless these issues are addressed, I don't think I will use it past the trial period as the price is rather high
by Guillaume LE GULUDEC, 2024-10-12

Useless!!!!!! Documents don't load and there is no customer service only email runarounds.
by Robert Davis, 2024-10-04

You can not login if you made your listening.com account by linking it to your google account. You also can not use the "forgot your password" or create an account button.
by Megan Bourque, 2024-09-30
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Listening.com does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Listening.com is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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