# Listening: Text to Speech

> Read aloud Papers, Web & PDFs

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1635430768](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1635430768)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1635430768`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Listening App Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,352 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2022-09-23
- **Size:** 107 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/listening-text-to-speech/id1635430768)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://listening.com/privacy](https://listening.com/privacy)

## Description

**Listening: Text to Speech** converts PDFs, research papers, articles, Word documents, books, and other written content into natural-sounding audio. Listen while commuting, exercising, driving, or relaxing with support for playback speeds from 0.5x to 4x.

Capture ideas with one-tap note-taking and enjoy a flexible way to learn and stay productive hands-free. Listening is designed for students, professionals, researchers, and anyone who wants to save time while consuming written content. Premium monthly and yearly plans unlock unlimited listening and enhanced features.

## Rankings

- #49,433 — Overall
- #5 — listen
- #31 — speech
- #66 — text to speech
- #75 — speech to text

## Review summary

Users largely praise the app for studying and document handling at a lower price, but recurring issues dominate: crashes and blank screens, unreliable uploads, playback glitches, billing problems with support gaps, and inconsistent performance across devices. When operable, it’s useful, but reliability concerns hinder long-term use.

### Pros

- Useful for listening to academic papers and articles, aiding study.
- Easy to import PDFs and upload documents.
- More affordable pricing than some competitors.
- Active development and responsive support from the team.
- Intuitive and user-friendly interface when it works.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and blank/white screens; reliability is poor.
- Document upload/import is unreliable and slow; files fail to upload or load.
- Audio playback issues include stuttering, pauses, mispronunciations, and reading headers on every page.
- Billing problems and inconsistent premium access, with reports of auto-renew charges and unhelpful support.
- Inconsistent performance across devices; works on desktop but not reliably on mobile.

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