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Listen to your class readings instead of staring at them.
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The Tortoise and the Hare, by Aesop.
A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal.
On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.
At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue.
Slow but steady wins the race.
From Aesop's Fables (public domain). Read by Heart, one of our AI voices.
One document a day is free. No card. We delete your file after we read it. A short one is ready in a few minutes.
Every word lights up.
See the word as you hear it. If your mind drifts, the glow shows where you are.
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This helps when...
- You have “an immense amount of readings for every class.” Put the file in, then listen on the bus or while you do laundry.
- You want to “listen to college textbooks that I have on pdf.” Add the PDF. Textbook pages with real text work.
- You want it “preferably free.” One document a day costs $0 and needs no card.
- You want a voice that “doesn’t sound completely robotic.” Press play on the sample first, then decide.
- You “have a better time understanding readings through listening.” Hear it and see it at the same time.
Questions
Questions
Is it really free?
One document a day is free, and you do not need a card. If you want more, Premium has no daily limit.
Can it read a whole textbook?
It reads up to about three hours of audio, then stops. For a whole book, make one read-along per chapter.
Does it read headers, footers and diagrams?
Small tables are read out. Long number tables and charts are skipped. Check your page for those.
Can I download it and listen offline?
Yes, the audio. A download button on a read-along saves it as an MP3 file you can play offline. The highlighted words open in your browser from the link, and there is no app.