Listen to the annual report instead of squinting at it
Step 1: press play on a one-minute sample. Step 2: try your own report free.
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Press play and follow the highlighted words — this is exactly what your documents become.
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.
Annual reports, shareholder letters and filings can run to hundreds of pages. You don't always have time to sit and read them. With Read-Along you can listen on your commute, on a walk, or while you do something else, and still see the words if you want to follow along.
Paste the link to the report or upload the PDF (up to 3 GB; linked files up to 50 MB). We pull out the text, tidy it up, and narrate it section by section. You get a page with a player: press play and each word is highlighted as it's read, so you can glance down any time and find your place.
Good for
Investors catching up before a meeting, analysts skimming the CEO letter, students reading case-study reports, anyone who retains more by ear.
What to expect
A short document is ready in a few minutes. A long report takes about half as long as it takes to listen, and you can close the tab: we email the link, or text it once if you signed in by phone and ticked the box. Narration stops at about 3 hours, so a very long report is read up to that point. Small tables are read out row by row. Long tables of numbers and charts are left out of the narration, so check the original for any figure that matters.
Price
Everyone gets one free document a day, no card needed. Premium has no daily limit and puts your documents first.
Privacy
Your uploaded file is stored privately. The finished read-along page has a long, hard-to-guess link: anyone you give that link to can open it, so share it only with people you trust.
Hear a short sample on our home page, no sign-in needed, then try your own report free.
Questions
Does it read the tables and charts?
Small tables are read row by row. Long tables of numbers and charts are skipped, so check the original for key figures.
How long does a long report take?
About half as long as it takes to listen: an hour of listening is ready in about 30 minutes. Narration stops at about 3 hours, so a very long report is read up to that point.
Who can open my read-along?
Anyone who has the link. It is long and hard to guess, but it is not password-protected. Your uploaded file itself is stored privately.
Is it free?
One document a day is free, with no card. Premium has no daily limit.