Your Personal Reader

Listen to articles, text, and documents in a natural voice — on the web or in Chrome.

Upload a document PDF, DOCX, TXT, MD, or RTF. Up to 20,000 extracted characters. Choose a document to turn into audio.

Document URL

Paste a public PDF, Google Doc, or supported document link.

Voice

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Help us improve Lector. Send us a URL, document link, or note when something does not sound right, is not read correctly, or could be improved.

Listen to articles, blog posts, text, and online documents with one click.

Listen while multitasking, commuting, exercising, or doing chores.

A fuller OpenAI voice set that sounds natural. Choose warm, professional, calm, or energetic — whatever fits your mood.

Two ways to listen

Use Lector in Chrome as you browse, or paste URLs and text into the web player.

Listen to supported pages while you browse

Install the floating extension

Add Lector to Chrome in one click

Create your account

Browse and click

Visit a page and click the Lector bubble to listen

Add to Chrome

Listen from the web by pasting a URL or text

Create your account

Paste a URL or text

Copy and paste an article link or text directly

Press play

Choose your voice and start listening

Try Lector

Same account works on both. Your usage syncs automatically.

Use Lector on the web or in Chrome.

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