Guides

Practical, honest guides to listening instead of reading.

How to turn what you have to read — PDFs, e-books, the twenty articles in your open tabs — into audio, with real steps, real limits, and fair looks at the alternatives.

• How to read aloud with voices from your own ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon Polly or Alibaba Cloud account

  3 October 2026 · Connect a provider under Voice providers: setup for all six, what you pay for, where your key and text go, and the error messages explained.

• How to listen to Substack newsletters (instead of letting them pile up)

  7 September 2026 · Any post that opens in your browser reads aloud, paid newsletters included, and the backlog becomes something to listen to.

• How to listen to arXiv papers (and what any text-to-speech tool gets wrong)

  7 September 2026 · The abstract-first workflow, why the HTML version often listens better, and the honest truth about equations.

• How to read Notion pages aloud (and what doesn't read well)

  7 September 2026 · Notion pages are web pages, so they read aloud in the browser; toggles and databases are the weak spots.

• Kindle Cloud Reader text to speech: what actually works (and what doesn't)

  7 September 2026 · Amazon's supported Kindle listening options, Lullula's limits with protected books, and how to listen to DRM-free EPUBs.

• How to listen to Medium articles (any story, not just the ones with audio)

  7 September 2026 · Medium's audio is only on some stories; any story open in your browser reads aloud, member-only ones included.

• How to make Google Docs read aloud (3 practical ways)

  3 September 2026 · Browser playback, Chromebook Select-to-speak, and full screen-reader support compared.

• How we measure what gets read aloud

  13 September 2026 · 999 pages, dated results with error bars, and a practical way to check what gets skipped.

• How to listen to articles instead of reading them

  29 August 2026 · The backlog math, what listening is honestly good for, and the two-minute setup.

• How to read EPUBs aloud for free (and turn any e-book into an audiobook)

  29 August 2026 · The three-step setup, the DRM question answered straight, and where the free books live.

• How to make Chrome read a page aloud (3 ways)

  29 August 2026 · The new built-in "Listen to this page", your OS reader, and when an extension earns its install.

• The best text-to-speech Chrome extensions in 2026, honestly compared

  29 August 2026 · Real store ratings, free-tier limits and prices for 7 options — by a maker honest about its bias.

• How to listen to a PDF (without uploading it anywhere)

  27 August 2026 · The 3-step browser setup, why upload portals deserve hesitation, and free options compared honestly.