Most documents are made to be looked at. Page numbers sit at the bottom, the title repeats at the top of every page, and small footnote numbers sit in the middle of sentences. Your eyes skip all of it without trying.
Read aloud word for word, it's a different story. "The results were clear. Page seven. Annual report. The team recommends." Every page turn breaks the thread.
How does a text to speech PDF reader handle page numbers?
Aureley leaves all of that out of the audio.
The only thing you'll hear is the document. Not the page numbers, not the title on every page. Just the words, the way they were written.
When is it useful to read a PDF aloud this way?
- A forty-page report on the walk to work, heard as one argument instead of forty interruptions.
- A journal article with footnotes on every page, read without numbers breaking up each sentence.
- A contract with a heading on every page, heard once, not thirty times.
It's the first thing we built, and the thing we're proudest of. It's what makes a long document something you can actually finish by ear.
Our guide to reading a PDF aloud without the page numbers
Too much to read, not enough time. Aureley reads it all to you, in a natural voice, whenever you're ready.