Turn Notes & Articles into Audio You Can Listen To

Q: How do I listen to an article instead of reading it?

Copy the article text, paste it into a text-to-speech app like Voiceify (up to 4,000 characters per generation — split long pieces at section breaks), pick a clear voice like Sage or Cedar, and convert. The audio saves to your history and plays offline.

Q: Does listening work as well as reading for studying?

For review, yes — hearing material you've already read once is an effective reinforcement pass, and it works in time you couldn't read in anyway (commute, gym, dishes). For first contact with dense material, most people still comprehend better on the page; use audio as the second pass.

Q: What speed should I listen at?

Generate at Normal, then use playback speed: 1.25x for familiar material, 1x for new. Ramp up gradually — comprehension at 2x is a trained skill, not a starting point.

Your reading backlog isn't a discipline problem — it's a hands-and-eyes problem. The commute, the gym, the dishes: hours when your ears are free and your eyes aren't. Text-to-speech turns that time back into reading time.

The basic loop

Copy the text — an article, your lecture notes, a report, a newsletter.
Paste into Voiceify. The composer takes 4,000 characters (~600–700 words) per generation; split longer pieces at section breaks — each becomes a track.
Pick a listening voice. Sage (wise, informative) and Cedar are ideal for content; Shimmer for wind-down reading. Preview before committing — the voice guide compares all 13.
Convert, then listen — in-app player with scrubber, ±15s skips and 0.5–2× playback speed.

Build a listening library

Every generation lands in your history with a title, duration and format — searchable, renamable, favoritable. Treat it like a podcast feed you author:

Name tracks by topic (“Bio ch. 4 — enzymes”, “Q3 report, section 2”) so search finds them at the gym.
Favorite the evergreen stuff — the notes you'll replay before every exam or meeting.
Generate on WiFi, listen anywhere: history playback is offline; the audio lives on your device.
Export what you want elsewhere — save AAC/MP3 files to Files and drop them into any player or share with a study group. (The formats guide covers which to pick.)

Where audio genuinely wins

Review passes. Hearing material you've read once is a strong second exposure — and it stacks with a commute.
Your own notes. Nobody narrates your notes for you; TTS is the only way they become listenable.
Long emails and reports you must get through but don't need to study.
Language rhythm. Generating practice text at Slow rate makes pacing and pronunciation audible.

Honest limits: for the first read of genuinely dense material, the page still beats the ear for most people. Use audio as the reinforcement pass, not the substitute — and start playback at 1×–1.25× before chasing 2×.

Reclaim your reading backlog

Paste, convert, listen on the go — history keeps your whole library. Free to try.

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FAQ

How do I listen to an article instead of reading it?

Copy, paste into Voiceify, pick a voice, convert. Split long pieces at section breaks; each becomes a track.

Does listening work as well as reading for studying?

As a review pass, yes — and it uses time you couldn't read in anyway. First contact with dense material still favors the page.

What speed should I listen at?

1× for new material, 1.25× for familiar; work upward gradually.