PDF to Audio
Listen to that report, thesis or ebook instead of squinting at it. Drop in a PDF and get clean PDF to audio narration that skips page numbers, running headers and footnotes, ready as MP3 files or one audiobook.
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
658 characters · 1 credit to narrate
Narrated by: Xander (AI Voice)
What is read
1. Sun Tzŭ said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. 4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline. 5, 6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.
- PDFs of any length up to this size
- 100 MB
- page numbers and running headers
- Skipped
- a file per chapter, or one audiobook
- MP3 + M4B
- natural narrators, 9 languages
- 40 voices
How do you convert a PDF to audio?
To turn a PDF to audio, drop it into the converter above. It reads the text in your browser, removes page furniture such as headers, page numbers and footnotes, finds chapters from the bookmarks or headings, and narrates them in the voice you choose. You get an MP3 per chapter and an M4B audiobook.
Convert PDF to audio in four steps
From a PDF on your desk to audio on your phone.
Drop in the PDF
Any PDF with selectable text works: exported from Word, Google Docs, LaTeX or an ebook tool. Long documents read page by page with a progress count.
PDF to AudioDrop your PDF here
pdfart-of-war.pdf170 KBCheck the chapters
Bookmarks become chapters; without them, headings like "Chapter 3" do. Rename, merge or untick sections such as the contents or the index.
PDF to AudioChapters3 of 4 to narrate- Opening pagesFront matter
- Chapter I: Laying Plans1,536 words
- Chapter II: Waging War1,608 words
- Chapter III: Attack By Stratagem2,337 words
Pick a voice and preview
Choose one of 40 narrators and hear the opening of your PDF read aloud free, before you spend anything.
XanderSerious, BritishFree preview1. Sun Tzŭ said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.…
The Art of War · Sun Tzu
Save MP3 or an audiobook
Play each chapter as it finishes, then download the MP3 files in a ZIP, or one M4B audiobook with chapter marks.
PDF to AudioThe Art of War.m4b32 min · 3 chaptersZIPThe Art of War MP3.zip3 MP3 files
A PDF to speech converter that reads like a person
Layout stays on the page. You hear the writing.
THE ART OF WAR · SUN TZŬLeft out
[The commentators, I think, make an unnecessary mystery of two words
here. Meng Shih refers to "the hard and the soft, waxing and waning" of
Heaven. Wang Hsi, however, may be right in saying that what is meant is
"the general economy of Heaven," including the five elements, the four
seasons, wind and clouds, and other phenomena.]
8. Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and
2Left out
- Running heads
- 20
- Page numbers
- 20
Found in all 20 pages
Skip page numbers and running heads
Text repeated at the top or bottom of every page, page numbers, footnote markers and reference lists are taken out before narration, so the listening never stalls on "Page 47".
… made the basis of a com-
parison, in this wise:— …
Hear whole words across line breaks
Words split with a hyphen at the end of a line are joined again, and a paragraph that runs over a page break is read as one, the way you would read it yourself.
- Chapter I. Laying Plansp. 19 min
- Chapter II. Waging Warp. 710 min
- Chapter III. Attack By Stratagemp. 1314 min
Turn bookmarks into chapters
PDF bookmarks become chapters with their own titles. Without bookmarks, chapter headings in the text are found, so a 300 page PDF arrives as tidy tracks.
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
3 chapter marks
- 0:00:00Chapter I: Laying Plans
- 0:09:06Chapter II: Waging War
- 0:18:42Chapter III: Attack By Stratagem
Get an M4B audiobook from a PDF
Besides the MP3s, the same narration becomes one M4B audiobook with chapter marks and a cover, so Apple Books and audiobook apps show your PDF as a proper book.
One file with chapters
M4B with chapters, for Apple Books and most audiobook players
3 MP3 files
An MP3 per chapter in a ZIP, for publishing
Keep PDF to MP3 files you own
Download an MP3 for every chapter, levelled to audiobook loudness, from 40 natural narrators in 9 languages. The files play offline on any phone, computer or car stereo.
Stays in this browser
Sent for narration
The text of 3 chapters, 30,516 characters
Keep the PDF on your computer
The PDF is opened in your browser and never uploaded whole. Only the chapters you choose are sent for narration, and you can download the audio again any time for 30 days.
PDF to audio guide
Which PDFs convert best
If you can highlight a sentence in your PDF reader, the converter can read it. PDFs saved from Word, Google Docs, Pages, LaTeX, InDesign and ebook tools all carry their text, chapter titles and often bookmarks.
Reports, theses, manuals, course packs and ebooks published as PDF all make good listening, from a ten page paper to a long textbook.
What the cleanup removes
A printed page carries things nobody reads aloud: the running header with the book title, the page number, footnote markers, and the list of references at the end of a paper. The converter spots text that repeats on every page and leaves it out of the narration.
Figure captions are kept in the word count but left out of the reading, so a description of a chart never interrupts a sentence.
Left out of this 20-page PDF
- Running heads20
- Page numbers20
- Footnotes0
- Citation marks2
- References0
Turn a PDF into an audiobook for study
Students use PDF to audiobook conversion to get through reading lists on the bus, at the gym or while cooking. Each chapter is its own track, so it is easy to replay the one you need before a seminar.
Listening while following the text helps many readers remember more, and it gives tired eyes a break during exam season.
PDF to MP3 or M4B
Choose MP3 when you want a file per chapter that plays everywhere: phones, car stereos, smart speakers and any media player. Choose M4B when you want one audiobook file with chapter marks and a cover, which Apple Books and audiobook apps show as a chapter list.
You can make both from the same narration, so there is no need to decide before you start.
- AAC narration
- 3 chapter marks
- Cover artwork
- Title and author
- Shelved as an audiobook
Listen faster, finish sooner
Most audio players let you listen at 1.25x or 1.5x, and narration stays clear at those speeds. The audiobook calculator shows how long your document takes at each speed, and the day you will finish at an hour a day.
Chapter files make speed listening easy to manage: skip back one track to hear a section again without hunting for the place.
What a PDF costs to narrate
One credit narrates 1,000 characters, which is about half a page of a typical book, so a page costs about 2 credits. A 30 page report takes around 60 credits and a 300 page book around 600.
The converter counts the exact characters before you start, after the page numbers and headers are taken out, and you only spend credits on the chapters you get.
This book needs
31Credits
32 min · 30,516 characters
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Busy readers
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