AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to HearIt
Create your own audio books from any file for free.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. HearIt launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I generated 70k audiobooks with OpenAI Text-to-Speechfree tier, from $15/mo▲140Hey HN. I’m Ivan, hacker from Ukraine. For about a year, I was working on Listenly — an app to listen to text content with OpenAI's natural-sounding text-to-speech model. At some moment, I realized that it would be cool to take all the public domain e-books and create audio versions for them. So I did it... kind-of. It would cost an immense amount of money to generate all the audio right away (OpenAI TTS costs approximately $0.84/hour of audio; 11labs, for comparison, is 10 times more expensive). So, I took a more gradual approach. I took all the metadata from the Project Gutenberg…
2024 · listenly.io · its alternatives →
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Eary▲79The easiest way to listen to audiobooks on Spotify.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Outtloud▲208Create unlimited audiobooks & podcasts from your documents!
2025 · outtloud.com · its alternatives →
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ElevenLabs & Spotify make audiobook publishing effortless
2025 · findawayvoices.com · its alternatives →
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QuickPiperAudiobook locally generates an mp3 audiobook on Linux with one easy command. It can convert PDFs, epub, mobi, and many more by using ebook-convert. It uses any piper TTS model, and thus supports a wide variety of languages. I've had great success using it to read more while reducing eye strain and computer usage. I think I've probably read 30 or so books this way now over the past year. Being able to listen to any content you want in audio form free and offline while going for a walk is extremely handy. I hope it helps you as well! Cheers
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Audiorista▲87No code app builder for audio, podcasts, ebooks & video
2023 · audiorista.com · its alternatives →
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ReadBit▲122Read wisely & save time with text-to-speech audiobook reader
2021 · readbit.app · its alternatives →
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Create AI voiceovers with 1500+ voices in 80+ languages. Use text to speech, voice cloning, and studio controls for videos, audiobooks, courses, and ads.
2018 · auditus.cc · its alternatives →
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eBook to Audiobook in Minutes, using AI Text-To-Speech
2025 · audiobookcreator.io · its alternatives →
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Read For U▲77Turn any ebook in your Kindle library into an audiobook
2023 · good-job-for-you.frog.tech · its alternatives →
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Turn Ebooks into Audiobooksfree tier▲34Create AI voiceovers with 1500+ voices in 80+ languages. Use text to speech, voice cloning, and studio controls for videos, audiobooks, courses, and ads.
2019 · auditus.cc · its alternatives →
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Read smarter, not harder with this text-to-speech reader
2022 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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I had a bunch of ebooks with no audiobook version available. So I built an iOS app that converts EPUB files into audiobooks using text-to-speech. Two voice options: - Free on-device voices (processed locally, no server needed) - Natural cloud voices (one-time purchase per book, no subscription) Cloud conversion runs chunk by chunk. You can start listening other chapters generate in the background. Once done, the audiobook lives on your device. No account required. No subscription. You import your own EPUBs and either use device TTS for free or pay per book for the cloud voices. Nothing…
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Turn any EPUB into an audiobook with AI voices in iOS
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hearken▲3Offline AI audiobooks from your own books and documents
Jul 2026 · hearken.cc · its alternatives →
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Mar 2026 · discovox.org · its alternatives →
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Books deserve better. Listen & Experience like never before
2025 · lvlpedia.space · its alternatives →
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