Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Liso

Highlight text on any page and turn it into audio.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Article to Audio Conversion Kit▲134
Turn your 'must do' reading into on the go listening
2021 · its alternatives →
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AudioPen▲888
The easiest way to convert messy thoughts into clear text
2023 · audiopen.ai · its alternatives →
3
Speechify Reader▲83
Read smarter, not harder with this text-to-speech reader
2022 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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Audioread (formerly Audiblogs)▲629
Listen to any web article in your podcast player
2021 · audioread.com · its alternatives →
5
Liso▲73
Liso uses A.I. to find and narrate trending news and topics
2021 · its alternatives →
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Speechify 3.0▲192
Widgets, new design, Explore and more!
2024 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech▲99
Shown HN: Lue - Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech Hello, Just went live on GitHub with this project. I really enjoy listening to my eBooks as audiobooks but was frustrated by the available options. Converting books into audiobooks with scripts is tedious, and most tools stumble over footnotes, headers, or formatting. I wanted something simple: just throw a book at it, and it starts reading immediately without any clicking or loading. I also wanted it to be customizable and modular because new, better TTS engines are released all the time. For this initial release, I settled on Edge…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Listening.io▲243
Turn articles into audio and listen in your podcast app
2022 · listening.com · its alternatives →
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PDF to MP3▲169
Hey HN, I've built a new feature to listen to blog posts. I also have an app, that's what I personally use to listen to audio while driving. I would love to get some feedback on the UX and whether this is useful for you!
2024 · listendock.com · its alternatives →
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Blakify▲75
Turn any text into audio in a matter of seconds
2021 · blakify.com · its alternatives →
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Playtext▲108
Turn articles into audiobooks & read 2x faster!
2023 · playtext.com · its alternatives →
12
Turn Books Into Sound | LVLPEDIA▲18
Books deserve better. Listen & Experience like never before
2025 · lvlpedia.space · its alternatives →
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Read To Me▲114
Turn Any PDF into an Audiobook
2024 · read-to-me.com · its alternatives →
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SpeechKit▲152
The best way to make your news stories available in audio
2017 · speechkit.io · its alternatives →
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Audio Notes AI▲164
Turn chaotic ideas into practical notes
2023 · audionotesai.com · its alternatives →
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Read2Me▲125
Convert any website or file into a podcast
2017 · read2me.online · its alternatives →
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VocalVia▲110
Turn documents and articles into editable multi-voice audio
Jul 2026 · vocalvia.com · its alternatives →
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Voice Out▲97
Text-to-speech to read any webpage, Google Doc, or PDF
2024 · voiceout.app · its alternatives →
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Read For U▲77
Turn any ebook in your Kindle library into an audiobook
2023 · good-job-for-you.frog.tech · its alternatives →
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DocTunes▲71
Turn your pdf or image document into audio
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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HearIt▲81
Create your own audio books from any file for free.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Shelf▲75
Listen to any blogpost, newsletter, news article
2021 · its alternatives →
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Readaway 2.0▲97
Let your ears do the reading.
2019 · its alternatives →
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AnyToSpeech▲109
An easy way to convert text, URL or PDF to speech
2023 · anytospeech.com · its alternatives →

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