Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to PDFly
Where PDFs learn to speak 🚀
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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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PDF to MP3â–²169Hey 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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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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TalkingPdf.ioâ–²129Talk to PDFs - ask, summarise & find info effortlessly
2023 · talkingpdf.io · its alternatives →
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e-Docâ–²74Scan and convert your pdf file into an audio book
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm stoked to share a project I've been working on called PDF to Podcast. It's a free, open-source tool that automatically converts PDF documents into engaging, informative podcast-style audio content using large language models and text-to-speech tech. Inspiration: The idea for this project came from the NotebookLM demo at Google I/O, where they showcased generating audio dialogue from uploaded PDFs and other sources. However, that audio feature hasn't been publicly released yet, and I wanted to challenge myself to build something similar using existing tools and APIs. How it…
2024 · pdf-to-podcast.com · its alternatives →
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DocTunesâ–²71Turn your pdf or image document into audio
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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HearItâ–²81Create your own audio books from any file for free.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Vocallyâ–²188Create, host, distribute voiceovers & podcasts
2022 · vocally.to · its alternatives →
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Audioristaâ–²87No code app builder for audio, podcasts, ebooks & video
2023 · audiorista.com · its alternatives →
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Speechify Readerâ–²83Read smarter, not harder with this text-to-speech reader
2022 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN community! I'm excited to introduce a project I've recently launched: Oration, an iOS app designed to convert PDFs into audiobooks. This idea was inspired by my experiences as an engineering student with ADHD, struggling to engage with dense academic papers. Relying on Text-to-Speech tools, despite their robotic quality, was a workaround for me and others with similar learning preferences or challenges, such as Dyslexia. Recognizing the limitations of existing tools—difficulty with complex formats, inability to skip over citations or footnotes, and inadequate handling of tables,…
2024 · oration.app · its alternatives →
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Earyâ–²79The easiest way to listen to audiobooks on Spotify.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Read For Uâ–²77Turn any ebook in your Kindle library into an audiobook
2023 · good-job-for-you.frog.tech · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built PDFly — a PDF toolkit that runs entirely client-side. No file uploads, no server processing, no account needed. It has 56 tools including merge, split, compress, convert, redact, compare, and an AI chat feature to ask questions about your PDF content. Everything runs in your browser using [mention your tech stack if relevant, e.g., WASM/JS libraries]. Would love feedback on the tools, UX, or anything else!
Jul 2026 · pdfly.uk · its alternatives →
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FileSpeechâ–²94PDFs, EPUBs, Webs, convert to neural audio, listen anywhere
2023 · filespeech.com · its alternatives →
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PDFlyâ–²2The 100% Private, Client-Side PDF Suite
Aug 2026 · pdfly.worldnote.in · its alternatives →
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SimplePDFReaderâ–²36Conveniently find, navigate and read PDFs on your phone
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chat with pdfs & create document podcasts
2024 · mynb.info · its alternatives →
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PDF, eBooks to Audiobooks, MP3 with OpenAI Text To Speech
2024 · its alternatives →
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