Is reading PDFs aloud free?

Yes. Listening with your device voice is free and unlimited. Natural cloud voices come with a trial on a free account.

Will it remember where I stopped?

With a free account the document joins your library, and your sentence is remembered on all your devices.

Does it read languages other than English?

Yes. It reads with the voices for the languages installed on your device.

Is my document uploaded?

When you listen without an account, the document opens in your browser and isn't uploaded.

How to listen to a PDF

Updated: 05.11.2026 · Agah Emre SÖZEN

If you'd like to hear a long report on your commute, go over lecture notes on a walk or rest your eyes from an article, you can have the PDF read aloud. This guide shows how to listen to a document in your browser, how to get a more natural voice and how to keep listening with your phone's screen off.

Listen to PDF

Try it now: free, no account, and your file never leaves your device.

Open the tool

Read a PDF aloud in your browser

1Open quillo.tr/listen-to-pdf and choose or drop your document.
2Press Play. The sentence being read is highlighted on screen.
3Tap any sentence to continue from there.
4Adjust the reading speed and voice to suit you.

Which voice is used?

Without an account, the voices installed on your device are used, so the sound can differ from phone to phone. English, Turkish and other languages installed on your device are read.

For more natural voices, create a free account. With an account you can try 's cloud voices, and your place and notes are kept across all your devices.

Which files can be read aloud?

PDF, Word (DOCX, ODT), EPUB and text files open. Scanned PDFs made only of images have no text to read; for those, text recognition (OCR) in the app extracts the text first and then reads it.

Listen with the screen off on your phone

In 's Android and iOS apps reading continues in the background: lock the screen or switch to another app. The app is also designed to work with screen readers for people with low vision.

Ask questions about the document

If you missed a part or want a summary, ask Ai. It summarizes the document and answers your questions; ask by voice and the answer is spoken too.

Frequently asked questions

Is reading PDFs aloud free?: Yes. Listening with your device voice is free and unlimited. Natural cloud voices come with a trial on a free account.
Will it remember where I stopped?: With a free account the document joins your library, and your sentence is remembered on all your devices.
Does it read languages other than English?: Yes. It reads with the voices for the languages installed on your device.
Is my document uploaded?: When you listen without an account, the document opens in your browser and isn't uploaded.