# Paper2Audio

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Paper2Audio and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A text-to-speech service built to read complex documents such as research papers aloud, with a browser extension that adds open tabs to a listening queue.

## Why people recommend it

- Focused on reading research papers aloud (3 comments): "a text to speech service focused on accurately reading complex docs to you such as research papers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938365)) "Paper2Audio specializes in narrating complex documents like research papers to you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46556700)) "it is targeted at just this use case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46554647))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ElevenReader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elevenreader.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Paper2Audio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/paper2audio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).