Paper2Audio
Shares rank 16 of 18 text-to-speech models by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Focused on reading research papers aloud
“a text to speech service focused on accurately reading complex docs to you such as research papers”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook” “Paper2Audio specializes in narrating complex documents like research papers to you.”
Comment from 9 Jan 2026 in “Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf]” “it is targeted at just this use case”
Comment from 9 Jan 2026 in “Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf]”
Other text-to-speech models people recommend
The four most recommended other text-to-speech models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | 59 | 20 | 75% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Kokoro TTS | 59 | 9 | 87% | 11 | 1 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Pocket TTS | 41 | 16 | 72% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Qwen3-TTS | 41 | 13 | 76% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Paper2AudioThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Our browser extension adds your open tabs to your listening queue.”
“a text to speech service focused on accurately reading complex docs to you such as research papers”
“that's awesome, I really appreciate it!”
“Paper2Audio specializes in narrating complex documents like research papers to you.”
“it is targeted at just this use case”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.