OpenAloud
Your books, read aloud.
A free Mac app that reads your EPUBs, PDFs and text files in twelve natural voices. Everything runs on your Mac — no account, no subscription, and nothing you read ever leaves your device.
Hear it
Recorded straight from the app. Twelve narrators are included — here are four.
ClaraAmerican · clear and even
DanielAmerican · warm and steady
BeatriceBritish · warm and companionable
GilesBritish · deep and distinguished
What it does
Your own filesEPUB, PDF and text. No converting.
Follows alongThe sentence being read is highlighted.
Keeps playingCarries on while you use other apps.
Sleep timerFades out and stops for bedtime.
Notes and highlightsMark passages as you listen.
Easy on the eyesLight, dark, sepia and a warm night mode.
Free, and private
- No ads, no account, and every voice included — nothing held back.
- No limit on how much you read: the text to speech runs on your Mac, not in the cloud.
- Your books, notes and progress stay on your machine. Works offline.
Not on a Mac?
Read in your browser
Nothing to install, and good for trying it out. It uses a different speech engine, so it does not sound as good as the Mac app, and browsers pause audio when the tab is not in front.
Open the web versionWindows In progress
On the way. We would rather ship it when it sounds as good as the Mac app than ship it early. The browser version works on Windows today.