Add the text you need to read
EPUB, PDF or TXT — a novel, a set text for a course, a long report. Nothing to copy, paste or reformat first.
Listening instead of reading
When Reading Is the Hard Part, Listen Instead
Turn any EPUB, PDF or TXT into a narrated audiobook — with a distinct voice for every character in fiction. Free to start on Android.
From a wall of text to something you can listen to
No reformatting, no copy-pasting, no setup screens.
It becomes narrated audio
The whole thing is narrated, not read line by line off the screen. In fiction, each character is given their own voice so dialogue stays easy to follow.
Listen at your own pace
Chapters, speed control, background playback, and progress that picks up where you left off. Replaying audio you already generated is always free.
The problem is not the book, it is the format
Plenty of people who love stories find reading them exhausting. Decoding a page takes effort that has nothing to do with understanding or enjoying what is on it, and by chapter three the effort has eaten the pleasure. Listening removes that step entirely: comprehension stays, decoding goes away.
Audiobook catalogues solve this only for the books someone chose to record. Everything else — the novel your book club picked, a set text for a course, an indie release, a translated title — has no audio edition and never will. Converting it yourself closes that gap.
Why separate character voices help
Single-voice text-to-speech has a specific weakness with fiction: when three people argue in a room and every line arrives in the same tone, you have to hold track of the speakers yourself. That is exactly the kind of working-memory load that makes reading tiring in the first place — it has simply moved from your eyes to your ears.
A full cast removes it. Each character keeps their own voice, so who is speaking is carried by the audio instead of by your concentration.
Being straight about what this is
This is not a therapy, a treatment, or an assessment tool, and it is not a replacement for proper support from someone qualified. It is an audiobook app that happens to work well for people who take a book in better by ear. If you want to try it before deciding anything, the free monthly hours and the 1500+ built-in classics exist for exactly that.
Practical next steps: converting an EPUB, converting a PDF, or the general guide to turning a book into an audiobook.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a specialised dyslexia app?
No, and it would be wrong to claim otherwise. Lyraboo is an audiobook app. It has no dyslexia-specific font, no coloured overlays, and no reading-tutor features. What it does is let you take in a book by ear instead of by eye, which is why people who find long stretches of text tiring use it.
How is this different from my phone’s screen reader?
A screen reader speaks what is on screen right now, in one voice, while you hold the phone. This converts the whole book once into an audiobook you can listen to hands-free — walking, commuting, with the screen off — with chapters and a proper player.
Does it work for coursework and documents, not just novels?
Yes. Any text-based PDF, EPUB or TXT works: set texts, articles, long reports. Non-fiction reads in a single narrator voice, which is what you want there. The multi-voice cast is for fiction, where following who is speaking is the hard part.
Will it read a scanned handout?
Only if the file contains real text — if you can select and copy words in it, it will read. A scan that is just photographs of pages has no text underneath, so it needs to go through an OCR tool first.
What does it cost?
Free to start: every account gets free listening hours each month, no card required, and 1500+ public domain classics are built in. Hours are spent only when new audio is generated — listening again to something you already converted is free.
Which languages and devices?
Narration is English only for now, and the app is Android only. iOS is on the roadmap.
Try Lyraboo on Android
Upload a book you own and let the app turn it into a multi-voice audiobook automatically.