Turn an EPUB into your own audiobook
Chapters are read in the book's own order and exported as MP3s with subtitles - render a chapter or two at a time, free.
- Reading order kept
- Never uploaded
- Free - no credit card
Drop an EPUB here, or choose a file
Read in your browser - the file is never uploaded
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Turn an EPUB into your own audiobook
Drop in a DRM-free EPUB and ReadAnyText reads it chapter by chapter, in the order the book itself defines, and hands it to a neural voice. You get a single MP3 with a pause at every chapter break - free, no credit card.
How it works
- 1
Drop in your EPUB
Chapters are read in the book's own reading order, taken from its spine - not alphabetically, which would put chapter 10 before chapter 2. Covers and title pages are skipped.
- 2
Check the text
Everything lands in the editor with a pause already placed between chapters. Trim front matter, cut a chapter you don't want, or generate just one section at a time.
- 3
Download the audiobook
Render it a chunk at a time - each free allowance covers 7,000 characters, a chapter or two - and every MP3 comes with SRT and WebVTT subtitles timed to the word.
Questions
- Is my book uploaded anywhere?
- No. The EPUB is unpacked and read inside your browser, so the file itself never leaves your device. Only the text you choose to generate is sent to be spoken.
- Are the chapters in the right order?
- Yes. The order comes from the book's spine - the reading order its own publisher defined - rather than from filenames, which frequently sort wrongly.
- What is the pause between chapters?
- A [pause 1.5s] marker is inserted at each chapter break so the audio has a beat between them. It is ordinary text in the editor, so you can change the length or delete it.
- Can it handle DRM-protected books?
- No. Books bought from most stores are encrypted, and there is nothing readable inside them. This works with DRM-free EPUBs - your own writing, public-domain titles, or anything sold without protection.
- How long can the book be?
- You get 7,000 free characters per allowance - typically a chapter or two - refilling two minutes after you use it up. Working through a book chapter by chapter also keeps every file easy to manage.