Turn an EPUB into your own audiobook
Chapters are read in the book's own order, a pause placed between them, and the whole thing exported as one MP3 with subtitles.
- Reading order kept
- Never uploaded
- Free no sign-up
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, without an account.
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
Generate once for a single MP3 of the whole thing, plus 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?
- There is no page limit, but a full novel is hours of audio and will take a long time to render in one go. Generating a few chapters at a time is usually more practical.