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Paste a link
Any article, any blog, any PDF. Hearful pulls out the actual text and reads it back.
Hearful
The web,
read aloud.
read aloud.
Front page · No. 1
Listen to anything you read. Anywhere.
Paste a link from your phone. Hearful strips out the advertisements, the comments, the sticky banners, the cookie warnings — and reads the remaining article back to you in a voice you can stand. It works on subway commutes, at the kitchen sink, on long walks. It does not require your eyes.
The hands-free internet was never the screen off — it was the screen unnecessary.
The system, in six paragraphs
What the app does — and what we removed.
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Pick a voice
On-device KittenTTS voices, plus every system voice your phone already knows.
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Follow along
Sentence-level highlighting keeps you anchored — tap to jump, long-press to bookmark.
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Hands-free queue
Line up a stack. Each finishes, the next one starts. No tapping required.
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Sleep timer
End of sentence, end of article, or in 10 / 20 / 30 minutes. Drift off without losing your place.
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Offline ready
Download the full audio once. Listen anywhere — subway, plane, the woods.
In the wild
Hearful is for the moments your hands are doing something else.
- 01Biking to work
- 02Doing your hair
- 03Walking the dog
- 04Cooking dinner
- 05On the treadmill
- 06Falling asleep