Edition 01 · 2024
A reading companion.
Hearful turns the long-form web into hands-free listening. Considered, quiet, and made for the moments your hands are busy elsewhere.
The Quiet Revolution of Listening to Long-Form Writing
For years, audio meant podcasts. For years, articles meant screens. Then a quieter kind of app showed up and changed the shape of attention. It does only one thing —
it reads the article to you in a voice you choose, and gets out of the way…
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What it does
Considered. Only what's necessary.
Paste a link
Any article, any blog, any PDF. Hearful pulls out the actual text and reads it back.
Pick a voice
On-device KittenTTS voices, plus every system voice your phone already knows.
Follow along
Sentence-level highlighting keeps you anchored — tap to jump, long-press to bookmark.
Hands-free queue
Line up a stack. Each finishes, the next one starts. No tapping required.
Sleep timer
End of sentence, end of article, or in 10 / 20 / 30 minutes. Drift off without losing your place.
Offline ready
Download the full audio once. Listen anywhere — subway, plane, the woods.
Companion to your day
- Biking to work
- Doing your hair
- Walking the dog
- Cooking dinner
- On the treadmill
- Falling asleep