Learn it in five minutes
From your first upload to lights out.
Step 1
Upload an English PDF
Sign up, open your shelf and press Upload PDF. You can pick several at once, up to 100 MB each.
- Digital and scanned PDFs both work
- A book someone has already processed is reused and costs no pages
- Only upload files you have the right to use
Step 2
Let it find the voices
PPReader reads the text, works out who is speaking, gives the narrator and characters matching voices, and lines up every word.
Progress shows on the cover. It usually takes a few minutes to half an hour, depending on length and queue. You don't need to wait around.
Step 3
Press play and follow along
Tap a cover and press play. Pages turn by themselves and the highlight follows the voice.
- Jump with next, previous or the progress bar
- Skip pages you don't want read
- Switch between word and line highlighting, and change the speed
- In full screen, tap to pause and double-tap to exit
- Next time, you continue where you stopped
Step 4
Lights out
The iPhone and iPad app (in private beta) is made for bedtime:
- Stop on a timer, with the sound fading out
- Stop at the end of a chapter or page
- Keeps playing with the screen locked
- Books you open are saved for offline listening
The web version has continuous play, shuffle and eye-rest reminders.
Pages
How pages work
Only making new books uses pages, counted by the PDF's length. Listening is unlimited and doesn't depend on membership.
- Free: 200 pages your first month, then 50 a month
- Members: 500 pages a month, about 7 picture books
- Add page packs any time, valid for a year
- Failed books don't count
- Short on pages? Make the first 10 for free and hear it first