Audeus

Steven SmithUpdated 1 Aug 2026

ios · android · web · chrome-extension

Study TTS with Smart Skip, OCR, and document chat, a strong PDF/ADHD workflow stack across web and mobile.

Audeus sits in the student/ADHD "listen to my PDFs and stop staring at the screen" lane, web, iOS, Android, Chrome/Edge extensions. Smart Skip for citations and page furniture, OCR from camera/scans, word highlighting, document chat. Marketing is loud; Reddit is weirdly quiet compared to Speechify, so I'm leaning on their docs, store listings, and what the product actually claims.

Audio

Voice quality

Lifelike AI voices, claim clarity at high speed. Speeds up to ~3.5x. Good enough for long study blocks; I'm not putting it above ElevenReader for pure voice candy.

Voice selection

Large catalog (100+/150+ depending which page you read) across 50+ languages. Enough to rotate when a voice gets tiresome.

Document processing

PDFs

PDF is core. Double-column academic extraction + Smart Skip for headers/footers/page numbers/citations/equations/captions (toggleable). This is the Listening.com-adjacent academic angle.

Ebooks

Non-DRM EPUB supported. Secondary to PDFs/docs for me.

Web articles

Extension reads pages; paste-link into library for arXiv/PubMed-style workflows without always downloading first.

OCR & scans

Camera / batch scan of physical books and handouts, plus image/screenshot OCR. Big deal for textbooks that aren't clean digital PDFs.

Office docs

Word docs and paste-into-notepad for proofreading your own writing aloud, law/grad student use case they lean into.

Listening workflow

Bookmarks & notes

Highlights + notes while listening. More study-markup than Instapaper-style article highlights.

Cross-device sync

Progress sync across phone and web is part of the pitch. Pick up the same paper later.

UI / UX

iOS app

iOS app for commute listening + camera scan of textbook pages. Progress syncs back to web.

Android app

Android app on Play. Same library sync idea. Some Play reviews complain about hitting a free daily limit fast and not finding a clear upgrade button, messy first impression if that's still true.

Web app

Web app is a real home base, drag-drop PDFs, library folders, listen with highlight sync. Easy to start in a browser without installing anything.

Reading view

Word-by-word highlight while audio plays is the focus trick. Customise highlight colour. Annotations/notes on docs and even shape highlights on figures.

Ease of use

Upload → pick a voice (they name them Arden, Linen, etc.) → play. Reading-time estimates based on your speed are genuinely useful if you have time-blindness / ADHD planning issues, member stories harp on that.

Platforms & ecosystem

Platform coverage

Web, iOS, Android, Chrome and Edge extensions. Solid coverage for a study TTS.

Browser extension

Chrome/Edge extensions for page listening, useful on journal sites.

Pricing & limits

Free tier

Free download / free tier exists but is limited (daily caps show up in Play reviews). 3-day Pro trial then auto-charge unless you cancel. Same "calendar reminder" advice as every other trial in this space.

Paid value

Web Pro is roughly $9.92/mo billed yearly (~$119/yr) or higher monthly, App Store SKUs can look different, so check the surface you buy on. They pitch student/teacher discounts. Value depends on whether Smart Skip + OCR + sync beat cheaper paper specialists like Listening's $39/yr for your mix of files.

Study extras

Smart Skip

Toggle skipping citations, footnotes, equations, captions, headers, this is the academic listening feature that matters. Same category of win as Listening.com's citation mute.

AI document chat

Chat / ask the paper while you work through lit reviews. Handy; treat answers like any LLM, verify against the PDF.

Reading time estimates

Time-to-finish based on playback speed. Small feature, outsized for ADHD planning according to their own member quotes. I actually like seeing the number.