Hearem is an AI text-to-speech reader that converts PDFs, articles, screenshots, and long text into natural-sounding audio, with smart splitting, expressive voices, background playback, and audio export.
What is Hearem?
Hearem is an AI reader app that turns written content into spoken audio. It accepts pasted text, screenshots, imported documents, and shared web pages as input, and produces natural speech with live subtitles, bookmarks, and exportable audio files. It runs on iPhone, with Apple on-device voices available for offline listening, and is built by Hearem.
Key Features
- Multi-source input — Paste text, scan a screenshot, import a document, or share a web page to convert into listenable audio.
- Magic Editor cleanup — Removes page noise and preserves document structure before narration begins.
- Multiple AI voice engines — Choose from Apple, Microsoft Azure, Minimax, ElevenLabs, Fish Audio, Qwen Voice, Doubao, OpenAI, and TikTok voice providers.
- Voice cloning — Record, clone, and preview your own voice, or one you have clear permission to use, for reading articles, notes, and scripts.
- Live subtitles and sentence navigation — Subtitles follow the narration, and tapping a sentence jumps playback back to it.
- Playback controls — Sleep timer, playlist queue, speed adjustment, repeat, and bookmarking inside the player.
- Background and lock-screen playback — Keep listening with the phone locked and resume from the exact place you left off.
- Audio and subtitle export — Export generated audio and subtitle files from the app.
Who is it for?
- Commuters — Listen to articles, documents, or saved reading during a rainy bus commute instead of scrolling on a phone.
- Students and researchers — Convert PDFs and long documents into audio for review away from a screen.
- Multilingual readers — Use cross-language reading and voices across English, Mandarin, and Spanish to consume content in a preferred language.
- Writers and creators — Clone a permitted voice to hear scripts, notes, and drafts read back in a familiar tone.
What can you do with Hearem?
- Commute listening: Import a PDF or share a web page, then listen with the phone locked and resume exactly where you stopped.
- Hands-free reading: Use live subtitles and sentence navigation to follow along while cooking, walking, or doing chores.
- Voice-matched narration: Record and clone your own voice to narrate articles, notes, and scripts you have permission to use.
- Audio archiving: Export audio and subtitle files to keep or share listening versions of long text.
How does Hearem work?
Hearem follows a four-step flow: bring in what you want to read (paste text, scan a screenshot, import a document, or share a web page); shape it before listening by removing page noise and using Magic Editor for cleanup; pick a voice by provider, language, and mood; then listen with the phone locked and return to the exact spot you left.
Pricing
Hearem lists a monthly price of $3.99 in its comparison table. A free start option is available via the download page. Prices shown are public US monthly web prices checked August 30, 2026, and may vary by region or purchase channel.
