ElevenReader: ElevenLabs' AI Text-to-Speech Reader App

ElevenReader: ElevenLabs' answer to "read this to me"

ElevenReader is the consumer listening app from ElevenLabs, the voice-AI company founded in 2022 by Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dąbkowski (valued at $3.3B after its January 2025 Series C). It reads anything aloud — PDFs, ePubs, articles, web links, even scanned pages — in more than 1,000 natural voices, and bundles a library of 200,000+ AI-narrated audiobooks. Smart imports skip headers and footers so documents flow as clean audio.

Two features push it past a plain read-aloud tool. GenFM turns any uploaded document into a multi-speaker AI podcast conversation in 32 languages — the NotebookLM trick, generalized to a mobile reader. And the licensed Iconic Voices collection lets you hear text read in the estate-approved voices of figures like Maya Angelou, Richard Feynman, and Judy Garland.

Key Features

Reads PDFs, ePubs, articles, web pages, and scanned images aloud
1,000+ voices including 800+ premium ElevenLabs voices and licensed Iconic Voices
200,000+ audiobooks included in-app
GenFM: multi-voice AI podcasts generated from your documents, in 32 languages
Custom voice creation from a text prompt; cinematic soundscapes
Offline listening, multi-device sync, sleep timer, playback up to 4x

Ideal Use Case

A commuter or student who wants a reading backlog converted to listening time: save articles and PDFs during the day, listen at 2x on the drive home, and switch a dense report into a GenFM podcast when straight narration drags. The free plan's 10 hours of text-to-audio per month covers roughly a 400-page book.

How ElevenReader differentiates

Against Speechify, ElevenReader bundles a 200k+ audiobook library and estate-licensed celebrity voices at a lower price ($11/month vs Speechify's ~$139/year positioning). Against Audible, its audiobooks are AI-narrated and included rather than purchased per title. And unlike NotebookLM's audio overviews, GenFM lives inside a general-purpose mobile reader. Production credibility: 5M+ installs, a 4.7/5 rating across 70k+ reviews, an App Store "App of the Day" feature, and ElevenLabs' voice technology underneath.

FAQ

Is ElevenReader free? The free plan includes 10 hours of text-to-audio per month plus thousands of free audiobooks. Ultra is $11/month (or $8.25/month billed annually) for unlimited conversion and the premium audiobook catalog.

What platforms does ElevenReader support? iOS, Android, and web, with sync across devices and offline listening.

Does ElevenLabs train on my uploads? ElevenLabs states uploaded content is not shared or used to train public or third-party models.

Can I export the audio? No — audio export is not available inside ElevenReader; export workflows live on the main ElevenLabs platform.

tl;dr

ElevenReader packages ElevenLabs' voices into the strongest consumer listening app available: any text read naturally, 200,000+ included audiobooks, and AI podcasts from your own documents — free to start, $11/month at most.

Looking for more options? Browse the AI Audio Creation directory or read our best AI audio tools listicle. ElevenReader is also tracked on Crunchbase.