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DocuVocal

Word (DOCX) to Audio

Hear your Word document read back to you. It is the fastest way to catch clumsy sentences and missing words before you send a draft.

Want to keep it?

Turn this book into an audiobook you can download: an M4B with chapters, MP3 files, or a feed for your podcast app. The DocuVocal Library is on its way, with chapters you can edit and fair per-book pricing.

Coming soon

How it works

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    Add a .docx file saved from Word, Google Docs or Pages.

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    Headings and paragraphs are kept just as you wrote them.

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    Press play and listen, pausing whenever something sounds wrong.

Proofread by ear

Writers have long read their work aloud to find problems the eye skips over: repeated words, sentences that run too long, and missing words the brain fills in automatically. Hearing a neutral voice read your draft makes those problems obvious. Tap any sentence to hear it again, slow the voice down for tricky passages, and keep the highlighted sentence in view while you fix it in your editor.

Reports and briefings on the go

Long reports and policy documents are easier to absorb when you can listen to them. DocuVocal keeps the document structure, so headings are announced as you reach them and you can skip a whole section with the paragraph buttons.

Works with exports from other editors

Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice can all save as .docx. Older .doc files need to be saved as .docx first.

Tips for a better listen

Use real headings (Heading 1, Heading 2) in your document rather than bold text, and DocuVocal will treat them as section starts you can skip between. Spell out unusual abbreviations the first time they appear if you want them pronounced naturally. For very long reports, listen one section at a time and keep notes in your editor as you go; the reader remembers where you stopped if you open the same file again.

Questions

Can I listen to Google Docs?

Yes. In Google Docs choose File, Download, Microsoft Word (.docx), then open that file here. Headings, paragraphs and lists come across just as they look in your document.

Are tables and images read?

Text in normal paragraphs, headings and lists is read. Images are skipped, and text inside complex tables may be read row by row or left out.

Is there a length limit for Word documents?

The free reader plays about 125,000 characters, roughly fifty printed pages. Longer documents are read up to that point with a notice.

Can I save the narration as an audiobook or MP3?

Downloads are coming with the DocuVocal Library, which turns long documents and books into audiobooks you keep, with chapters, as M4B or MP3 files. Join early access to be first in line.