HearTheWeb
Web read-aloud service delivering articles as MP3 or private podcast feeds.
At a glance
Free + paid · Source review 2026-11-04- Price & billing
Free $0 forever verified: 3 articles per day, 6 core voices, all 6 source languages, MP3 downloads. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency: Pro $5 per month, Studio $15 per month.
- Free allowance
Free $0 forever verified: 3 articles per day, 6 core voices, all 6 source languages, MP3 downloads.
- Best suited to
Commuters, runners, drivers, and parents with their hands full who want to hear a reading list on walks, in the car, or while cooking.; Blind and low-vision readers who want a screen-reader replacement with voices that have weight, as presented in the listener notes.; Readers who want a private podcast feed of their reading list in Overcast, Apple Podcasts, or Pocket Casts, which the Pro and Studio tiers provide.
Fit is editorial guidance, not a measured result.- Platforms
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Commuters, runners, drivers, and parents with their hands full who want to hear a reading list on walks, in the car, or while cooking.; Blind and low-vision readers who want a screen-reader replacement with voices that have weight, as presented in the listener notes.; Readers who want a private podcast feed of their reading list in Overcast, Apple Podcasts, or Pocket Casts, which the Pro and Studio tiers provide.
Limits and trade-offs
Readers who want more than three articles a day without paying, since the free tier is capped at three articles a day and unlimited articles sit on Pro.; Users who want all 42 voices on the free tier, since free includes 6 core voices while the full 42-voice library sits on Pro and Studio.; Users who want a custom trained voice, since the custom voice option is presented on the Studio team tier, not on Free or Pro.
Plans and free allowances
Free $0 forever verified: 3 articles per day, 6 core voices, all 6 source languages, MP3 downloads. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency: Pro $5 per month, Studio $15 per month.
Evidence
Official homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), Official pricing page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)
Official published documentation reviewed; not a product test
Dates: Last reviewed 2026-11-04. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at HearTheWeb
hear.the.web is a web read-aloud service: paste any article, essay, newsletter, or blog post URL and natural AI voices read it aloud, delivering an MP3 or a private podcast feed, with 42 voices, six source languages, and a free tier of three articles a day with no card.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose HearTheWeb
- Commuters, runners, drivers, and parents with their hands full who want to hear a reading list on walks, in the car, or while cooking.
- Blind and low-vision readers who want a screen-reader replacement with voices that have weight, as presented in the listener notes.
- Readers who want a private podcast feed of their reading list in Overcast, Apple Podcasts, or Pocket Casts, which the Pro and Studio tiers provide.
When to choose something else
- Readers who want more than three articles a day without paying, since the free tier is capped at three articles a day and unlimited articles sit on Pro.
- Users who want all 42 voices on the free tier, since free includes 6 core voices while the full 42-voice library sits on Pro and Studio.
- Users who want a custom trained voice, since the custom voice option is presented on the Studio team tier, not on Free or Pro.
A practical starting workflow
- Paste the URL of an article, essay, newsletter, or blog post; the service fetches clean text and leaves the ads behind.
- Pick a voice from the catalog, such as Narrator, News Anchor, Your Friend, Documentary UK, Scholar, or Late Night, and hear a sample before committing.
- Listen anywhere through MP3, the native app, or a private podcast feed, with Pro and Studio adding the feed, apps, and extension.
Check before committing
- The free tier is recorded as a standing free capacity with its daily limit stated in the allowance text, because no daily allowance cycle is supported in the structured facts; Pro and Studio amounts are shown in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded.
- The guessed FAQ path returns a page-not-found page, so the FAQ answers below are drawn from the homepage common-queries section and the pricing page, not a separate FAQ page.
Common questions
Which voices are available?
Forty-two voices as of the build read, in six styles: narrator, news anchor, friend, British documentary, scholar, and late-night, each tuned for a different kind of piece.
What about paywalled content?
If the browser can read it, the extension can send it; the service states it never stores credentials and never caches the text, and audio is rendered, listened to, and forgotten.
Does it handle long articles?
Yes. A 12,000-word essay takes about eight minutes to render, with chunking, stitching, and normalization so transitions never stutter.
Is there a podcast feed?
Pro and Studio tiers get a private RSS feed that plugs into Overcast, Apple Podcasts, or Pocket Casts, turning a reading list into a show.
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Sources and checks
Last source review is not a date of product testing. No rating or test result is implied by inclusion. Check the current plan and terms before buying.