Hear the novel your teacher recommended, read by a native narrator, with every word highlighted as it is spoken. Drop a book in German, Spanish, French, Japanese or any of 42 languages.
Whole books, not app sentences
Comprehension clicks when you hear a language for hours, in stories you care about. Audiobooks get made for bestsellers, not for graded readers or the novel on your syllabus. Narrate the ebook you already have and that gap is gone.
Made for learners
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Native narrators: Castilian and Mexican Spanish, European and Brazilian Portuguese, plus German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and many more.
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The book’s language is detected and matching narrators come first.
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Read-along highlighting ties every sound to its spelling.
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Slow it to 0.75x for the first pass, back to 1x for the second.
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Chapters and bookmarks make replaying a passage one tap.
Three steps
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Find a DRM-free ebook in your target language. Discover has thousands of free classics in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and more.
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Drop it here and pick a native narrator.
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Listen with the text open, then again without it.
Questions people ask
Which languages can I listen to?
42 languages, with 265 narrators. English is read by Standard voices, unlimited on every plan. Every other language is read by Premium voices: 10 minutes to try on Free, then hours each month on a paid plan.
Can I pick an accent?
Yes. Spanish comes in Castilian and Mexican voices, Portuguese in European and Brazilian, English in British, American and Australian. Each narrator’s card says which.
Does it translate?
No. It reads the book in the language it is written in, which is exactly what you want for practice.