What you get
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One MP3 of the whole document, with a chapter mark at every heading.
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Body text in reading order. Headers, footers and comments stay out.
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Title in the file’s tags, ready for your phone’s music or podcast app.
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Plays offline on any phone, computer or car stereo.
From DOCX to MP3 in five steps
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Drop your DOCX above. It opens in Book2Speech in seconds.
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Press play and listen free with Standard voices while you check the chapters and pick your narrator.
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Choose Download audiobook. The book opens in the Editor, where you can leave out chapters and set the narration speed.
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Pick MP3, choose the size and start. Close the page if you like: we email you when the file is ready.
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Download it and play it in Apple Books, your audiobook app, the car or anywhere else, offline.
Your headings, your chapters
Word’s Heading styles become chapter marks in the MP3. A bold “Chapter 4” line counts too. Older .doc and .rtf files work, and so does Google Docs: choose File → Download → Microsoft Word (.docx) and drop that file.
Proof your draft by ear
Hearing a draft exposes repeated words, clumsy dialogue and missing beats faster than rereading it. Listen in the player with read-along text and bookmarks, then take the MP3 with you for a walk.
Hear it before you make it
Every English book is free to listen to with Standard voices, on every plan. Play a chapter or the whole thing, try a few narrators and choose your chapters, then make the file.
Rather just listen? The book stays in your library and plays on the web, iPhone and iPad, and Mac (Windows coming soon), with read-along text, a sleep timer and your place synced.
Questions people ask
Will it read my comments and tracked changes?
Comments stay out of the narration. Accept or reject tracked changes before you upload, so the MP3 has the version you mean.
Can I make an MP3 of a book in another language?
Yes. Books in other languages are narrated with Premium voices, which use your plan’s Premium hours. English books can also be narrated free with Standard voices.
How long does the file take?
It depends on the length of the document. Close the page if you like: we email you when the MP3 is ready.
Which Word files work?
Any DOCX, DOC or RTF up to 10 MB without a password.
Is it free?
Yes, in English. Standard voices are unlimited on every plan, Free included. Free also gives you 10 minutes of Premium voices, one book of your own and one audiobook download. Listener includes 3 downloads, Premium 15 and Ultra unlimited, along with more books and Premium hours.