If you want to read (i.e. listen to!) content that is:
- On the web: use the Microsoft Edge browser read aloud feature (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/read-aloud)
- Apple iOS app store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-edge-ai-browser/id1288723196
- Google Play store Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx
- Words in a PDF: use the Elevenlabs app:
- Apple iOS app store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elevenlabs-reader-ai-audio/id6479373050
- Android app: not found
- use libgen.rs to check whether something you want to read exists, or get the PDF / epub version of it, and use software like Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com/download) to convert to plain text for reading on screen.
- use sci-hub.se for scientific contents that you have access to via institutional means
- if content is behind a paywall and you should have access, then use archive.ph or web.archive.org to search for an archived version of the content from behind the paywall (e.g. using the Microsoft Edge browser), and then proceed to use the "read aloud" feature :)
- math is hard for AI to understand, let alone speak out loud :) this will take a few more years!
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Americans with Disabilities Act