Liso

Liso turns any text you read online into audio: The official version allows you to select articles, newsletters or posts on any web page, right-click to transfer them to the text-to-speech library, and listen with a natural voice like a podcast. It supports 0.75 to 2x speed, cross-device resume playback and offline downloads, and you can start using it for free.

AI Voice Tools#Text to Speech#Webpage Read-Aloud#Listen later

Updated: 2026-10-27

What is Liso?

Liso is a tool that "turns reading into listening", officially positioned as your personal audiobook: highlight any article, newsletter, blog post or piece of writing on any webpage and send it to Liso, and it will immediately convert it into natural speech, allowing you to digest your reading list like listening to a podcast. It offers a Chrome extension and also supports pasting text directly into the app.

Who is it for?

Office workers who want to listen to all their subscribed content during their commute, while driving, or while working out.
Information hoarders whose bookmarks are filled with X posts and newsletters but who never have time to read them.
Students and researchers who want to convert long texts and paper paragraphs into audio for repeated absorption.
Users who prefer auditory input and tend to feel fatigued when reading long texts.

Key features

Highlight and listen anywhere

The official description states that select text on any website, right-click and choose "Listen with Liso," and the content is immediately added to the audio library without the need for copy-pasting.

Wide range of content sources

The official version supports text from major platforms such as Substack, Medium, X, Reddit, Instagram, Wikipedia, Notion, Hacker News, and Gmail.

Natural Voice and Variable Speed

Offers a variety of AI voices with different styles; playback speed can be adjusted between 0.75x and 2x, and playback positions are automatically saved for cross-device resume playback.

Offline Listening

The official version states that any audio clip can be downloaded for offline playback, allowing you to listen without network restrictions during commutes or flights.

Library Management

In the official demo, you can archive content by folders, filter by source, and organize saved articles into listenable playlists.

Things to know

Usage Tips

The free version offers 5 listens per month with no credit card required; test the voice quality with the articles you most want to read from your subscriptions first.
After installing the Chrome extension, generate a pairing code in Liso's settings to complete the binding, and then you can send it with one click.
Develop the habit of "highlight to save", organize content by theme with folders, and avoid hoarding useless information again.
Download long articles for offline listening before your commute to avoid interruptions from signal loss.
Power users can upgrade to Pro to unlock unlimited listening, all voices and offline download. Founder Evgeny Timofeev wrote in a self-introduction on the official website: Previously, X posts, Instagram content and Newsletters were all piled up in the "Read Later" folder. Now he converts all of them into audio, listens on the go, filters by folders and manages them in one place—that’s exactly the problem this tool aims to solve. The entire process only takes three steps: select a passage on any website, right-click and choose "Listen with Liso", the content is immediately added to the audio library, and then you can click play to listen just like a podcast. The tool page emphasizes that it works for "any readable text": articles, Newsletters, Substack, blogs, posts, documents, or passages you paste manually. For heavy readers, it turns "Read Later" into "Listen Later", allowing them to absorb subscription content during commutes and housework.