How It Works

Three ways to turn text into audio. No signup required.

URL → Audio

1

Paste a URL

Copy the link of any article, blog post, news story, or documentation page and paste it into Sornic.

2

Extract & Preview

Sornic strips ads, popups, and clutter — leaving only the article text. You see a preview with word count and estimated listen time.

3

Listen or Download

Choose a voice, hit "Generate Audio", and your article becomes natural-sounding audio in seconds. Play in-browser or download as MP3.

PDF → Audio

1

Upload a PDF

Drag and drop or click to upload any PDF — research papers, ebooks, reports, contracts. Up to 4MB.

2

Text Extraction

Sornic extracts the text content from your PDF, cleans up formatting artifacts, and shows you a preview.

3

Listen or Download

Same flow as URL — choose a voice, generate audio, play or download. Works with any text-based PDF.

Photo → Audio

1

Snap or Upload a Photo

Take a photo of a book page, whiteboard, menu, sign, or any printed text. On mobile, you can use your camera directly.

2

OCR Extraction

Google Cloud Vision reads the text from your image. AI cleans up OCR artifacts like broken words and stray characters.

3

Listen or Download

Same audio pipeline — choose a voice, generate, and listen. Works best with clear, well-lit text.

Supported Content

Sornic works with text-based content across all three input methods:

URL: Articles, blog posts, news, documentation, essays
PDF: Research papers, ebooks, reports, contracts, slides with text
Photo: Book pages, whiteboards, menus, signs, printed documents

Not supported:

VideoYouTube, Vimeo, TikTok
AudioSpotify, Podcasts
SocialX, Facebook, Instagram
OtherGoogle Docs, Drive, Search

Voice Selection

Choose from 6 AI voices. Free users get Google Standard voices; paid users unlock Chirp 3 HD voices with richer, more natural intonation.

SarahFriendly (default)
JamesBalanced
OliverWarm
EmmaExpressive
MichaelDeep
SophieBright

Your voice preference is saved automatically for next time.

MP3 Downloads

After generating audio from any input (URL, PDF, or photo), click the download button to save as MP3. Listen offline while commuting, working out, or doing chores.

Queue

Add multiple articles and listen back-to-back. The queue button sits in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

FreeUp to 5 queued articles
CreditsUp to 10 queued articles with auto-processing

Enable auto-play to seamlessly transition between articles. Reorder or remove items at any time.

Listening History

Your recently played articles appear on the home screen. Click any entry to re-extract and listen again. History is stored locally in your browser and keeps your last 20 articles.

Share Links

Click the share button on the audio player to copy a link that opens Sornic with your article URL and voice pre-selected. Send it to anyone — they can listen instantly without setup.

Bookmarklet

Install the Sornic bookmarklet for one-click conversion. While reading any article, click the bookmarklet and Sornic opens with the URL ready to go.

Install bookmarklet →

Telegram Bot

Use Sornic directly from Telegram. Send any article URL to @SornicBot and it will extract the article, generate audio, and send you an MP3 right inside Telegram.

Open @SornicBot on Telegram →

Free vs. Paid

Free tier3 articles/day across URL, PDF, and Photo. Standard voices. Queue up to 5.
BonusHit your limit? Enter your email to unlock 2 bonus articles free, once per day.
CreditsBuy packs starting from $5. Credits never expire, no subscription. Unlocks HD voices, expanded queue, and downloads.
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