Notes to audio: listen to what you wrote, as a voice-over
Every conversion can be heard as well as read. Play any result aloud in your browser for free, or generate a voice-over audio file from a catalog of natural-sounding voices - so lecture notes become something you can revise on a walk, a commute or with your eyes closed.
The page that becomes a voice-over
Handwritten Physics Notes on Temperature
A handwritten physics note covering the concept of temperature.
How it works
Photograph or scan the page
Take a photo (JPG or PNG) or upload a PDF. A multi-page PDF is read page by page into one document.
Convert it as usual
The page is transcribed and typeset, and the result is ready to read or listen to.
Listen, or make a voice-over
Press play for free in-browser read-aloud, or generate a voice-over as an audio file with voice-over points.
Two ways to listen
Read-aloud is free on every result and runs in your browser: press play and your notes are spoken, including math and chemistry notation, turned into words rather than read out as symbols.
A voice-over goes further: it produces an audio file read by a voice you choose, in the language your notes are in. Voice-overs use voice-over points - Free and Pro plans include a monthly allowance, and more can be bought any time.
Built for revision and accessibility
Listening is a different way to revise: replay a derivation while you walk, or hear a week of lecture notes in the time it takes to commute. It also opens notes to people who find dense handwriting or small print hard to read, alongside the tagged, screen-reader-friendly PDF export.
Page by page, clearly labelled
A voice-over follows your document page by page. If a page couldn't be read, the voice-over says so at that point instead of skipping it silently, so you know what's missing.
Every voice is software-generated - none is a recording of a real person - and voice-overs are made on Scriveno's own servers, not a third-party AI provider.
Not just notes: poems, stories and scripts
Anything you write by hand can become a voice-over: a poem you want to hear before you read it aloud, a bedtime story for your children, a script or speech you need to time, or a handwritten letter worth keeping.
Getting the most out of a voice-over
A voice-over reads what the transcription says, so check the preview first - a misread symbol will be read out as written. Pick a voice for the language your notes are in, and use read-aloud in the browser for a quick check before spending points on a full voice-over.
- Revise a derivation step by step while you're away from the desk
- Listen back to a week of lecture notes on the commute before an exam
- Offer notes in audio form to anyone who finds reading dense handwriting hard
Frequently asked questions
- Is read-aloud free?
- Yes. Every result can be read aloud in your browser at no cost. Generating a voice-over audio file uses voice-over points; see the pricing page for each plan's monthly allowance.
- Does it read equations properly?
- Math and chemistry notation are turned into spoken words - an exponent of 2 is read as squared, for example - rather than read out symbol by symbol.
- Can I make a voice-over of a poem, story or script?
- Yes. Photograph the handwritten page like any other: it is transcribed to text, and you can turn that text into a voice-over and download it as an MP3. Voice-over for poems, stories and scripts
- Which languages can a voice-over use?
- Choose the language your notes are written in when you pick a voice; every available language and its voices are listed there.
- Are the voices real people?
- No. Every voice is software-generated; none is a recording of a real person's voice.
- What happens to my uploaded notes?
- Pages are read by recognition models Scriveno runs on its own servers in Denmark - they aren't sent to a third-party AI provider and are never used to train a model. Uploads and every file made from them are deleted automatically after the file-retention period, currently 7 days. Read the Privacy Policy
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