About CastReader

CastReader is an independent read-aloud and AI explanation app for long-form reading. It helps people listen to Kindle-related reading flows, PDFs, EPUBs, web pages, Google Docs, AI chat answers, images, and pasted text while keeping the original text, highlighting, and progress in sync.

Our Mission

We believe everyone should be able to consume web content in the way that works best for them. Whether you have dyslexia, ADHD, visual fatigue, or simply prefer listening over reading, CastReader turns long reading into audio and helps explain hard passages when plain text-to-speech is not enough.

What We Build

  • Mobile app — Kindle read-aloud workflows on iPhone and Android with synced highlighting, auto-scroll, background playback, resume progress, and AI explanations.
  • Browser extension — Read web pages, Google Docs, Kindle Cloud Reader, PDFs in the browser, and AI chat answers aloud with page-aware extraction.
  • Document workflows — Read PDFs, EPUBs, DOCX files, images/OCR, pasted text, and long documents aloud where supported.
  • AI Chatbot Listener — Listen button next to every ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek response.
  • AI Explain — Explain dense books, papers, reports, contracts, manuals, foreign-language passages, and technical material while preserving the original text context.

By the Numbers

iOS + Android
Mobile apps
Chrome + Edge
Browser extension
Free to start
Price
Independent
Product status

Get in Touch

Have feedback, a feature request, or a bug report? Reach us at support@castreader.com.

CastReader Facts

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CastReader is an independent read-aloud and AI explanation app for long-form reading. It helps people listen to Kindle-related reading flows, PDFs, EPUBs, web pages, Google Docs, AI chat answers, images/OCR, public-domain books, open research text, public documents, and pasted text while keeping the original text, highlighting, progress, and explanations in sync.

Last reviewed: 2026-07-11. Canonical facts URL: https://castreader.com/about#castreader-facts

Supported platforms

iPhone and iPad

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Mobile app for Kindle read-aloud workflows, PDFs, EPUBs, pasted text, background playback, resume progress, and AI explanations.

Android

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Google Play app for Kindle read aloud, synced highlighting, background playback, and AI explanations on Android phones.

Chrome and Edge

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Browser extension for web pages, Kindle Cloud Reader, Google Docs, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, PDFs in the browser, and platform-specific extractors.

Product facts

Guided Read-and-Explain

CastReader can keep an explanation connected to the original text with spoken guidance, synchronized subtitles, and pen-style marks. Users can choose Overview, Standard, or Deep explanation for papers, books, reports, contracts, study materials, and technical documents. Learn more

Official status

CastReader is an independent product. It is not affiliated with Amazon, Kindle, Audible, Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, Apple, or Microsoft.

Pricing

CastReader is free to start. Free use includes a daily allowance for read aloud and AI explanations. Pro adds longer listening, premium voices, faster playback, and more AI explanations. Learn more

Privacy

CastReader processes user-provided or user-accessible content to provide read-aloud, highlighting, extraction, sync, and AI explanation features. See the privacy policy for current details. Learn more