Listen to Frontiers Papers
Turn any frontiersin.org article into audio. Open the paper in Chrome, click CastReader, and listen through the abstract and body — with paragraph highlighting. Every Frontiers paper is open access, so every paper is fully listenable.
Why Listen to Frontiers with CastReader?
Frontiers publishes volume. CastReader lets you keep up by ear instead of by backlog.
Full Portfolio
Every Frontiers Journal
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Psychology, Immunology, Plant Science, Public Health, Oncology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Microbiology, Psychiatry, and 50+ more. They all share one rendering template on frontiersin.org, so one extractor covers the full portfolio.
No Paywall
Every Paper Is Open Access
Frontiers is 100% open access by model. Any article you open has the full text loaded in the DOM — which means CastReader can always read the whole paper, never just an abstract preview.
Clean Audio
Skips Article Metrics Banners and Related-Content Rails
Frontiers pages have heavy sidebars — article metrics, Altmetric scores, related-article rails, download buttons. CastReader focuses on the paper body and skips the UI chrome so the audio starts at the title and stays on the science.
100% Free
Chew Through a Research Topic Backlog
Frontiers organizes papers into 'Research Topics' — themed collections with dozens of related articles. Completely free to listen through an entire Research Topic, one commute at a time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything about listening to Frontiers papers with CastReader
How do I listen to a Frontiers paper?
Open the article on frontiersin.org in Chrome (URL looks like frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fxxxx.20XX.XXXXXXX/full). Click the CastReader icon. It reads from the title through the abstract and body.
Does CastReader read Supplementary Materials?
No, supplementary materials are separate downloads (usually PDF or data files) and aren't in the main article DOM. The main paper body is read in full, including captions and inline prose.
Which Frontiers journals are supported?
All of them — Frontiers in Neuroscience, Psychology, Immunology, Plant Science, Public Health, Oncology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Microbiology, Psychiatry, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition, Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Physiology, and many more. One extractor, one shared template.
What about figures, tables, and references?
Figure and table captions are read inline (they're prose). Images and table data are skipped — audio can't represent them. Inline citation markers and the References section are not read, so the audio flows cleanly. Paragraph highlighting tells you exactly where you are.
Are Frontiers papers really fully free?
Yes. Frontiers is a 100% open-access publisher — every paper is free to read without a subscription or institutional access. That makes it an excellent audio source: you always get full text.
Can I adjust reading speed?
Yes. 0.5x through 3x supported. Most users run 1.5x for intros and 1.1x for dense methods.
Is it free? Any limits?
Completely free with no page or character limits. No account needed. CastReader is a free browser extension for Chrome and Edge.
Can I use this for Frontiers Research Topics?
Yes. Research Topics pages list dozens of related articles. Open any paper in the collection and hit play — queue them up across a few walks and you've worked through the whole topic.
Start Listening to Frontiers
Completely free. No signup. No limits. Install CastReader and open any Frontiers paper.