Listen to MDPI Papers
Turn any mdpi.com article into audio. Open the paper in Chrome, click CastReader, and listen through the abstract and body — with paragraph highlighting. Every MDPI paper is open access, so every paper is fully listenable.
Why Listen to MDPI with CastReader?
MDPI publishes fast and high-volume. Audio is the only way to stay current.
Full Portfolio
Every MDPI Journal
Sensors, Nutrients, IJERPH, Molecules, Applied Sciences, Sustainability, Energies, Remote Sensing, Polymers, Foods, and 400+ more MDPI journals. They all share one rendering template on mdpi.com — one extractor handles the whole portfolio.
No Paywall
Every Paper Is Open Access
MDPI is 100% open access. Any article you open has the full text loaded in the DOM, so CastReader can always read the whole paper — not just an abstract snippet.
Clean Audio
Skips Article Info Sidebars
MDPI article pages pack author affiliations, citations-count widgets, 'Article Versions' selectors, and download sidebars. CastReader reads the paper body and skips those, so the audio starts at the title and stays on the science.
100% Free
High-Volume Reading, High-Volume Listening
Completely free — no signup, no subscription, no quota. When your research area has 20 new MDPI papers this week, audio is the only way to actually go through them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything about listening to MDPI papers with CastReader
How do I listen to an MDPI paper?
Open the article on mdpi.com in Chrome (URL looks like mdpi.com/journal-issue/1234567/htm or mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/20/4235). Click the CastReader icon. It reads from the title through the abstract and body.
Does CastReader read Supplementary Materials?
No. Supplementary materials on MDPI are separate downloads (PDF, Excel, data files) and aren't in the main article DOM. The article body is read in full, including figure and table captions.
Which MDPI journals are supported?
All of them — Sensors, Nutrients, IJERPH, Molecules, Applied Sciences, Sustainability, Energies, Remote Sensing, Polymers, Foods, Agriculture, Water, Mathematics, Symmetry, Biomolecules, Cancers, Cells, and 400+ more. MDPI uses one shared rendering, so one extractor covers the whole catalog.
What about figures, tables, and references?
Figure and table captions are read inline because they're prose. Images and tabular data are skipped — audio can't represent those. Inline citation markers and the References section are not read, so the audio flows cleanly.
Are MDPI papers really fully free?
Yes. MDPI is 100% open access — every paper is free to read without subscription. That makes it a very clean audio source: no paywall walls, full text always available.
Can I adjust reading speed?
Yes. 0.5x through 3x supported. Many users run 1.5x-1.8x on MDPI because the writing tends to be dense with methods detail that's easier absorbed at higher speed with eyes following.
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.
Does it handle MDPI Special Issues?
Yes. MDPI Special Issues are themed collections — navigate to the issue's page, then open individual articles. Each article reads the same way as any MDPI paper.
Start Listening to MDPI
Completely free. No signup. No limits. Install CastReader and open any MDPI paper.