AI research paper reader
Listen to research papers without losing the maths.
Aethel turns academic papers into guided audio. Equations, figures and tables stay connected to the text, and the current sentence is highlighted as it is read.
Start your 7-day trialThe trial includes one paper or book and 30 minutes of narration.
Equations explained, not spelled out
Formulas stay on screen as printed, while the narration says what they mean in plain language.
Figures and tables kept in place
Figures, tables and their captions sit next to the paragraph that cites them, with a spoken description.
Ask about any passage
Stop on a sentence and ask for an explanation, a rephrasing or a worked example.
Read across languages
Translate a paper into one of 17 reading languages and switch back to the original any time.
Works with text-based PDFs
Upload a paper as a text-based PDF, EPUB or plain text. Scanned pages without a text layer are not supported yet.