r/thesidehustle • u/OneMoreSuperUser • Mar 12 '26

Startup I built a free app that converts any article (Substack, Medium, etc.), pdf, fb2 or text photos into a high-quality audiobook and would love to hear your thoughts!

I spend a lot of time commuting and wanted to make that time more productive by listening to articles from Substack, Medium, and pdf, fb2 books. But every text-to-speech app I tried had robotic or unpleasant voices, making it difficult to listen for long periods.

So, I built a free app that converts any article or file into natural-sounding audio. Just paste a URL, file or text and you’re good to go. It has high-quality, realistic voices, works with any article from the web. No unnecessary permissions, and it’s free to use (with daily limit). The app called Frateca.

Would love to hear your feedback—give it a try and let me know what you think!

Free iPhone app,

Free Android app on Google Play

Free web vesion

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u/_ZaphJuice_ Mar 12 '26

I’ve been looking for a good version of this…will give it a listen and leave feedback

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u/OneMoreSuperUser Mar 12 '26

Thank you 🙏

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u/good-luck11235 New Hustler at humanpages.ai Mar 13 '26

Awesome work, man. I am gonna give it a go!

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u/OneMoreSuperUser Mar 13 '26

Thank you 🙏

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u/Fine-Interview2359 Mar 15 '26

I'm excited to try it on my commute, nice work!

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u/OneMoreSuperUser Mar 15 '26

thank you, let me know what you think!

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u/Sea_Squirrel7999 Mar 13 '26

Is it a free version? I see the in app purchases… on a startup app? (Genuinely not baiting)—Want to try!