Free · no account needed · Serbian and English
Classic books as free audiobooks
Over 2,500 English classics, from Austen and Dickens to Conan Doyle, read aloud by an AI voice. Listen right away, no account needed. Want more? Upload your own book (PDF or e-book) and hear it in the same voice.
Plus 127 titles from the Serbian school reading list
Try another voice
The same passage in both languages, with 10 voices per language. All voices are synthetic, made by our model, not clones of real people; any resemblance is coincidental. No post-processing.
Classics library
Over 2,500 English classics, ready to listen to
Alongside your own books you get a library of public-domain works: from Nušić, Sremac and Stanković to Austen, Dickens and Conan Doyle. Press play and listen.
- The school reading list in one place, for primary and secondary school
- Novels, short stories, plays and poetry, Serbian and English
- Every book shows the source it came from
Why Readnara?
Other apps sell you a catalog. Here the classics library is free, and the books you already have get a voice too.
A library and your own books
Other apps: You only hear what a publisher chose to record.
Readnara: Over 2,500 free English classics, plus any book of yours: upload a PDF or an e-book and listen.
Now, not next year
Other apps: You wait for an audio edition, which for Serbian books often never comes.
Readnara: The first page is ready a few seconds after you upload.
A voice you choose
Other apps: A narrator somebody else picked.
Readnara: Upload or record the voice you want: your own, or with permission, the voice of someone you love to listen to.
Serbian and English
Other apps: Serbian is rarely supported, and when it is, it often sounds robotic.
Readnara: Our model reads both Serbian and English books naturally.
How it works
1. Upload a book
PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2 or TXT. Drag it in or pick it from your device.
2. Choose a voice
Pick, upload or record a voice.
3. Listen
Read along and listen; your progress is saved.
What you get
Any book, not a catalog
Upload your own PDF or EPUB and listen to it. You are not limited to someone else’s catalog like in other audiobook apps.
A voice you choose
Pick one of 22 synthetic narrators, or upload or record the voice you want to hear: your own or, with their permission, someone close to you.
Pick up where you left off
Progress is saved to the page and second. Open the book and it continues right there.
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and English
Our model reads Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin naturally, with correct accents, in Latin and Cyrillic script, Ekavian and Ijekavian. It reads English books just as well, and the book's language is detected automatically.
Every format
PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2 and TXT. Scanned books go through OCR, so you can listen to them too.
Serbian and English interface
The app speaks Serbian and English; switch languages with one click.
Mini player and auto-continue
A floating mini player while you do something else, and automatic flip to the next page.
Sleep timer and phone controls
Stop reading after 15-60 minutes or at the end of a page. Pause and skip pages from the lock screen or your headphones.
Optional ambience and echo
Soft rain, sea, fireplace or gentle music under the voice, plus a small room echo. Generated in your browser, royalty-free, and never part of downloaded files.
Technology
Our own speech model
We did not plug in an off-the-shelf service. We built our own model for reading books aloud in Serbian and optimized it end to end (fewer steps and a smarter way of generating), so listening is fast and affordable for everyone.
That is why the public library can be free, and the first page is ready a few seconds after you upload.
New since November 1, 2026: ReNa8
ReNa8 is the new version of our model. We used it to regenerate the audio for every Serbian public-domain book, more than 45,000 pages. It is much better at Serbian sounds such as đ, dž, lj and nj, reads more naturally and makes fewer mistakes. We also fixed how words written in capital letters are read, such as character names in plays and headings. ReNa8 is now the main model for all new audio on every plan, including the free one.
8–16
steps per sentence instead of 64 for the base model
~15×
faster than reading aloud: an hour of audio takes a few minutes
SR + EN
Serbian and English, each read by a native narrator
0
training on your books and voices. Your data stays yours
For developers
Readnara API: text to speech for your app
Add natural Serbian and English speech to your site, app or service with one HTTP call. The same voices and quality as in Readnara.
- 15 minutes of generated audio free per account
- 22 synthetic voices, Serbian and English, paced for listening
- Numbers, dates and Cyrillic read correctly, no text preparation
POST https://readnara.com/api/dev/v1/tts
Authorization: Bearer rn_…
{
"text": "Dobar dan. Ovo je Readnara.",
"voice": "lib-sr-f-teodora",
"format": "mp3"
}
→ 200 audio/mpeg
X-Readnara-Remaining-Minutes: 14.92What reading looks like
The page stays exactly as in your book, the part being read is highlighted, and the player is always at hand.
- Chapters
- Bookmarks
- Read along
- Sleep timer
- M4B export
- MP3 download
Who it's for
Students
Required reading and lecture notes read aloud, so you can study on the bus, on a walk or before an exam.
Accessibility
For people with dyslexia or low vision: listen and follow the text on the page.
People on the move
A book for the drive, the gym or the chores, without looking at a screen.
Pricing
The public library and classics are free. For your own books and more voices choose a plan. The first 7 days are free.
Free
For classics and school reading
- Public library and classics
- Teodora and Radovan voices
- Up to 300 minutes of new audio per month
- Read-along, bookmarks, resume where you stopped
Reader
For your own books
or €39.00 per year (2 months free)
- Everything in Free
- Your own books: PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2, TXT, scanned too
- All 20 library voices (Serbian and English)
- Audiobook export (M4B with chapters)
- 600 minutes of new audio per month
Plus
For listening in your own voice
or €79.00 per year (2 months free)
- Everything in Reader
- Your own voice: record or upload up to 3 voices
- 1,500 minutes of new audio per month
Plans start with a 7-day free trial and can be cancelled any time. Prices include VAT. Reading in Serbian and English.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. The public library and classics are free, no card needed. Audio that is already made, like the whole Serbian school reading list, plays without limits; a free account also gets 300 minutes of new audio per month. For your own books, all voices and your own voice there are the Reader and Plus plans, with a 7-day free trial.
Can I listen without an account?
Yes. You can play the first 5 pages of any book in the public library right away, without an account. For the whole book, create a free account with email or Google, no card needed.
Which school reading (lektira) is for which grade?
Pick a grade at readnara.com/lektira: grades 3 to 8 of primary school and years 1 to 3 of secondary school in Serbia. Each grade lists the works from the current curriculum that are in the public domain, as audiobooks in Serbian.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in the browser on your phone (Android or iPhone), tablet or computer, nothing to install. You can add the site to your home screen like an app, pause or skip to the next page from the lock screen, and the “For the road” button in the reader saves pages for listening offline.
Which language does it read in?
It reads books in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and English, in Latin or Cyrillic script; the book's language is detected automatically and you can change it. The interface is in Serbian and English too.
Is my library private?
Yes. Your books, voices and progress are visible only to your account.
Whose voice may I clone?
Only your own voice, or the voice of someone who gave you permission.
Which formats are supported?
PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2 and TXT. Scanned PDFs are read with OCR.
Is the voice artificial?
Yes. All audio is generated by our AI model and is labeled as such in downloaded files.
Can I clone someone else's voice from the internet?
Not without that person's explicit permission. A voice is personal data, and recordings are protected by copyright and related rights. Report misuse at /report.
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