Converting a PDF to an MP3 file is a useful way of making PDF content more accessible, enabling you to listen to that content on the go. You can also share the file with friends and colleagues, or publish your own spoken word content on social media or your personal blog, without having to narrate it yourself – let us do the hard work for you!
Why convert your PDF to MP3?
Audiobooks can be helpful in a variety of ways:
- People with disabilities – Audiobooks can be incredibly beneficial for individuals with cognitive or learning disabilities, physical disabilities, or visual impairments. They are accessible, hands-free and effortless to use. For example, a father once shared how he used Zamzar to convert children’s books into audiobooks for his visually impaired son, allowing him to enjoy bedtime stories.
- Economic and environmental – Audiobooks are often cheaper than paper books, with many being available for free. Websites like Project Gutenberg, Diji Libraries, and ManyBooks offer free audiobooks or books ready to be converted using Zamzar. Additionally, converting books to audiobooks is a paperless choice, helping both you and the environment.
- General convenience – Having an audiobook means no matter where you are or what you’re doing, you are still able to listen. Zamzar’s language options are particularly beneficial for people with language barriers or learning a new language, providing a consistent listening experience with professional narration.
- For narrating your own content – Using the spoken word can be a great way of reaching others with your own content. Maybe you have a PDF file you wish to share, or a blog post – you can use Zamzar to narrate the content in high quality without needing to rely on an expensive professional narration service to do it for you.
How to convert a PDF to MP3?
To use this function with Zamzar, there are just 4 simple steps!
- Navigate to the PDF to MP3 conversion tool.
- Choose a file to convert by selecting the Choose Files button:
- Customise your conversion choosing between the options for language and gender, tone, speed and volume:
- Click the Convert Now button and we’ll do the hard work of preparing your MP3 file, which you can then download!
Advanced MP3 options
As you may have noticed from the steps above Zamzar provides advanced options to select and customise to make your PDF to MP3 conversion suitable for you:
- Language / Gender – Zamzar provides support for generating MP3 files in 13 different languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and more. For some of these languages you can also select the gender to use for your file too.
- Pitch – Dictates how “squeaky” the voice is on your MP3 file, the higher the pitch the higher the voice will sound in the file.
- Speed – How fast do you wish the voice to speak? This can be handy if you have an audiobook you need to listen to quickly – select “Extra Fast” and you can whizz through it super speedily!
- Volume – Not normally one you would need to change, but this can be useful if you wish to set the output volume to higher or lower than normal.
We’re excited to put these tools in your hands, and hope they give you a good overview of how you can use Zamzar to convert PDF files into MP3 audiobooks.
Happy Converting!