Audeus vs Explainpaper

Audeus converts PDFs, documents, scans, screenshots, and other text into speech using AI voices. It supports PDF, Word (DOCX), and non-DRM EPUB files, and advertises more than 50 languages. As audio plays, spoken text is highlighted; playback speed can be adjusted, with Pro listing speeds up to 3.5x. Users can highlight documents, add notes and comments, and mark images or graphs with shape highlights. The app can scan printed material, including multiple pages in a batch. Listed platforms are Android, iOS, web, and an extension; the Chrome extension page says it works with Google Docs and Gmail, while Canva integration appears on the pricing page. Free includes standard voices, limited access to Pro voices, and limited document uploads. Pro is listed at $119.04 per year, billed annually ($9.92/month), and includes a three-day trial. The selected plan begins automatically after the trial unless canceled. The company offers volume-based pricing for teams and institutions.

Explainpaper is a web-based AI reader for research papers. Readers highlight confusing passages to get explanations with adjustable complexity, support for more than 50 languages, and context from the full paper. Paper chat answers questions using the paper’s content, allows follow-ups, and can summarize findings; answers can cite sections so readers can locate relevant material. The product also generates outlines, extracts key points, and shows relationships between concepts. Its free plan is available indefinitely and includes unlimited highlight explanations, follow-up questions, Zotero library import, and basic AI models. Pro costs $16 a month and adds Math Explain for formulas and figures, advanced AI models, whole-paper summaries, saved highlights and explanations, and paper questions. The Pro trial lasts seven days and requires a card. Explainpaper says subscriptions are billed monthly or annually according to the selected plan and payments are processed through Stripe. The product describes its audience as researchers.