A summary you do not have to look at
Reading needs your eyes and a free hand. A lot of the day offers neither: walking, driving, washing up, the gym. Listen turns those stretches into time for the things you saved to read later.
Press Listen on any summary and SumAI reads it aloud at the speed you pick.
Choosing a speed
| Speed | Good for |
|---|---|
| 0.75x | Dense or technical material, or listening in a second language |
| 1x | Following along comfortably |
| 1.25x | Everyday listening once you are used to it |
| 1.5x | Recaps of things you partly know |
| 2x | A quick refresher |
There is no right answer. Start at 1x and move up until you notice yourself missing things, then step back one.
Ways people use it
The commute queue. Share a handful of articles and videos to SumAI in the morning, then listen to the summaries on the way to work.
Review by ear. The night before an exam or a meeting, listen again to the summaries you read earlier in the week. Hearing material in a different form is a useful second pass.
Second-language practice. Set the summary language to the one you are learning and the speed to 0.75x. You get short, structured listening practice on topics you chose. See summaries in 60+ languages.
Resting your eyes. After a day of screens, listening is easier than reading.
What Listen reads
Listen reads the summary, not the original video or document. That is the point: an hour-long talk becomes a few minutes of audio containing its key ideas.
If a point catches your attention, the full source is still there. For videos, the key moments take you to the exact part of the original.
Last updated November 12, 2026.