Proofread a text by listening to it

After reading your own text a few times, your eye quietly fixes what it expects to see. Hearing it in another voice brings out missing words, repetitions and sentences that run too long.

The Minibon team · Updated on 27 October 2026 · Translation to review

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What you hear better than you see

• Missing or doubled words

  A “the the” or a missing word slips past silent reading, much less so when you listen.

• Sentences that run too long

  If the voice has to keep going without a breath, the sentence probably needs splitting.

• Rhythm

  Repeated sounds and awkward transitions jump out at the ear.

The steps

1. 1. Add Paste your text, or upload it as a PDF if it is already laid out.
2. 2. Listen Press play: the current sentence is highlighted, and so is the word being spoken. Tap a sentence to jump to it.
3. 3. Adjust Speed from 0.75× to 3×, your choice of voice, and pitch, warmth and clarity settings on the Voices page.
4. 4. Pick up later The document stays in your library: reading resumes at the sentence where you stopped.

What the tool does well, and what it misses

• Good: highlighting You see where the voice is, and you can note the sentence to rework.
• Good: speed at 1× A normal speed gives you time to notice what sounds off.
• Worth knowing: not a spell checker Readotte reads what is written: it does not flag spelling mistakes and does not correct anything.
• Worth knowing: homophones “Their” and “there”, or “its” and “it's”, sound the same, so listening cannot tell them apart.