Convert a PDF to an Audio Book

Using The Python Programming Language

Have you ever wanted to take a PDF file that you were reading and simply give it to some program and have that program read the contents of the PDF file to you ? Well, if you are like me and you wanted a program like this, then you are in luck because in this article, I will attempt to convert a PDF file to an audio book using the python programming language.

So, exactly what is a PDF file ? Well PDF stands for Portable Document Format and it is a file format developed by Adobe. It was used to present documents (text & images) that could not be modified but still easily shared and printed.

Now that you know a little about PDF files, let’s talk about audio books. An audio book is a “talking book”. Many times it is a recording of a book, for this article it will be the text from a document being read out loud.

If you prefer not to read this article and would like a video representation of it, you can check out the YouTube Video below. It goes through everything in this article with a little more detail, and will help make it easy for you to start programming . Or you can use both as supplementary materials for learning !