Hear the Gist First: An AI Reader for Long Articles

When the material is too heavy — a long article, a PDF, or a topic that is not your field — you often do not want to finish every page before you know what it is saying.

CatchGist is an AI reader for that moment. Add the material, hear the gist first, then ask until it makes sense. If you want the whole piece, you can still hear the original with text to speech.

Three ways to use it

Hear the gist first. This is the main path. You get the point of the article or document, spoken to you, so you can decide what is worth more time.

Ask when something is unclear. Interrupt at the place you are listening, by voice or by typing. Ask for detail, another way of putting it, or just the part you missed.

Hear the original. When you want the full article or PDF, tap Hear the original. CatchGist can be used as free text to speech online, with a voice and a listening language you choose on the first screen.

You can also add up to five related pieces and compare them, but only when you ask. It will not compare them automatically just because you heard the gist.

Not a written summary, and not a podcast

Some tools hand you a long article summary and leave you to read it. CatchGist starts by speaking the point. You listen, then you ask.

It is also not an AI podcast. It does not create a two-host show, and nothing is published. The explanation is for you.

What you can add

A webpage link, pasted text, a PDF or other document, or an image, in a supported language. You pick the language you want to hear, which can be different from the language of the site.

Start without an account

You have 10 free uses in total, shared between gists and full-text listens. They do not reset monthly. No account is needed to start; sign in to save this briefing and come back later.

Open catchgist.com, add a long page or a PDF, and hear the gist first.