8 Alternatives to Motoread
Play.ht (for Medium) is a Free Chrome Extension to Listen to any article on Medium as an Audio Narration.
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Kunal Bhatia- Co-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp
I use Play.ht for providing audio for my Medium readers. They are robotic voices, but it gets the job done and it's very easy to get started. You can even embed the player inside your own articles.
Niv Dror- VC at Shrug Capital
This seems like a very popular Chrome extension for listening to articles. Did well in the Product Hunt launch 😊
keyul- Maker of Quick Code & Bot Stash
I was going to recommend this when I saw the question. But you already did. This is definitely the best extension to listen to Medium articles.Around the web
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Play is an app that adds Audio Narrations to your Articles using automated voices and automatically adds an Embedded Audio Player in those articles for your readers to Listen and Subscribe! Is your blog on Medium? Check out How to Add Audio to Your Blog on Medium!Play
Unlike reading that demand a reader's complete attention and focus, audio narrations come with the advantage of multitasking, allowing you to better engage for longer periods with your audience as the content is delivered in a way that's easy to consume.Recommendations
Ben Tossell- No-coder 👉 Makerpad.co
I use Pocket A LOT so I tend to get a lot of backed up content to get through. Sometimes its easier to use Pocket listen. Although the voice is fairly robot-yRating and price
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Niv Dror- VC at Shrug Capital
The product looks super well done, and seems like the first real value feature in the Medium Members upgrade. Wondering what @rrhoover things as he is a member :-)Audio is the new trend for consuming content. But while everyone's listening to podcasts, you're still writing articles. Why not serve people where they're at?With Blogcast, you can generate audio versions of your articles, automatically.
Increase audience engagement and grow your revenue by converting your news stories into audio, using text-to-speech engineered for news, and serve them through an embedded audio player alongside each story.
Available on WordPress, Medium, RSS, and API.
Harmony allows developers to quickly add Voice to their website on desktop and mobile.
With Twodio you can send audio tweets. Just record your voice or any sound and send it. Your followers will hear it in their Twitter feeds.