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Turn any internet news or article into podcast episodes using Pocket on iPhone or Android

Browsing news sites or reading blogs about technology, science, sports or any other subject that is of interest to you is something enriching, and adds knowledge and experience to our lives. However, if you read a lot, you've noticed that, over time, your eyes end up getting tired of reading. And if you're not that into reading, it can end up being a challenge to keep up. 4g6c1v

Now, imagine turning any news story you're interested in into an episode of Espaitec's in audio, either in Portuguese or English? As Pocket, available to iPhone e Android, this is super easy to do. See below:

What is Pocket? w6l5u

O Pocket is intended to help people save articles, videos and other interesting content taken from the internet so that they can be viewed later. When saving something in Pocket, the list of content will be available in your to be accessed on any device.

This application is a world leader in “saving to enjoy later”, has about 30 million s worldwide and has integration with more than 1.500 applications. In addition, the platform is available for iPad, iPhone, Android, and browsers like Chrome, Firefox, safari, Among others.

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The feature that interests us in this tutorial is the Lists, where a system Text-to-speech (text-to-speech, free translation) reads the text content saved in the Pocket in audio format, so you can listen while you're waiting in line, driving, or traveling, even when you're offline, similar to a podcast.

First of all, it is necessary to create an on the platform, accessing the registration page. When opening, just with your name, e-mail and , or use your ID Apple , Google or of Firefox if you use this browser.

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After ing, choose the material you want to save to create podcasts, which can be a news site or even a blog.

  • If you are using a computer or notebook and you are a of one of the browsers Google Chrome, safari, Microsoft Edge ou Opera, it will be necessary to install an extension available on the website of the Pocket. Click the red button "Connect now", and you will be taken to the extension installation page. After your extension is installed, just click on the symbol Pocket and your material will be saved.
Turn news from text to audio with pocket. Turn any news or article on the internet into podcast episodes using pocket on iphone or android
Click on the symbol to save the desired material
  • If you use Firefox, you probably already realized that the extension of the Pocket is already installed in your browser. In this way, just click on the symbol to save the material that you want to turn into a podcast.
  • It is also possible manually copy the link of the material you selected and paste it into the website of the Pocket by clicking the + (plus) icon. In addition, you can save your news by email, just send a message from your email ed on the Pocket platform to: [email protected], in the “subject” field insert content link that you want to save.
Add your news via the Pocket website

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  • Pocket at App Store.
  • to enter the Pocket, with the same you ed with. Afterwards, you will be redirected by the application itself to the browser, where the Pocket;
  • Touch enable sharing, and sharing to Pocket will be enabled. Sharing can be done from your web browser or news aggregator.
  • It will also be possible to copy the link and paste it inside the app to save the news you would like to hear.

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  • Obtain your Pocket No. Google Play
  • Open the application and to your ed ;
  • open your navigator and choose the news that interests you, click Share and choose by Pocket;
  • Ready, your material will be saved in the list.
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On Android, use the Share option and choose Pocket

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With the listening tool, you will be able to hear your articles in high quality voice, ideal for times when you are busy doing housework or driving, for example. It will be possible to listen to your podcasts even if you are offline, on all platforms you have, whether Android, iOS, by computer or even with the Amazon Alexa.

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To use the tool Lists (TTS) in iPhone, iPad e iPod Touch just open the app Pocket and click on the button with headphones symbol located at the top left of your app. The magic will already happen there and you will be able to browse your articles, news, blogs to choose which one you want to hear.

You can control your entire podcast like a music player, being able to pause, advance or rewind 15 seconds or change the voice speed. Furthermore, in the app's settings you can change the type of voice you want to hear, as well as change the language of the voice that will be used when listening to your podcast offline.

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To create podcasts using your smartphone Android just open the app Pocket, right away you will have the lists of articles that you have already saved. Click on the headphone icon located at the top of the screen — just like on the iPhone — and choose a news item to listen to.

no app Pocket for systems Android, you will have more configuration functions than in version iOS, where you can choose more options for the type of voices among the 9 available, against only one available in iPhone. To change the voice type, just deactivate the option “Transmit voices in the best quality”, then you can choose from the available voices.

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To listen directly from your computer, functionality is only available in the browser Firefox. To turn the news into a podcast, just press the F9 button ou select the icon next to the link called “Toggle Reader View”.

A menu will appear located on the left side of your browser, look for the button "Hear", wait a while and your article, news or a post on your favorite blog has been turned into audio.

It is possible to change the reading speed to slower “turtle” or faster “rabbit

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You can listen to your podcasts too with the smart speakers Echo da Echo Show, in addition to other speakers and devices compatible with Alexa, through the Pocket skill. To activate this function, follow these procedures:

Turn news from text to audio with Pocket
  • Enter the page Alexa skills da Amazon and add the Pocket;
  • After clicking activate, you will be directed to Pocket. Select allow to Alexa connect with your ;
  • A Alexa will have the ability to recognize the last 3 articles saved in your Pocket.

Okay, now to listen to the articles, just say “Alexa, tell Pocket to list the articles”. After she answers, choose one of them answering which one you want, like this: “Alexa, tell Pocket to play first”, or “Alexa, tell Pocket to play the one about (your article name)”.

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Source: Pocket

reviewed by Dacio Castelo Branco in 24 / 03 / 2023

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