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Full History - 2018 - 08 - 25 - ID#9a7lsu
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We built an app for listening to articles, books or anything readable. Sharing it here as it might be helpful to you guys. (self.Blind)
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ErtaySh 3 points 4y ago
I started using a Chrome extensionn (Read Aloud) just two weeks ago, and even though it has some hiccups here and there, it's pretty decent. Could you share a link to your extension and if possible share what makes yours better? The features I need are: keyboard shortcuts to start/pause/stop, skip forward, rewind backward, read selected (highlited text), and reading speed.

As for the mobile app, it sounds like a decent idea! Could you share some more information on how it actually works? Is it technically an RSS reader or do you just paste a URL to the app and it fetches the text? Also, why would you require login for such an app?

Thanks for sharing!
Itsthejoker 3 points 4y ago
Interesting! I'll give it a try and pass it along. Thanks for posting!
quanin 2 points 4y ago
Why would we use this over the screenreaders we'd need to be using in order to actually get to your app? What makes it more beneficial than the TTS engine that just read your post to me?
ENTJ351 1 points 4y ago
Sounds very interesting. There are already apps like this, so have fun competing. Haha! Well, maybe I’ll check in to this.
ryddyt 1 points 4y ago
Hey guys thanks for the cool info, don't be put down by the jerks in this thread, some people just suck at gratitude :)
rkingett -12 points 4y ago
Gee, thanks, but I don't use chrome. Oh well.

I'm not interested in downloading chrome just so I can try this. Sorry, but I already have a screen reader.
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