speakeasy
Your read-later list, now listenable
speakeasy launched on March 19, 2026 with 6 votes, #1,631 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Pocket is dead. Instapaper is stagnant. Speechify wants $139/yr. speakeasy is a different answer: paste any URL, get beautiful audio, listen instead of reading. • Paste a URL → instant audio • Beautiful, natural-sounding voices • Saves and syncs across all your Apple devices • Share from Safari in 2 taps • Subscribe to newsletters and RSS feeds • Multiple voices and playback speeds Built for the articles you save but never get around to reading.
Turn reading into listening. Paste any article. Press play. Stay informed while you move.
Built for professionals, founders, students — anyone who'd rather listen than sit still. Reading doesn't need your full attention. Listening fits into your day. Medium, Substack, X, WordPress, Ghost — drop in a URL and hear it read back in seconds. Reading something worth hearing? Send it to speakeasy from any app — no switching required. Browse 32+ curated feeds across tech, science, news, and more. Subscribe and listen on the go. Reuters, Ars Technica, Hacker News, Nature — organized by category, ready to listen. Articles organized, searchable, and synced to iCloud across all your devices. Full article text at your fingertips. Read along, skim ahead, or let the audio do the work.…from speakeasy.studio.gold
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