TAYL 2.0
Make listening your new reading habit.
TAYL 2.0 launched on September 24, 2019 with 10 votes, #924 of 3,296 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.
What it does
Save time by listening instead of reading. Convert your text content into high-fidelity audio and listen instantly using podcasts or the web, iOS or Android apps. Select from 180+ voices in 30+ languages. Easily extend using thousands of add-ons.
TAYL is the app that gives your content a voice. 🗣 Turn any webpage, blog or article into audio, and listen instantly or later via Podcasts. 🎧 ✌️
As a member you’ll get your very own personalized TAYL Podcast to subscribe to. When you find something interesting online that you want read, simply bookmark it. Bookmarks will be read and recorded instantly, and delivered to your podcast for listening. That lengthy article that you just have to read? Listen to it while on a nice walk outside. With TAYL you can avoid getting stuck staring at the screen for too long. Reduce eye-strain, get the blood pumping and feel better. Immersion reading works by engaging multiple senses simultaneously. Listening in addition to reading fires off more neurons in your brain and creates deeper pathways, resulting in improved memory function. Do you often…from tayl.app
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