themargin.example
Why every city is suddenly building gondolas
Cable cars cost less per mile than light rail and climb hills that buses cannot.
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Your reading list, read aloud.
Save an article and PodReader turns it into an episode in your own podcast feed. Listen on a walk, in the car or while you do the dishes.
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The unreasonable effectiveness of boring software
A case for the technology your team already knows.
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How a 19th-century map fooled cartographers for 80 years
Each saved article becomes an episode in your feed.
How it works
From a browser tab to your earbuds in about a minute.
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Save a link
Paste the link of an article into PodReader.
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It gets the text, writes a short summary, and reads the article in the voice that you select.
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Host commentary
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Real research
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Different hosts, different angles
A careful analyst, a sceptic, an optimist and more. Each one tells a different story.
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Your first commentary is free.
themargin.example
Why every city is suddenly building gondolas
Calm, careful, and fair to both sides.
5 sources
The hill claim holds up. The cost claim is fair, but capacity decides which one fits the trip.
Same article, three hosts, three different takes.
Voices
Select the voice that reads to you.
Many voices in many languages. You can change the voice in Settings at any time.
Standard
Clear and fast. Good for news and short articles.
High quality
A more natural rhythm and tone for longer articles.
High definition
Almost like a human narrator. Best for long reads.
Shows
Daily shows, written and read for you.
A show takes a news source, selects the top stories and makes one short episode each day.
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Hacker News Recap
Every day at 17:00, US Eastern time
A daily summary of the top stories from Hacker News for the developer and tech communities.
More shows come later.
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Apple Podcasts
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Overcast- Any app with RSS