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SoundGecko: Turn your favorite articles into Podcasts
Nwosu Mavtrevor
Are you tired of reading articles online?
SoundGecko is just your perf ect way out.
SoundGecko converts your web articles
into audio MP3 f iles so you can listen to
them instead. SoundGecko is an online
text-to-speech transcribing web service
that converts articles into speech. You
don’t have to read through pages of
articles when you can simply convert them
into an audio f ile and listen to them
instead. You can listen to the converted
MP3 f ile through a smartphone or
computer.
How to use SoundGecko:
Simply copy the URL of any interesting article you want to listen and paste it on the f ield made available
f or it on the SoundGecko homepage.
Add a valid email address below it and click the “Listen to article now” button and wait f or your article to
convert.
Then your article will be converted into an MP3 f ile as indicated on the image below.
2. Once it has f inished converting, SoundGecko will begin to read out loud the body of the article on your
browser. You also have options to share the audio on Facebook, Twitter and even download the MP3 f ile
to your computer. A copy will also be emailed to the address you provided.
There are also SoundGecko mobile apps f or Android, iOS and Windows phone. These f ree SoundGecko
mobile apps will allow you to listen to your f avorite articles even while you are busy. There is also a
Chrome extension f or SoundGecko to install on your Chrome toolbar.
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SoundGecko Plugin can also help you add a listen button to your blog so that a visitor can simply click on
them to listen to the articles instead of reading them. Simply install and activate the plugin, visit the plugin
settings page and determine the size of the “Listen” button you want to display on your blog or the
position you will want it to appear on your blog.
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