![]() The redesign includes updated typography and fonts, focused on making long reads more comfortable, as well. In addition, the app has been given a redesign that gives it a clean, less cluttered look-and-feel, and introduces a new app-wide dark mode and sepia themes, for those who want a different sort of reading experience. It’s like your own personalized podcast, Mozilla notes. To take advantage of the updated “Listen” feature, users just tap the new icon in the top-left corner of the Pocket mobile app to start playing their articles. The monthly fee is lower, it imports more articles correctly, and has an unobtrusive interface compared to Pocket. “Live from New York.”) The technology has evolved since to support speech marks, a timbre effect, and dynamic range compression, among other things. After using Pocket for many years, I switched to Instapaper about a year ago. For example, it knows that the word “live” would be pronounced differently based on its usage. On iOS and Android, the listen feature will be powered by Amazon Polly, Mozilla says.įirst introduced at Amazon’s re:Invent developer event in November 2016, Polly uses machine learning technologies to deliver more life-like speech. Today, Pocket is addressing this problem with the launch of a new listening feature that will allow for a more human-sounding voice. They’ll work in a pinch when you really need to catch up with some reading, and can’t sit down to do it. Instapaper today offers a similar option.īut these text-to-speech engines often sound robotic and mangle words, leading to a poor listening experience. Pocket had added a text-to-speech feature several years ago, so you could listen to an audio version of your saved articles, instead of reading them. ![]() Today, this popular reading app is getting a major update that gives its app a visual makeover, including a new dark mode, and most importantly, a better way to listen to the content you’ve saved. Last year, Mozilla made its first acquisition by snatching up Pocket, the Instapaper competitor that helps you save longer articles for later reading.
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