- [Garrick] These days, the sheer number of articles,

papers, and other content we want or need to read

can be overwhelming.

Most of us don't have the time to read

or keep up with the news

or other information that's relevant to our work

as much as we may like.

So today, I want to look at a Google Chrome extension

called Podcastle AI that uses text to speech

to read content to you.

What makes Podcastle different than other solutions

like your operating system's text-to-speech feature

is that it uses more realistic sounding human speech,

and it also makes it easy to download the audio content

so you can take it with you on your mobile device

to listen in the car or on a commute or while working out,

just like you would a podcast.

So start by going to podcastle.ai

in the Google Chrome web browser,

this also works in Microsoft Edge

since it's based off the Chrome engine,

and click Get started to go to the Chrome Web Store.

Here, you can read more about the plugin

and when you're ready, click Add to Chrome.

I'll confirm that I do want to add this extension.

And now you can see its icon has been added to my toolbar.

I'll click the Extensions button here

to pin that to my toolbar so I can always see it.

Now this does require you to sign up for a free account,

so the first time you click the extension,

you'll be prompted to sign up.

I already have an account, so I'll click Sign In.

All right, so now that I'm signed in,

I can close these tabs.

So now anytime I come across an article that I want to read

but which I might not have the time to,

I can click the Podcastle icon.

And here I'll click CONVERT TO PODCAST.

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- [Garrick] And almost immediately,

it just started reading the article to me.

Now we have some options here,

like playing the audio back at a slower or faster speed.

We can choose between two different voices.

But most importantly, in my opinion,

is that you can click the download button

to download the article as an MP3 to your computer.

And there it is.

You're then free to copy it

to your preferred podcast or media player on your phone

so you can listen to the article on the go

while you're doing other things.

Now, one limitation I see is that Podcastle

is only available in English at the moment,

but hopefully they'll add the ability

to convert other languages into audio as well.

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