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How to Listen to Any Website on iPhone & Android (Even Login-Walled Ones)

Long-form articles are made for listening. But most TTS apps can't get past a paywall or a sign-in. SayTXT has a built-in browser — so anywhere you're signed in, it can read.

The problem

You subscribe to Substack newsletters, Medium, Patreon. The whole point is the writing. But:

• Reading long articles on a phone screen while commuting is uncomfortable
• Safari's built-in "Listen to Page" doesn't work well on paywalled or JavaScript-heavy sites
• Copying-pasting article text one at a time is painful

What SayTXT's built-in browser does

• Add websites once. Save a website from Home, then open it from your Web Pages list.
• You can log in. Substack, Medium, Patreon, New York Times, Washington Post — sign in inside SayTXT.
• Tap Play. After the page loads, SayTXT extracts the article text and starts reading with an AI voice.
• Continuous auto-scroll. Multi-page articles read seamlessly. No manual page turns.
• Focus View. Highlighting follows the article word by word or sentence by sentence, depending on the voice.
• Background playback. Lock the screen and keep listening on your walk.

Sites people listen to most in SayTXT

• Substack newsletters (Every, Ben Thompson, Lenny, Substack originals)
• Medium articles
• Patreon subscriber posts
• NYT, Washington Post, Guardian long-reads
• Hacker News comment threads
• Reddit long posts
• Personal blogs and RSS reads

3 steps to listen to a website

For a new website:

1. Add the website. From Home, tap +. Scroll to Webpage, then tap the + on the right to add the website you want to visit.
2. Open the website. In the Web Pages list, tap the website you just added.
3. Start listening. Wait for the page to finish loading, then tap Play.

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