{"id":2306,"date":"2014-07-29T09:14:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:14:50","slug":"read-articles-with-speaky-72914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2306","title":{"rendered":"Read Articles with Speaky, 7\/29\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read Articles With Speaky<\/span><\/h1>\n

Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n

Speaky <\/a>is a simple, yet highly effective app which allows you to quickly add articles and have them read aloud.\u00a0 By supplying the link to an article, Speaky processes the content and reads the text using the available speech engines from iOS.<\/p>\n

Much like Pocket<\/a>, which can source articles to Speaky, only the content of an article itself is read.\u00a0 A complex website is stripped from the link, so only the document itself is read.\u00a0 For example, a link from the Baltimore Sun has all of the webpage navigation and advertising removed.\u00a0 This is a great way to skip having to navigate through a complicated website in order to just read an article.<\/p>\n

Another great feature of Speaky is the ability to bring in documents from Pocket.\u00a0 Many applications have an option for sending to Pocket, or you can forward the link to a Pocket email address which will magically add documents in the background.<\/p>\n

Currently, Pocket is free.\u00a0 Grab it while it\u2019s hot.<\/p>\n

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