Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers
Play.ht allows Medium writers to add audio to their articles.
Play.ht: Convert Medium Articles into Audio
Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers is a Chrome extension that uses Text-to-Speech technology to convert written stories into audio content. Allowing instant addition of an audio player to a Medium story, it helps increasing the story's engagement up to 30% and enables writers to track listener analytics. It's a practical tool for content creators interested in growing their subscribers who prefer audio-version stories.
Extension stats
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- *://*.play.ht/*
- *://medium.com/*
- background
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- storage
Size: 2.01M
Email: ma*****@play.ht
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Extension summary
Play.ht helps Medium writers to make their stories accessible with audio. It's super easy to use and requires no effort to create the audio. All you have to do is click the 'Publish with Audio' button.
Play.ht makes use of the best in class Text-to-Speech voices to convert the story to audio. Some of the best writers from top publications use Play.ht to make their stories accessible with audio and reach more people.
With Play.ht you can:
- instantly add an audio player to your Medium story
- increase listening engagement by up to 30% of your Medium stories
- look at analytics to see how many people are listening to your Medium
- grow email subscribers who are interested in receiving your Medium stories as audio
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great concept and idea
- Helpful tool with clear voice
- Does exactly what it says
- Awesome tool that users enjoy
Cons
- Constant login issues and errors
- Conflicts with other extensions
- No longer works for many users
- Lack of support for the Turkish language
- Narration quality can be robotic
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work or has constant errors
- Issues with signing in
- Conflicts with other extensions
- Desire for Turkish language support
- Positive remarks about the concept and utility
User reviews
Was great before but does not work now on Medium.
by 
Prateek Vasisht, 2020-10-15
Prateek Vasisht, 2020-10-15Doesn't work, constantly keeps asking to sign in on Play and Medium but just goes in a never ending look. Looks like it's no longer maintained.
by 
Eugene Nadyrshin, 2020-03-08
Eugene Nadyrshin, 2020-03-08It didn't work for me. Everytime it asked me for login and I did it around 4-5 time and finally uninstalled chrome extension.
by 
Sagar Zond, 2020-02-15
Sagar Zond, 2020-02-15Extension safety
Risk impact
Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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