Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers

Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers

Play.ht allows Medium writers to add audio to their articles.

What is Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers?
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.
Stats
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.00 (29)
Version: 1.9.4 (Last updated: 2020-09-14)
Creation date: 2020-06-17
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*.play.ht/*
  • *://medium.com/*
  • background
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • storage
Size: 2.01M
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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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Pros
  • Helpful tool
  • Easy to use
  • Clear narration
  • Can listen to bookmarked articles
Cons
  • Doesn't work for some users
  • Keeps asking to sign in
  • Conflict with other extensions
  • Doesn't support Turkish language
  • Robotic voice
Most mentioned
  • Login issue
  • Conflict with other extensions
  • Lack of language support
Recent reviews
Was great before but does not work now on Medium.
by Prateek Vasisht Prateek Vasisht, 2020-10-15

Doesn'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 Looks like it's no longer maintained.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 Eugene Nadyrshin, 2020-03-08

It 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 Sagar Zond, 2020-02-15
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Safety
Risk impact

Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Play.ht: Audio Articles for Medium Writers has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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