Text to Speech News Reader

Stay informed and optimize your reading workflow with Text to Speech News Reader, a modern feed reader designed for convenience, accessibility and productivity.

Whether you want to read the latest headlines, listen to articles hands-free or leverage AI to summarize and translate content. Text to Speech News Readerbrings your favorite websites, blogs and podcasts together into one place.

Hands-Free Listening (Text-to-Speech)
Turn any article into an audio experience. Perfect for commuting, exercising or multitasking:

Custom Playlists: Queue up multiple articles and listen to them sequentially.
Fully Customizable Audio: Adjust the speaking rate, pitch and choose from multiple system voices.
Ambient Background Music: Upload your own background loops (ogg, mp3) that automatically play softly underneath the narration.
Smart Word Highlight: Watch the app highlight the exact sentence being read in real-time.
TTS Abbreviations & Substitutions: Train the narrator to read abbreviations correctly (e.g., substitute "Dr." with "Doctor" or "St." with "Street").

AI-Powered Article Insights (Powered by Groq)
Take your reading comprehension to the next level. Connect your own Groq API key to unlock powerful local and cloud AI assistance:

One-Tap Translation: Instantly translate foreign news articles into your preferred language.
Smart Summarization: Condense long articles into key bullet points in seconds.
Custom Prompts: Tailor the AI translation, summarization and daily briefing style using your own customized prompts.

Flexible Feed Management & Offline Mode
Easy Subscriptions: Subscribe to any valid RSS feed or import direct website links.
Offline Reading: Download and extract full article content in advance so you can keep reading on airplanes, subways or without an active internet connection.
OPML Import/Export: Easily backup your entire feed subscription database and application settings or transfer them to another device.

Organized & Customizable Layout
Smart Filtering: Quickly sort and filter articles by bookmarked, unread or read status.
Offline Reader View: Strip away messy web layouts, ads and pop-ups for a clean and distraction-free reading experience.
Dark Mode: A beautiful dark theme designed to reduce eye strain during nighttime reading.
Custom Retention Limits: Keep your storage clean by automatically purging older, unbookmarked articles.

Note: AI features require users to input their own Groq API keys (available for free via Groq Console).

This app is the result of a Final Year Project by Lee Xiang Ze, Bachelor of Computer Science, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia. It is based on a previous FYP by Justin Lok Lee Shen.