Weston Ruter

This plugin allows you to create text-to-speech podcasts of your posts, with the content from embedded URLs supplied by Readability’s Parser API. It aims to be a open self-hosted re-incarnation of defunct <a href="http://soundgecko.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SoundGecko</a> service.
When a <a href="https://www.readability.com/developers/api/parser" rel="nofollow ugc">Readability Parser API</a> key is supplied, a post which gets saved with a bare URL as its content will have this content prepended with the content that Readability extracts from the page at that URL. This allows you to import an article’s full contents into your podcast just by saving a post with a URL in its content (e.g. by sharing an article URL to your blog via Jetpack’s <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/post-by-email/" rel="nofollow ugc">post by email</a>).
In addition to supplying a URL for the content you want in the podcast, you can also just add the content directly to the post itself without any corresponding article URL, and this content will be converted to TTS (text-to-speech) audio instead. You can also, of course, attach an MP3 to a post and it will be used for the podcast instead of TTS-generated audio from the post content or enclosed URL.
The TTS audio is generated by a Mac regularly connected to the Internet (e.g. your Mac). It generates the article audio MP3 using the OS X <code>say</code> command. You can configure the voice and the rate for the speech audio generated. (Use of the OS X voice is not required; an alternative TTS solution may be devised instead.) The MP3 gets attached to its corresponding post, being prepended to the post content by means of an <code>audio</code> shortcode.
A new <code>listenability</code> permalink endpoint is introduced which contains the text content of a given post presented in a textual form which can be ready by a text-to-speech (TTS) engine. It is specifically designed to be read by the speech synthesis engine in OS X as it includes <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/FineTuning/FineTuning.html" rel="nofollow ugc">embedded speech commands</a>. The RSS2 feed includes a new <code>enclosure</code> element containing the URL for this endpoint with the ad hoc content type <code>text/plain+embedded-speech-commands</code>.
<h4>Restrictions</h4>
Note that the Readability Parser API is freely available for non-commercial use. The article content fetched by Readability and inserted into your posts is copyrighted by their respective authors (attribution gets included in the post content). Likewise, the speech audio generated by OS X is for <a href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/43300/28836" rel="nofollow ugc">personal, non-commercial use</a>. It is therefore key that there be no advertising employed on the WordPress install that uses this plugin. Because of the non-commercial and personal usage imposed by these dependencies, it is recommended that this plugin be used on your own personal dedicated podcast blog that is set to block search engines, that is unless you have obtained a commercial Readability license and are not using TTS audio generated by OS X.
<h4>Dependencies</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.readability.com/developers/api/parser" rel="nofollow ugc">Readability Parser API</a> key. This can also be supplied in <code>wp-config.php</code> via the <code>READABILITY_PARSER_API_KEY</code> constant.</li>
<li>Mac computer (OS X) that is regularly connected to the Internet (e.g. your computer), with <a href="http://sox.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">SoX</a> installed (e.g. via <a href="http://brew.sh/" rel="nofollow ugc">Homebrew</a>).</li>
<li>(Optional) <a href="http://jetpack.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jetpack</a> plugin, for the <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/post-by-email/" rel="nofollow ugc">Post by Email</a> feature.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Extensions</h4>
The plugin includes actions and filters primarily for customizing the formatting of the text for the text-to-speech engine. You may use these hooks to improve how the TTS engine reads the text on a given site, for instance by stripping out footnotes or removing image captions. For an example of such a plugin, see the <a href="https://gist.github.com/westonruter/dfaa45b026a2bb6a36e0" rel="nofollow ugc">sample plugin which improves formatting of Wikipedia articles</a>.
See the <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/wp-listenability/tree/master/php" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin source code</a> to see which additional plugin hooks are available.
<h4>Contributing</h4>
This plugin is <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/wp-listenability" rel="nofollow ugc">developed on GitHub</a>. Report <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/wp-listenability/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">issues</a> there. <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/wp-listenability/pulls" rel="nofollow ugc">Pull requests</a> welcome.
<h4>License</h4>
GPLv2 license. Copyright 2015 by Weston Ruter.

Listenability

Create a text-to-speech podcast of your posts, with the content from embedded URLs supplied by Readability. Open re-incarnation of SoundGecko.

trinityaudio

The audio player will convert your content into audio in just a few clicks, with one-time seamless integration (no support, or special tech knowledge needed), and give your audience the ability to listen to your content on the go. 
The free version of this plugin is designed for content creators, such as bloggers who do not produce a large volume of content, and for those who want to give it a try before choosing one of the advanced plans. It enables converting up to 5 articles to audio per month, to add an audio narrator to your blog in 125 languages, 600+ voices (both male and female) and increase accessibility to broader audience.
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<li>Add rich media to your existing pages to improve SEO rankings.</li>
<li>Dashboard with statistics and usability reports.</li>
<li>Fast player loading time for a smooth experience that doesn’t affect page loading time.</li>
<li>Automatic real-time translation</li>
<li>Multiple playing speed capabilities</li>
<li>Smart Content Recommendations to enhance user engagement</li>
<li>A dedicated support team to provide assistance with any issue that might come up.</li>
</ul>
For a quick start, please follow the instructions on our <a href="https://trinityaudio.ai/the-trinity-audio-wordpress-plugin-implementation-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">Implementation Guide</a>.
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<li>Over 125 supported languages with over 600 accents and natural voices</li>
<li>CMS to manage, edit, and distribute audio content in leading platforms such as Spotify, Apple, and Google Podcast, and create playlists to increase engagement</li>
<li>Dashboard with statistics and usability reports</li>
<li>AI-powered summaries for content highlights</li>
<li>Background music integration</li>
<li>Podcast creation and distribution</li>
<li>Voice cloning technology</li>
</ul>
And much more!
<h3>Customer Testimonial</h3>
“At a time when consumption of digital audio is stronger than ever, we’re excited to roll out this new audio feature to our customers to enhance their news experience and give them the ability to listen to local journalism where and when they want it. In addition, the integration of this technology across all of our sites will drive advertising revenue.”
Jessica Gilbert, McClatchy Senior Director of Product and Experience
<h3>Trinity audio usage terms</h3>
The Trinity Audio plugin provides a Text to speech service, which is performed by Trinity Audio.
As such, the service is required to make calls to Trinity’s backend servers. 
By activating the plugin you consent to our T&C as stated below:
<a href="https://trinityaudio.ai/wp-plugin-terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Service Terms & Conditions</a> 
<a href="https://trinityaudio.ai/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy policy</a>
For more about Trinity Audio: <a href="https://trinityaudio.ai/" rel="nofollow ugc">Trinity Audio</a>
<h3>Settings and configurations</h3>
The following are configuration options you can modify as you see fit:
<ul>
<li>Voice Selection: Choose your content language and preferred narrator. For multilingual sites, set the primary language here and configure individual posts separately.</li>
<li>Voice Style: Select reading style (e.g., news/formal). Available for narrators with wave icons.</li>
<li>Theme & Appearance: Choose player theme and light/dark mode (or auto-adjust).</li>
<li>Audio Preview: Test your selected narrator before saving.</li>
<li>Player Features: 
** Floating Button: Control player while scrolling 
** Real-time Translation: Translate content to 6 languages in real-time 
** Author Credit: Include author name in audio 
** Playback Speed: Set default speed (users can adjust during playback). 
** Share: Allow users to share the audio with friends, social media or yourself to listen later</li>
<li>Content Filtering: 
** Skip HTML Tags: Exclude specific HTML elements from audio 
** Allow Shortcodes: Include shortcode content (comma-separated: vc_row, vc_column, su_heading)</li>
<li>Player Settings: 
** Position: Choose player placement (recommended: before article text) 
** Label: Add custom text above player (HTML supported) 
** Trinity Credit: Display “Powered by Trinity Audio” attribution 
** Performance: Enable resource preconnect for faster loading 
** Auto-Enable: Automatically add player to new posts</li>
</ul>
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