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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Oct 9

    You can listen to articles with Pocket's app using text-to-speech. Feels like a superpowerpic.twitter.com/lycdVqb0Ul

    4:42 PM - 9 Oct 2018
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    • swyx 🇸🇬 Nadia Eghbal Nathaniel Whittemore Sar Haribhakti 🤖 Sonya Mann 🎀 Late Cycle FUD Mike Kevin Nielsen Garcia danthedecentralist
    17 replies 11 retweets 101 likes
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      2.  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀‏Verified account @sonyaellenmann Oct 9
        Replying to @backus

        Oh cool, is that new?

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Oct 9
        Replying to @sonyaellenmann

        Not sure! I only started using it a week ago

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Sar Haribhakti‏ @sarthakgh Oct 9
        Replying to @backus @sonyaellenmann

        whats that article btw?

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      5. John Backus‏ @backus Oct 9
        Replying to @sarthakgh @sonyaellenmann

        New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-affirmative-action … reading it after @sonyaellenmann shared it so we’re full circle now lol

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      2. Max Di Capua‏ @MaxDiCapua Oct 10
        Replying to @backus

        cc/ @ilieciorba

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      3. Ilie Ciorba‏ @ilieciorba Oct 10
        Replying to @MaxDiCapua @backus

        Everyone rips me off 😔

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      4. John Backus‏ @backus Oct 10
        Replying to @ilieciorba @MaxDiCapua

        Context??

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      5. Ilie Ciorba‏ @ilieciorba Oct 10
        Replying to @backus @MaxDiCapua

        It's a joke :) A couple of years I worked on text to speech app

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. juano  ⚡️‏ @0juano Oct 10
        Replying to @backus @balajis

        Apps like Google Notes should have this. Sometimes I want to read my own notes when preparing for something

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      1. David Sherry‏ @_brandswell Oct 9
        Replying to @backus

        I've been waiting for this for years!

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      2. Mike‏ @newtechcareer Oct 9
        Replying to @backus

        I love that app. Let's you save articles then listen to them on the road. Love to put things into a faster reading speed.

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      2. Josh Because‏ @andjosh_ Oct 10
        Replying to @backus

        You may want to check out @narroapp which gives you more voices along with Pcket and other integrations!

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      3. Sam Cates‏ @SamCates Oct 10
        Replying to @andjosh_ @backus @narroapp

        But good god is it hard to use. I actively tried for days to make it work to no avail, and I actually thought it must have been sunset given the lack of support. Help!

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      4. Narro‏ @narroapp Oct 10
        Replying to @SamCates

        Hi Sam! Definitely still running and improving here! What were the issues you ran into using Narro?

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      5. Sam Cates‏ @SamCates Oct 10
        Replying to @narroapp

        Email?

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      6. Narro‏ @narroapp Oct 10
        Replying to @SamCates

        Sure! support@narro.co

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      1. panek‏ @panekkkk Oct 10
        Replying to @backus

        If @evernote adds this I will love them forever

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      1. Nikita Pupko‏ @LazyNick7 Oct 10
        Replying to @backus

        You can do it in all iPhone’s apps. Just enable “General” > “Accessibility” > “Speach” > “Speak Screen” feature and swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen.

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      1. Ron Joads‏ @RJoads Oct 10
        Replying to @backus @balajis

        Also all iPhones have this. The finger swipe from top to bottom to start

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