Hear the blogs you never get to read.
Porchlit follows the blogs and newsletters you pick and reads each new article aloud. Nothing to paste, nothing to save for later.
60 free minutes a day, no card needed. The demo needs no account.
Works with the sites you already read
- Substack
- WordPress
- Ghost
- Medium
- Blogger
- RSS and Atom
Set it up once, then just listen
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Add a blog
Paste a link to any blog or newsletter. Porchlit finds its feed.
- 2
New articles turn into audio
When a blog posts something new, Porchlit reads it aloud and saves it for you. Your favorites do this on their own. For the rest, you pick.
- 3
Press play
Listen on your phone or your computer. Each recording picks up where you stopped.
Try it before you sign up
The demo library follows three feeds of classic essays, each in its own voice. Play one right here, or open the library and look around. No account needed.
Bacon's Essays
Read by George (British)
On Walking
Read by Heart (American)
Stevenson's Papers
Read by Michael (American)
Covers are public-domain paintings from Wikimedia Commons.
Pick a voice you like
All 9 voices read the same passage. Pick one for everything, or give each feed its own. They come from Kokoro, an open speech model.
Walking
Henry David Thoreau, 1862
Voice
Read the text
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil,—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that.
Built for listening on the go
Skip what you don't care about
Tell a feed which words to keep or skip, like "AI" but not "sponsored". Porchlit shows which recent articles match before you save.
Listen offline
Download a few recordings, and they play with no signal. Add Porchlit to your phone from the browser. No app store.
Catch up on older articles
Found a blog you love? Pick from its older articles too, up to 20 at a time.
Share a recording
Send anyone a link, or put the player on your own site.
It's free
No trial that runs out, and no card. A daily limit keeps Porchlit fast for everyone.
Free
$0per month
- 60 minutes of listening a day, about 8 articles
- Follow up to 10 feeds
- New articles read aloud automatically on 3 of them
- All 9 English voices
- An email when new recordings are ready
- No card needed
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. You get 60 minutes of listening a day and up to 10 feeds. No card, and no end date.
Which sites work?
Any blog or newsletter with a feed. That includes Substack, WordPress, Ghost, Medium, and Blogger. You can also paste a link to one article.
What do the voices sound like?
Play any of the 9 above. They're American and British voices, and you can give each feed a different one.
Can I listen offline?
Yes. Download a recording, and it plays without a connection.
Can I get new recordings by email?
Yes. Turn on email for a feed, and we'll tell you when new articles are ready.
Can I listen in my podcast app?
Not yet. For now you listen in Porchlit, in your browser or installed on your phone.
Who sees what I add?
Only you, unless you share a recording. We don't sell your data or train AI on your library. You can delete your account and everything in it at any time.
Start with one blog you love.
Paste its link, and you'll hear its next article. It's free, and there's no card.
Start listening