This week on AppStories, we take a look at our latest app downloads on a variety of Apple devices.

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Links and Show Notes

AppStories+ Pre-Show

• Text-to-Speech Apps and Services
  • Speechify
  • NaturalReader
  • Listen Later
  • ElevenLabs
• Ways to Listen
  • Plex
  • Prologue

Why’d You Download That?

• Empty Fasting
• Chronicling
  • Also Mentioned: Tempo
• Speechify
  • Also Mentioned: NaturalReader
• Shonen Jump
• Table of Contents
• Windora
• PastePal
• Tower and Kaleidoscope
  • Also Mentioned: Working Copy
• Text Workflow
• Prologue

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On AppStories+, I cover is attempts to integrate text-to-speech engines with read-later apps.

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