PressPlayed is for people who have more worthwhile reading than they have time to sit and read on a phone. Import RSS feeds or OPML, choose publishers, or describe a topic like Housing Market to follow across sources. Press play and it narrates the article text each source makes available with neural text-to-speech. Playback is built and tested to continue with the screen locked on supported phones, and the narration is not an AI summary. It doesn't accept pasted links or import a Pocket or Readwise queue. Mobile-first browser app/PWA, currently open for free signup with no credit card.
PressPlayed started with a simple frustration: worthwhile reading kept piling up while screen time was limited. The goal became a mobile briefing that could keep playing full articles continuously, even with the phone locked, instead of turning them into AI summaries.