Observed arrival · 2026-11-08
Earmark: Text a link, hear it as a podcast
A service that turns article links sent by text or pasted on a private page into episodes in a personal podcast feed.
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- Readers who save articles for commutes or walks
- Worth noticing
- The page says episodes go to a private feed in standard podcast apps, with no separate app to install.
Field notes
The described setup starts with a phone-number signup and a link to the user's private feed, then moves article submissions to ordinary text messages or a paste page on a computer. Earmark says it removes page extras such as ads and newsletter prompts, and adds a short introduction naming the title, publication, and author. The page lists several supported podcast apps, while its sample exchange illustrates a 14-minute episode.
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