Listening to what is written.
Craft, tricks and a little history of reading aloud. Every article can be listened to right here, read by Yappy's own voice.
- formatos
Turn an EPUB into an audiobook with chapters, without uploading it anywhere
How to convert an EPUB into an .m4b audiobook with real chapters on your own device: how long it takes, what to expect, and what the fine print says.
September 16, 2026 - privacidad
Offline text to speech: why the voice should be made on your own device
Offline text to speech: what an on-device voice gains and loses against the cloud, and why a 99 M-parameter model is now enough to read a book aloud.
September 16, 2026 - oficio
How numbers are read aloud, and why machines get them wrong
How numbers are read aloud in each language: years, Roman numerals, acronyms and dates, and why almost every text-to-speech engine still pronounces them wrong.
September 16, 2026 - accesibilidad
Reading with your ears: dyslexia, ADHD and tired eyes
Reading by listening: which settings actually help with dyslexia, ADHD or eye strain, and how a content reader differs from a screen reader.
September 16, 2026 - formatos
How to listen to a PDF read aloud, on your phone and on your computer
Three ways to listen to a PDF read aloud: the reader already on your phone, the one on your computer, and an app that reads the whole thing offline.
September 16, 2026 - historia
Reading aloud was normal for almost all of history
Reading aloud was the default for centuries: Augustine in Milan, the talking walls of the Alhambra, workshops with a reader. Silence is the strange part.
September 16, 2026