# Listen to your newsletters and feeds as a daily podcast

Reading is not always the best way to keep up. A commute, a walk, a workout, or doing the dishes are all time you could spend listening. Turning the newsletters and feeds you follow into a short daily audio brief means you stay current without more screen time.

## Two ways to "listen" to your reading

There are two very different approaches, and the difference matters:

- **Narration (text-to-speech).** A tool reads each article or newsletter aloud, word for word. Good for deep reading by ear, but it does not reduce the volume; a long issue is still long.
- **Summarized audio brief.** Your sources are first condensed and deduped into one short brief, then narrated. You hear what changed across everything in a few minutes.

If your problem is volume, the summarized brief is what actually helps.

## What a good audio brief sounds like

- **Short.** A few minutes that cover the day, not an hour of narration.
- **Structured.** What shipped, what changed, what to skip, so it is easy to follow by ear.
- **Sourced.** Each item links back to the original in the written version, so you can read in full later.
- **Yours.** Built from the newsletters, feeds, and channels you chose, not a generic feed.

## When to read and when to listen

- **Listen** when your hands or eyes are busy, or to triage the day quickly.
- **Read** when a brief flags something you want to study or act on.

The two work together: listen to decide, read to go deep.

## How Skimless does it

Add the newsletters, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, docs, and changelogs you follow. Skimless filters them into one daily brief and generates an audio version you can play like a short podcast. You hear what changed across all your sources, then open the originals only when something is worth your full attention.

Related: [How to turn articles and newsletters into a podcast](/resources/turn-articles-into-a-podcast), [How to create a personalized daily news podcast](/resources/personalized-daily-news-podcast), and [Speechify alternative](/compare/speechify-alternative).

## FAQ

### Can I listen to my newsletters instead of reading them?

Yes. Tools like Skimless summarize the newsletters and feeds you follow into a daily brief and generate an audio version, so you can listen like a short podcast instead of reading every issue.

### Is this just text-to-speech?

It is better than raw text-to-speech of each article. The content is first summarized and deduped into a single brief, then narrated, so you hear what changed across all your sources rather than every word of every issue.