Intelligent Magazine App NewsBrain Can Now Read Articles Aloud To You

NewsBrain has just received its first major update, not two weeks after its launch on iOS. As its name suggests, NewsBrain is an intelligent news app. Specifically, it's a magazine-like app that profiles your interests and learns what you like in order to provide you with articles that you're most likely to find interesting. And now, thanks to its first ever update, NewsBrain can also read them aloud to you. To activate NewsBrain's new text-to-speech capability, just tap the share button or press and hold on an article, and then select the speak option. Akin to Umano, NewsBrain then speaks articles aloud as you, say, occupy yourself with driving, jogging, or commuting. NewsBrain's read-aloud feature comes with a bevy of customization options. As noted by developer Leptonic Systems:

It’s fully customizable, shows article images even on the lock screen, and optionally shows the text it’s speaking. Touch the screen to pause, swipe to skip to the next article, or use the regular remote audio controls on the device Control Panel, lock screen, or headset. Plays through Bluetooth speakers or over AirPlay with images and sound. Adjust the speech rate, the parts of the article it reads, and more.

In addition to text-to-speech, the update includes the following improvements and fixes:

Improved readability where text overlays an image.

The Article Screen text overlay doesn't use more area than necessary.

The Article Screen shows more text when an article has no image.

The Article Screen on iPhone has less clutter, won’t show over 3 articles at once.

Addressed an issue of hanging when fetching from an empty page.

Addressed an issue where Cancel was unresponsive on an option screen.

Addressed a crash that could occur during article evaluation.

A few more text styles were added.

Performance and stability improvements.

The new version of NewsBrain is available now in the App Store as a free update or as a new $4.99 download. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 7.0 or later. [gallery link="file" order="DESC"]