Save articles for later and listen to them with high-quality AI narration. Use your voice while listening to ask questions, take notes, or highlight important points.
Really excited to launch Katalog on Product Hunt today! Thank you so much @fmerian for hunting!
I've been an active Pocket user for a while now, but I have always felt their text-to-speech quality is average at best. The default voice sounds robotic, and the narration skips important pieces from the article. A few months ago, Mozilla officially killed Pocket, which forced me to start looking for alternatives. I specifically wanted to listen to the articles I saved, a complete hands-off reading experience.
Most read-it-later apps out there would simply narrate the text exactly as it's written. But written text usually contains so much implicit context that's not being communicated by plain narration. I'm not even talking about images or videos. Things like headline structure or list items would be impossible to "hear" in most read-it-later apps.
Since I couldn't find anything on the market, I built Katalog – a read-it-later app for audio listeners. Currently, you can:
✻Save any article from the web by pasting the link or using a Chrome extension. The saved article will be optimized for listening, featuring auto-generated image captions and other enhancements.
✻Generate an AI audio narration that you can listen to on the web app.
✻Use your voice to ask questions and take notes while listening. Think of it as an audio-first version of the typical highlights found in most read-it-later apps.
It's free to use while in public beta. You can save an unlimited number of articles, and generate 5 audio narrations per month. I'm happy to increase the limit for you if you reach out with some feedback 🙂
Let me know what you think, would really appreciate your thoughts! 🙏
Finally, a solution for turning saved articles into an audio-first reading experience. Just discovered Katalog today as a longtime Pocket user, and I’m blown away by the natural AI narration, auto-generated image captions, and the ability to ask questions and take notes using my own voice.
Congrats on the launch! Loving the audio-first spin and structure-aware narration.
Question: will @Katalog support subscriptions (RSS/newsletters/author pages) so new posts auto-convert to audio?
Big congrats on @Katalog 🚀 Have you considered partnering with publications or newsletters to offer 'Katalog-ready' audio versions of their articles? It could be a brilliant co-marketing opportunity 🤝
Congrats would love to have it as an mobile app and the possibility to add X articles
Finally, a read-it-later app that understands context matters in audio. As CTO at Hyperskill dealing with tons of research content, the voice interaction while listening solves the real problem of passive consumption versus active learning.
RIP Pocket. Loved that app! Do you think Katalog will be able to use on-device AI Capabilities to do the TTS in the future?
audio-first approach is a game changer—finally, a read-it-later app that actually respects how we listen.
Ahmed, this is great. Good luck with the launch!
I haven't settled on anything since Pocket is gone, happy to try Katalog!
Congrats on the launch! @geek_1001 Love the idea of saving articles and listening with AI narration.
This is awesome! Any plans to release a mobile app so I can listen on the go?
Hi Ahmed,
Just watched the demo really interesting product. I'm the founder of Bestofweb. site You're very welcome to list Katalog there for more visibility.
We also offer a blog automation service that might be relevant for you happy to share more if you're curious.
Great work on the launch!
Great idea! I always save articles for reading later and almost never get back to them. But I definitely prefer audio/podcast format. So your product will be very useful for me because I can actually "read" on the go :)
Congrats on the launch! 🎉 You’ve really thought about what different people need when reading—this product is super useful! I’m already curious about how its AI reading works. Do you think it can sound as smooth and natural as a real person talking?
@fmerian@geek_1001 I think Chrome Extension would be more convenient for this.
Congrats on the launch, Ahmed! 🎉 Being able to listen to articles and ask questions on the fly is a game changer. Makes studying so much easier for me. Excited to see where you take it next!
Hey everyone! 👋
Really excited to launch Katalog on Product Hunt today! Thank you so much @fmerian for hunting!
I've been an active Pocket user for a while now, but I have always felt their text-to-speech quality is average at best. The default voice sounds robotic, and the narration skips important pieces from the article. A few months ago, Mozilla officially killed Pocket, which forced me to start looking for alternatives. I specifically wanted to listen to the articles I saved, a complete hands-off reading experience.
Most read-it-later apps out there would simply narrate the text exactly as it's written. But written text usually contains so much implicit context that's not being communicated by plain narration. I'm not even talking about images or videos. Things like headline structure or list items would be impossible to "hear" in most read-it-later apps.
Since I couldn't find anything on the market, I built Katalog – a read-it-later app for audio listeners. Currently, you can:
✻ Save any article from the web by pasting the link or using a Chrome extension. The saved article will be optimized for listening, featuring auto-generated image captions and other enhancements.
✻ Generate an AI audio narration that you can listen to on the web app.
✻ Use your voice to ask questions and take notes while listening. Think of it as an audio-first version of the typical highlights found in most read-it-later apps.
It's free to use while in public beta. You can save an unlimited number of articles, and generate 5 audio narrations per month. I'm happy to increase the limit for you if you reach out with some feedback 🙂
Let me know what you think, would really appreciate your thoughts! 🙏