NewsBot - Listen to Your News Articles Handsfree like Podcasts at App Store analyse

App power index: 170 (based on ranks around App Stores today)
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Developer: Patrick Jayet
Price: 0 free
Current version: 2.0.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 16 Jul 2015
App size: 59.36 Mb
4.2 ( 1792 ratings )
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Estimation application downloads and cost

> 3.74k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 1.53k
Estimation App Cost


Listen to your news articles!

* The app is now called NewsBot and has a brand new icon! (Previously named Telme John.) *


• Tune in to your favourite news feed while jogging or biking
• Stay handsfree while consuming your daily dose of news
• Nothing better while commuting, working, cooking or doing sport


• You dont need to touch your iPhone to control the app, use the earphone controls to skip to the next article or pause reading!
• App extension to read aloud any article from Safari or Twitter


« We often dreamt about it, now it becomes a reality (…) an app which can read aloud the newspapers from their websites. While jogging or commuting, Telme John makes a podcast from any newspaper. »
Sonntagszeitung, Zurich

« The app is a virtual news speaker. That makes it a podcast, that we can listen to while driving or doing fitness. The virtual news speaker can be controlled like a music player, therefore we can skip from article to article. »
Blick.ch

« A cool thing, not only for people who cannot see properly, but also not to miss the comfort of a voice reader on a smartphone or tablet. Almost every website can be read aloud, which opens completely new possibilities. »
PocketPC.ch

« This app is great. I listen daily to Global Voices news while commuting! A lot easier than having to read on the phone screen. Plus I can control the app with the earphone controls. Very appreciated! »
Alan, San Francisco

« I have very busy work days, but I love jogging, which I do 2 to 3 hours a week. Telme John allows me to stay informed while doing sport. »
Jorge, New York

« I like radio, but I love even more my local newspaper, where articles go a lot deeper. Since I cook often, I just tune this app to my local German speaking newspaper and stay handsfree. »
Jason, Zurich

« I am a Facebook and Twitter junkie. But I don’t have time to read every article posted by my friends. I open them with the app extension directly from Twitter or Safari, and listen to them while doing other things. That is cool! »
Silvain, Paris


Language supported:

• English
• Spanish
• French
• German


In addition:

• Add news web sites as if they were podcast feeds – no RSS needed, just a plain web site.
• Article list automatically extracted from the news sources.
• Audio reading with a few taps!
• Works even for news sites behind a pay wall – after logging in on the web view.


For visually impaired persons:

• Full accessibility support: very clean interface and few interactions necessary.


If you like this app, please rate it in the App Store, I will appreciate it!

Send me your feedback to [email protected].
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Canada free
China free
France free
Germany free
Italy free
Netherlands free
Portugal free
Spain free
Poland free
UK free
India free
Japan free
Poland free
Russia free
Turkey free
USA free
Korea, Republic Of free
Ukraine free
Available for devices
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