Converting an article to audio lets your audience listen instead of read. It might seem a small change, it’s exactly the same words after all, but it can make a huge difference to accessibility and engagement. Audio is the perfect format for people who are commuting, walking, or multitasking.
Why convert articles?
Traditional methods for text-to-speech are cumbersome and produce robotic-sounding results. With Uttermost, we focus on creating an engaging performance, whilst preserving the authencity of your own voice - something that’s increasingly important in a media landscape flooded with instantaneously generated AI “slop”.
You could be teaching someone something new as they go for a run, or on their commute into work, or as they’re doing the dishes. A workout can be more than just exercise for the muscles, it can be an opportunity to enrich the mind.
There are also good accessibility arguments to consider: some people have visual impairments, dyslexia, or other reading-related difficulties, and audio can be a great way to make your content accessible to an audience that might not take the time to read long articles.
Then there’s the simple fact that we learn by listening long before we learn to read. Some people retain this preference throughout their whole lives, finding they understand and retain information better after actually hearing it.
Why Uttermost is better than the alternatives
Uttermost is designed to take the hassle of recording away. Our intention is to create audio with the fewest possible clicks. No dashboards, no copying and formatting content manually, so fiddling with parameters to get it sound just right.
Other audio conversion tools exist, but they’re either ludicrusly expensive, or they impose character limits that require you to break up long articles into disconnected segments. Uttermost makes it simple: paste the article, record or supply your voice, and we’ll email you a link to a downloadable MP3.