How do I listen to a Substack post?

(For listeners)

With text-to-speech, you can listen to posts in the Substack app in just two steps.

Note: Text-to-speech is available on most but not on all publications.

1. Open the Substack App and tap on the play icon at the top right of your screen on a post.

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2. The audio will automatically start playing in the app player.

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Tips for text-to-speech:

  • Just like a podcast episode or voiceover, the audio will play in the background unless you tap pause or fully exit/fully close the app i.e. remove it from your device's menu of open apps.
  • If a Substack doesn't have text-to-speech available or on some older posts, you may see a message about how the post doesn't have audio when you tap the play icon.

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Tip: Text-to-speech is only available on the Substack App and posts that are written in English.

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