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Create a Voice-Powered News Reader App

Why a Voice‑Powered News Reader? Reading the headlines while you’re on a commute, cooking, or just resting your eyes can be a game‑changer. With a few APIs and a little JavaScript or Python, you can turn any RSS feed or news service into an on‑demand audio companion. The heavy lifting—converting clean text into natural‑sounding speech—can be handled by modern TTS platforms, and ElevenLabs (…

Creating a voice-powered news reader app involves several steps, starting with fetching the latest headlines and converting them into audio using a text-to-speech service. The process is broken down into three main parts: pulling the headlines, turning text into speech with ElevenLabs, and assembling everything into a minimal Flask server.

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