Thread Listener

10+ forums, one app

Reddit, ResetEra, Hacker News, V2EX, Tieba, 5ch, Ruliweb, DCInside, Douban, and more. Paste a URL or browse directly. Each forum is parsed natively, with thread structure, comment nesting, and reply depth all preserved before a single word of audio is generated.

Started as a replacement for those YouTube channels that read Reddit threads aloud — then expanded to 10+ forums across 11 languages, turning it into something that didn't exist before. Generated on-device, offline, with distinct voices for each speaker.

One tap to listen

Open any thread and tap Listen. A bottom sheet shows the preset and depth before you commit. Best, Detailed, or Full. Choose how much of the thread you want. The audio generates on-device from that point, no upload, no account, no waiting for a server.

Playback

Audio plays back with the original text in view so you can follow along or skim ahead. The player behaves like a podcast app: pause, scrub, adjust speed. Each speaker has a distinct voice: OP reads the post, commenters are assigned different voices, replies are nested one level deeper. The conversation structure becomes audible — you're listening to the internet instead of scrolling through it.

A window into other internets

Most people experience the internet through one language. The communities on 5ch, Tieba, V2EX, Ruliweb, and Douban aren't just foreign-language versions of Reddit. They're different conversations entirely, shaped by different cultures, different events, different things that people find funny or frustrating or worth arguing about at midnight. Thread Listener auto-translates across 11 languages so the language barrier stops being the barrier. A thread on Tieba about what young people in China are worried about this year. A 5ch discussion about a game that never left Japan. A Ruliweb thread where someone is venting about something so specific to their city that it couldn't have come from anywhere else. These conversations exist and are happening constantly. They've just been invisible to anyone who doesn't read the language. But underneath the cultural specifics, the same things keep showing up. Someone in Seoul is stressed about the same career pressure you recognize. Someone on a Chinese forum is writing about their parents aging in a way that lands exactly like a thread you read in English last week. Someone on a Japanese board is sharing a small joy: a meal, a moment with a friend, a show they can't stop thinking about. Completely legible across the distance. That's the actual intent. Not just access to more content, but access to the experience of recognizing yourself in people you'd otherwise never encounter. The difficulties are shared. The joys are shared. Most of what separates people online is the language the conversation happened to be written in. It's also a natural fit for language learners. Drop into a native forum in the language you're studying and listen in your own language first to follow the thread, then go back to the source. Immersion on demand, with real conversations from real communities rather than textbook material. Playback is available in 11 languages. Listen in whichever direction makes sense for where you are.

Voice assignment and settings

51 voices available, assigned separately to host, commenters, and replies. Tap any voice to preview it before assigning. Pause durations are configurable per punctuation type: sentence, question, section break. Speed is adjustable. History can be set to delete after listening. Everything runs locally; settings are just preferences, not a profile.