How To Add Text To Speech To Your Blog

Want to give your read­ers another way to absorb your con­tent?  I encour­age you to check­out this arti­cle.  I’ll be cov­er­ing how to prop­erly setup and use Odiogo’s text to speech plu­gin for Word­Press.  By the end of the arti­cle you will have this func­tion­al­ity setup and added to your blog for free.

What Is Text To Speech?

If you’ve used any text to speech soft­ware before, like the one that comes with your mac, or win­dows vari­ants, then you have a good idea.  It’s basi­cally a com­puter talk­ing to you.  The voice work isn’t as good as human speech, but, it’s also less involved (with this method). Image By vasta.

Why Should I Do This?

The most obvi­ous rea­son to do this is to give your vis­i­tors another way of absorb­ing your con­tent.  They can lis­ten to the audio for your post, while brows­ing another page, or doing work around the office or house.

If you’re a mar­keter, the most obvi­ous rea­son would be higher search engine rank­ings due to hav­ing your media in another for­mat (as they auto­mat­i­cally cre­ate a pod­cast). You can also embed ads to make money, and down­load detailed statistics.

Ok, So What Do I Do?

Visit Odiogo.com and signup. All you need to do is put in your blog’s web­site address (URL) and your email address. After that you’re pre­sented with the abil­ity to down­load the plu­gin and given instructions.

(Note as of this tuto­ri­als cre­ation, the down­load on their signup page is newer than the one pre­sented when you search from within your dash­board.) Unzip the plu­gin and upload the direc­tory (odiogo_listen_button) to your wp-content/plugins direc­tory. Next you have to login to your dash­board and visit plu­g­ins, from here you acti­vate the Odi­ogo Lis­ten But­ton. Next you need to enter your Feed ID (You get this right after you sign up).  Under Set­tings on the left side of your dash­board click Odi­ogo Lis­ten But­ton Options. If you want your vis­i­tors to sub­scribe to your Odi­ogo feed, then under Appear­ance click Wid­gets and add the Odi­ogo Sub­scribe Button.

Done, So Now What?

Now you’re through, every­thing should be work­ing, and audio is instan­ta­neous. You can click at the top of the web­site on the “Lis­ten Now” but­ton to see how it works. (Here or on your site.)

Video Overview of Odiogo’s Text To Speech

Con­clu­sion

In this arti­cle / video I went over how to install the Odi­ogo Text To Audio plu­gin.  I talked about why this plu­gin is so impor­tant (giv­ing your read­ers another way to enjoy your con­tent (for free) and help expand your SEO mar­ket­ing efforts).  I also showed you step by step the exact steps to do and follow.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this arti­cle, and I encour­age you to take action and install this plu­gin today.

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