Listen to The New York Times
CastReader reads New York Times articles aloud with natural voices and word-by-word highlighting. Works with your existing subscription — we just read the page you already have access to.
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朗读 NYT 文章 —— 署名、日期、UI 元素都跳过
How CastReader Works with NYT
Built for long-form journalism — read headline first, skim later
Subscription-Aware
🔊 Reads What You Already Have Access To
CastReader reads whatever the NYT page shows in your browser. If you're signed in to your subscription, you see the full article — CastReader reads the full article. If you're not signed in, you see the preview — CastReader reads the preview. We don't bypass paywalls; we just narrate what you can already read.
Chrome Stripped
Article Body Only — No Byline Spelled Out
NYT articles are surrounded by bylines, publication dates, section names, photo captions, 'related articles' rails, and subscription prompts. CastReader's NYT extractor reads only the article body — so you don't hear 'By Anna Delgado · March fourteenth, twenty twenty-six' before every story.
Commute-Friendly
Long-Reads Without the Reading Time
Sunday Magazine features, opinion columns, Times Insider letters — the best NYT writing is 3,000+ words. That's 15-20 minutes of listening at 1.5x speed. Send to Phone pairs your morning reading queue with your commute.
Multi-Language
Also Works on NYT en Español
If you subscribe to or browse NYT en Español, CastReader detects Spanish and reads with a native es-ES voice. Same goes for any NYT content syndicated in other languages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about listening to NYT with CastReader
Does The New York Times have a built-in read-aloud feature?
NYT Audio (the app) has produced audio versions for a subset of articles — typically major features. But most NYT content has no built-in narration. CastReader adds a 🔊 Listen button on every article so you can hear anything, not just what NYT Audio produced.
Does it bypass the NYT paywall?
No. CastReader reads the rendered page, same as your eyes do. If you're signed in to a paid NYT subscription, you see the full article — CastReader reads the full article. If you're not signed in, you see the preview and CastReader reads the preview. This isn't a paywall bypass tool; it's a read-aloud extension.
Does it work with NYT Games, Cooking, or Wirecutter?
It works with Wirecutter (standard article layout) and with NYT Cooking recipe instructions. NYT Games is a puzzle UI, not an article, so read-aloud doesn't apply there.
What about NYT on the mobile app?
CastReader is a browser extension, so it works with NYT on nytimes.com in desktop or mobile browsers. The native NYT iOS/Android apps are outside the extension's scope. For on-the-go listening, start playback in the browser and use Send to Phone.
Does it handle multi-page NYT features (pagination)?
Yes. Longer NYT features span multiple pages. CastReader reads one page at a time and you click through to the next — but CastReader can auto-advance when the next page is loaded (toggle in settings).
Is it free?
Completely free — the extension itself has no cost, no signup, no API key. You still need your own NYT subscription to read the articles it narrates.
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Completely free. No signup. Works with your existing NYT subscription.