X Article Reader

Read X (Twitter) Articles aloud using macOS text-to-speech. Accepts an X Article URL and reads the content out loud. Automatically detects Chinese vs English and picks the appropriate voice. Use when user says "读出来", "朗读", "read aloud", "read this X article", or provides an x.com/articles URL and wants it spoken.

Read X (Twitter) Articles aloud using macOS say command. Automatically detects language and selects the right voice.

What This Skill Does

• Opens the X article URL in a local headless browser (patchright/Chromium — runs 100% locally)
• Extracts the article title and body text
• Reads it aloud via macOS built-in say command (no external TTS API)

What Gets Installed

Component	Size	Where
patchright (Python pkg)	~5MB	your Python env
Chromium browser	~170MB	~/.cache/ms-playwright/

All processing is local. No data is sent to any third-party service.

Prerequisites

bash

# macOS only (uses built-in say command)
pip install patchright
python3 -m patchright install chromium

First-Time Setup (One-Time Login)

The skill stores its own browser profile at:

text

<skill_dir>/data/browser_state/

This is completely isolated — it does not read or write credentials from any other skill or app.

bash

cd <skill_dir>/scripts
python3 auth_setup.py

A browser window opens → log in to X → session saved automatically (~7 days).

Usage

bash

cd <skill_dir>/scripts
python3 read_article.py "https://x.com/user/articles/123"

Options

bash

# Force a voice
python3 read_article.py "<url>" --voice Tingting

# Save audio file instead of playing
python3 read_article.py "<url>" --output ~/Desktop/article.aiff

# Show browser (debug)
python3 read_article.py "<url>" --show-browser

Voices

Language (auto-detected)	Voice
中文 (>15% Chinese chars)	Tingting
English	Samantha

Source Code

https://github.com/ewangchong/x-article-reader

Trigger Examples

• "帮我读一下这篇X文章：https://x.com/xxx/articles/yyy"
• "Read this X article aloud: https://x.com/xxx/articles/yyy"
• "朗读 https://x.com/xxx/articles/yyy"