How to Listen to X (Twitter) Posts and Threads in Chrome

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You open X for a quick look and find a long post worth keeping. Then another. By the end of the day, the things you meant to read are buried under new posts.

You can turn a long X post into a saved listen from Chrome on Mac or Windows. With Liso paired to your account, select the post's text, right-click, and choose Listen with Liso. For a thread made of separate posts, copy the author's text in order into one new highlight before generating the audio.

That distinction matters: one long post is a continuous passage, while a thread is a conversation-shaped page that can include replies and unrelated material.

Set up Liso in desktop Chrome

If you have already connected the extension, skip to the next section. Otherwise:

Install the Liso Chrome extension in desktop Chrome.
Sign in to Liso and open Settings.
In the Chrome extension section, click Generate pairing code.
Open the Liso extension, paste the code, and click Connect.

Now the extension can save highlighted text to your account. You can also use the Liso library directly and paste text into + New highlight.

These steps are for desktop Chrome. If you found this guide in the X app on your phone, save this guide's link and open it in Chrome on a Mac or Windows computer to complete setup.

Turn one long post into audio

Open the post itself so you can read it without selecting the surrounding feed. Expand any collapsed text before you start.

Select the body of the post, from the first useful sentence through the last.
Right-click the selection and choose Listen with Liso.
Open your Liso library and find the new item.
Wait until it is ready, then press Play.
Check that the opening sounds right before closing the source tab.

Select the writing, leaving out view counts, timestamps, follow buttons, and other interface text. You do not need those repeated in your headphones.

If the selection is difficult or you want to clean up the text, copy it instead. Open + New highlight, paste it, add a descriptive title, choose a voice, and click Create audio. Put the post's URL in the optional Source URL field so you can return to the original.

For a long post about a book, "Author name: notes on the book" will be easier to recognize next week than a generic page title.

Turn a thread into one coherent listen

A thread needs a little preparation because its parts are separate posts. X's thread guide describes threads as connected posts from one author and explains the Show this thread option for expanding them.

Open that thread view when available, then work through the author's posts from the beginning:

Copy the first post's text into a temporary note.
Add the next post underneath it, separated by a blank line.
Continue through the parts you want, checking the author and order.
Remove repeated numbering or interface text if it interrupts the flow.
Paste the assembled passage into Liso's + New highlight form.
Add a title and the first post's URL, then choose Create audio.

This is a manual text workflow. Liso does not fetch an entire thread from a link, expand hidden replies, or automatically decide which posts belong together.

Suppose the author shares six steps for planning a project. A reader's reply between steps two and three might be interesting, but it could make the narration sound as though the author suddenly changed their advice. Include that reply only if you want it, and give it an introduction such as "A reader then asks."

You can save the posts separately instead, but each submission creates its own listen. Combining a short thread into one passage can be easier to follow and uses one listen rather than several, provided the text fits your plan's limits.

Keep the context that audio needs

A post can make sense on screen because you can see the quoted post, image, or chart beneath it. The same words may sound incomplete on their own.

Before creating audio, look for phrases such as "this chart," "the example below," or "what they said." Decide whether the surrounding material is necessary to understand the point.

If an image contains the main argument, Liso's text-selection workflow will not turn the image into narration. You can add your own brief description while assembling the text, or leave that piece for visual reading. Video and recorded speech in a post are also separate from its written text.

For a quote post, introduce whose words are whose if you copy both passages. That small edit preserves the distinction between the original statement and the response.

Why not just use Chrome Reading mode?

For a conventional article, Chrome Reading mode may be all you need. X threads are more complicated because the page is interactive and the writing sits among conversation controls.

Google's Reading mode documentation lists compatibility limits for some interactive content. You can try it, but check which text it extracted before relying on the narration.

For more browser reading options, see how read-aloud Chrome extensions work. A saved Liso highlight is useful when you want to collect the text now and return to it later.

Common questions

### Can I paste an X link and have Liso read the whole thread?

No. Paste the actual text into the new-highlight form, or send a text selection with the extension. The optional URL field records the source.

### Does it need access to my entire X account?

You sign in to X yourself to view the material. This workflow does not connect your X account to Liso; the extension sends the text you select along with page information such as the title and source URL.

### Will replies or later edits be added to the audio?

No. The saved highlight contains what you submitted at that time. Create a new listen if you want to include later changes.

### Is there a free way to try it?

Liso includes five free listens and does not require a card to start. Try one long post first, then decide whether assembling longer threads is useful for your reading routine.

Choose one post you already bookmarked, send the useful text to Liso, and listen to the opening. Once that works, you can build the same habit with newsletters and saved articles.

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