Get Your Gmail Feed Read to You by Phone [Gmail]

Posted by Karim Baz

June 9, 2008

You’ve always been able to email yourself with a phone call through voice-to-text service Jott, but with the introduction of Jott Feeds, Gmail (and Google Apps) users can now have a summary of their messages read to them by phone. The secret sauce lies in Gmail’s RSS feeds and a go-between web site that handles password requirements. I’ll show you how to listen hands-free to your unread mail, or any other messages, after the jump.

Find your Gmail feed

Head to your Gmail (or Google Apps email) web inbox and, in most browsers, you’ll see a familiar orange RSS icon in the address bar. Click that icon, and you should be able to copy the address from the next page or prompt. If not, or if you want to skip that step, here’s the standard secure feed for standard Gmail inboxes: