For most, an alarm with a tone to wake you up in the morning will probably be enough but if you’re looking for something different, Talking Alarm may be for you. It does what it says on the tin — talks to you. It’s really that simple. There are a few options to choose from such as the having the alarm include the local weather forecast and an RSS feed of your choosing.

You can choose from a male or female voice to talk to you. To set up your alarm, just tap the Set Alarm icon along the bottom, then start filling in what you want. You can set it to recur on specific, just tap the Recurrence toggle more options will show, select Custom to choose specific days. After that is the Talk Only toggle. If all you want the alarm to do is talk and dictate the weather, calendar events and RSS feed, then toggle this on, otherwise, you can set a ringtone. You don’t have to have the app speak the weather, calendar events and RSS feed, you can choose which one you want by toggling them on. There is also a space for you to add a note. If you do add a note, this will also be read out.

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