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Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

#12
fastsleep.app does kinda similar thing... but instead of long podcasts, you are given something to imagine at a time interval.

Like if you hear "calm river", imagine that. If you hear "heavy rain over a tree", imagine that.

In short → Close your eyes, listen & imagine.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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i want a sleep app that reads me things that will put me to sleep, but i need it to track when i may have gone to sleep, or more importantly when I have not, so i can restart the next night past the point i've listened to. but it needs to be some crazy simple UI, i don't want the light on my phone to turn on, i don't want to fiddle, just skip forward, skip back, that's about it

there's all sorts of stuff that is dry but interesting that I'd like to plow through over time, a few paragraphs a day would suit me fine

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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post #14

i want a sleep app that reads me things that will put me to sleep, but i need it to track when i may have gone to sleep, or more importantly when I have not, so i can restart the next night past the point i've listened to. but it needs to be some crazy simple UI, i don't want the light on my phone to turn on, i don't want to fiddle, just skip forward, skip back, that's about it there's all sorts of stuff that is dry…

audiobook software is almost there, I've used cozy like that myself

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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post #14

i want a sleep app that reads me things that will put me to sleep, but i need it to track when i may have gone to sleep, or more importantly when I have not, so i can restart the next night past the point i've listened to. but it needs to be some crazy simple UI, i don't want the light on my phone to turn on, i don't want to fiddle, just skip forward, skip back, that's about it there's all sorts of stuff that is dry…

I think it'd be an outstanding feature on the iPhone to turn off audiobooks/podcasts at ~5 min into sleep or whatever. Seems like they already have the data via the Watch...

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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post #7

Am I the only one that can't fall asleep to music? I need human voice rhythms, so podcasts, or whatever. The downside is not learning anything from the podcast because I'm asleep and it works its way into dreams sporadically

I can't fall asleep to either. I can tolerate noise, like a thunderstorm, but even construction sounds are interesting enough to keep me up with questions like: "I wonder what tool makes that sound."

The sound of a fan does it for me. Not the motor sound perse, but the blades of a powerful big fan cutting the wind. I’m addicted to it.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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fastsleep.app does kinda similar thing... but instead of long podcasts, you are given something to imagine at a time interval. Like if you hear "calm river", imagine that. If you hear "heavy rain over a tree", imagine that. In short → Close your eyes, listen & imagine.

I wasn't able to find this, is it iPhone only?

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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post #14

i want a sleep app that reads me things that will put me to sleep, but i need it to track when i may have gone to sleep, or more importantly when I have not, so i can restart the next night past the point i've listened to. but it needs to be some crazy simple UI, i don't want the light on my phone to turn on, i don't want to fiddle, just skip forward, skip back, that's about it there's all sorts of stuff that is dry…

If you have AirPods there’s a “Pause media when falling asleep” switch.
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