Curio Garden

Curio Garden turns long-form reference content into accessible, high-quality audio experiences. Users can search by topic, queue up listening sessions, and explore ideas — all within an interface designed from the ground up to work beautifully with screen readers and keyboard navigation.

Features

• Audio playback — Listen to any Wikipedia article section by section, or hit Play All for the full lean-back experience with automatic progression
• Neural voices — Powered by Edge TTS with Microsoft's neural voices — free, high-quality audio with full seek, scrub, and download support
• Adjustable speed — From 0.5× to 3×, with your preference saved between sessions
• Resume playback — Pick up where you left off when you return to an article
• MP3 downloads — Download full articles as MP3 for offline listening
• Discovery — Search Wikipedia, browse today's Featured Article, tap "Surprise me" for a random article, or explore trending articles with thumbnails
• Article images — Wikipedia thumbnails with responsive layouts, plus a gallery with keyboard-navigable lightbox for full-size viewing
• Your library — Recently listened articles on the home page, plus a saved reading list — all persisted in your browser, no account needed
• Related articles — After finishing an article, "Listen next" suggestions surface related topics
• NSFW filtering — Category filtering keeps random and trending results safe
• Accessibility — Built for WCAG 2.2 AA: skip links, semantic landmarks, visible focus outlines, screen reader support with ARIA labels and live regions, full keyboard navigation, high-contrast text, and color-independent status indicators
• Installable — Progressive Web App support — install to your home screen on any device for an app-like experience with faster repeat loads