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Show HN: Listen to HN on the go in a radio format

38 pointsby saucowabout 8 years ago

5 comments

vogtbabout 8 years ago
This is terrific! I listened to it for about a half hour last night, and it was far more useful than I thought! One of the articles I had read earlier in the day, and your parser did a great job of using different voices for different people quoted in the article, which made the article flow in a way that&#x27;s pretty close to real speech.<p>One of the articles, however, seemed to switch from voice to voice for no discerning reason. It might have been a medium article, where authors are more likely to stylize the text with bold, underline, italics, etc. That made it a bit confusing and difficult to follow.<p>For me, listening to any spoken word requires a little mental effort. For example, listening to an NPR podcast takes about 10%. Your app maybe took 20%. That&#x27;s within a margin that, if you&#x27;re able to smooth out your speech algorithms and tune the voice-choice algorithm, I could imagine this being as easy to listen to as a podcast.<p>So, on the whole, the voice-choice algorithm needs a little work, but other than that, I really like this!
0x54MUR41about 8 years ago
Wow, thank you for creating this. I hope in the future the Android version will be available.
Tajnymagabout 8 years ago
Wow, that&#x27;s exactly what I was searching for two weeks ago. Android version would be nice too.
nathancahillabout 8 years ago
Once we achieve This American Life style producing, we&#x27;re golden.
blairandersonabout 8 years ago
stuff like this is pretty rad.<p>Always wanting to convert articles instantaneously into podcasts because they make a commute easier.<p>Curious about copyright but ¯\_(ツ)_&#x2F;¯
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