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Re: Show HN: I built an app to turn my kids' questions into podcasts

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Post by yamatokaneko » Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 2:13 AM UTC

When my kids ask me questions I can’t answer (which is... all the time), I usually just open ChatGPT, repeat the question, and let it respond. Then the kids start asking the phone directly, usually followed by “Too difficult! Make it easier!”

But I’m curious about your idea, are you thinking the LLM would generate a podcast version of the answer in real-time? Or would it be more like, “Let me make a podcast episode for that” and play it later?

Re: Show HN: I built an app to turn my kids' questions into podcasts

#12

Post by xp84 » Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 3:01 AM UTC

Definitely a “customer” question rather than a business or technical one, but how do these credits work? If I sign up for the paid account, what limits will I have? Will I need to be sparing about my usage to avoid running out of credits? I couldn’t see any explanation of what a credit is and how that works.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to turn my kids' questions into podcasts

#13

Post by lielvilla » Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 7:00 PM UTC

yamatokaneko wrote: post #11

When my kids ask me questions I can’t answer (which is... all the time), I usually just open ChatGPT, repeat the question, and let it respond. Then the kids start asking the phone directly, usually followed by “Too difficult! Make it easier!” But I’m curious about your idea, are you thinking the LLM would generate a podcast version of the answer in real-time? Or would it be more like, “Let me make a podcast episode f…

Definitely the latter. From my experience with my kids, they love listening to the same episode multiple times, and it helps them absorb the material better. Also, it makes for a great bedtime routine.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to turn my kids' questions into podcasts

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Post by lielvilla » Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 7:02 PM UTC

xp84 wrote: post #12

Definitely a “customer” question rather than a business or technical one, but how do these credits work? If I sign up for the paid account, what limits will I have? Will I need to be sparing about my usage to avoid running out of credits? I couldn’t see any explanation of what a credit is and how that works.

Great question! With the paid plan, you get 70 credits per month, which equals 70 minutes of episodes. You can re-listen to any episodes you’ve already generated as many times as you want, create playlists, and share them with people who aren’t users.