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Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by tiburon »

rapnie wrote: post #31
SeaDude wrote: post #15

Hello, Very interesting. I've been using Edge's built-in voice reading a lot more recently for the exact case you mention on your homepage: listening while working. I have two questions for you after reading your TOS and Privacy Policy. I was expecting to see "you" scraping data from each site or otherwise monetizing the service, but nothing stood out. Either your TOS/PP is incorrect, or you don't have an obvious inc…

Good to see others checking TOS/PP too, and asking these questions. Especially as there is absolutely no transparency. Who is the company, or some people behind this, contact email? The TOS says 'use at own risk, we are not liable for anything' and also mentions 'Refund policy' (?). The domain is namecheap, no more info. And the HN user tiburon is a new account. There are 4 trackers on the site. Besides GTM (mentione…

currently it’s free and there will be some paid features in the future, the site is preparing for that.

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by princess445 »

suyash wrote: post #29
tiburon wrote: post #26

I'm not here to pitch the idea to make people like it, if you do not like it, be constructive on a given problem. To get a feeling more on how it feels on a blog here is an example: https://websitevoice.com/blog/text-to-speech-dyslexia-and-re... if the solution does not appeal to you, it surely appeals to others.

Couldn't listen to it for more than 20 seconds, got quite robotic and monotone for me. This would be like flash and auto play videos, cool at first then most annoying thing ever created.

monotone? hahaha you should try the default text to speech from the operating system to see what is monotone

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by rapnie »

tiburon wrote: post #41
rapnie wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good to see others checking TOS/PP too, and asking these questions. Especially as there is absolutely no transparency. Who is the company, or some people behind this, contact email? The TOS says 'use at own risk, we are not liable for anything' and also mentions 'Refund policy' (?). The domain is namecheap, no more info. And the HN user tiburon is a new account. There are 4 trackers on the site. Besides GTM (mentione…

currently it’s free and there will be some paid features in the future, the site is preparing for that.

Yea, I read the indiehackers thread and understand you currently focus mostly on the technical side.

I assume you'll have the business side well thought out too. My feedback would be to be as transparent as possible, once adding commercial services, and turn that into a true USP.

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by aasasd »

SeaDude wrote: post #15

Hello, Very interesting. I've been using Edge's built-in voice reading a lot more recently for the exact case you mention on your homepage: listening while working. I have two questions for you after reading your TOS and Privacy Policy. I was expecting to see "you" scraping data from each site or otherwise monetizing the service, but nothing stood out. Either your TOS/PP is incorrect, or you don't have an obvious inc…

Out of curiosity, are you not some variation of a programmer or engineer like the majority of people here? Asking because I wasn't able to combine my work with anything demanding mode attention than music.

(However, I must say that audiobooks go splendidly with manual work that doesn't require much thinking.)

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by tiburon »

rapnie wrote: post #44
tiburon wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

currently it’s free and there will be some paid features in the future, the site is preparing for that.

Yea, I read the indiehackers thread and understand you currently focus mostly on the technical side. I assume you'll have the business side well thought out too. My feedback would be to be as transparent as possible, once adding commercial services, and turn that into a true USP.

thanks for the input. We have built several products before and we follow the same strategy almost with every new product.

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by jamil7 »

tiburon wrote: post #3

We created this free web app to convert articles to high-quality audio. Our mission is to help people with learning disabilities, those who prefer listening over reading, and who are always on the go to enjoy consuming your content online. Please give it a try and let us now what you think. Your feedback is highly appreciated :)

I'm working on a project that overlaps slightly (only with this feature). Would you be open to offering programmatic access in the future via an API?.

Re: Show HN: Convert blog articles to high-quality audio

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Post by chiefalchemist »

tiburon wrote: post #46
rapnie wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea, I read the indiehackers thread and understand you currently focus mostly on the technical side. I assume you'll have the business side well thought out too. My feedback would be to be as transparent as possible, once adding commercial services, and turn that into a true USP.

thanks for the input. We have built several products before and we follow the same strategy almost with every new product.

In light of the various concerns, it would be helpful (read: to many here essential) if you elaborated more. What other products? Is there a contact email? Etc.
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