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Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

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Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#11
Neat. I've two things to say,

1. How do you feel about AI catching up with reading? I use pocket's text to speech, or iOS's screen reader, which although robotic, seems to be improving rapidly?

2. Do you have any plans for web version ? I've this tendency to read and listen simultaneously. I think it forces me to really focus.

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#12

Neat. I've two things to say, 1. How do you feel about AI catching up with reading? I use pocket's text to speech, or iOS's screen reader, which although robotic, seems to be improving rapidly? 2. Do you have any plans for web version ? I've this tendency to read and listen simultaneously. I think it forces me to really focus.

Thanks!

1. AI is definitely improving in this area. We watch this space closely, but based on user feedback so far, it seems that AI voices are perceived as very monotonous, and thus it is not enjoyable to listen to them for more than 10-15 min.

2. Listle is already available on the web at https://www.listle.io/ -- scroll down to "Sign in here" link.

We also have a chrome extension which allows you to see if a particular page / article you are on already has a human-read audio version. If it doesn't, it creates an AI powered audio for you: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/listle-request-ext...

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#13

Neat. I've two things to say, 1. How do you feel about AI catching up with reading? I use pocket's text to speech, or iOS's screen reader, which although robotic, seems to be improving rapidly? 2. Do you have any plans for web version ? I've this tendency to read and listen simultaneously. I think it forces me to really focus.

radumazilu, your response is dead, not sure why.

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Thanks!

1. AI is definitely improving in this area. We watch this space closely, but based on user feedback so far, it seems that AI voices are perceived as very monotonous, and thus it is not enjoyable to listen to them for more than 10-15 min.

2. Listle is already available on the web at https://www.listle.io/ -- scroll down to "Sign in here" link.

We also have a chrome extension which allows you to see if a particular page / article you are on already has a human-read audio version. If it doesn't, it creates an AI powered audio for you: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/listle-request-ext...

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#14

Neat. I've two things to say, 1. How do you feel about AI catching up with reading? I use pocket's text to speech, or iOS's screen reader, which although robotic, seems to be improving rapidly? 2. Do you have any plans for web version ? I've this tendency to read and listen simultaneously. I think it forces me to really focus.

There is a web version. On the lower right of the page wher it is written "Want to use Listle on the web? Sign in here."

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#15

> enable people to listen to any article on the Internet > ... all read by humans This is great, but also sounds kinda pricey and hard to scale? What is the business model behind this?

Thanks for the interest. Right now, the AI request lets people listen to content from most links available online. Once we see there's demand for a particular article or domain, we create the human-read version of it too. In terms scalability, we've discovered there are a lot of people with really good voices who are interested in creating a portfolio of voice-over work. We made it very easy for them to generate and…

How (if at all) are the authors and publications involved in the process?

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#16
Great! I often with I could listen to articles instead of reading them.

What is your tech stack?

First Bug report:

1: There is no scroll bar

2: The Hacker News link hangs at "Loading audio articles" forever: https://www.listle.io/app/publication/Hacker%20News

3: Search seems to search the source code of the article page. Searching for "PHP" brings up a bunch of articles that do not mention PHP at all.

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#18
post #16

Great! I often with I could listen to articles instead of reading them. What is your tech stack? First Bug report: 1: There is no scroll bar 2: The Hacker News link hangs at "Loading audio articles" forever: https://www.listle.io/app/publication/Hacker%20News 3: Search seems to search the source code of the article page. Searching for "PHP" brings up a bunch of articles that do not mention PHP at all.

Thanks for pointing it out. Try this: https://www.listle.io/playlist/hacker-news

react-native (mobile) / react (web), firebase, aws for storage.

Re: Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

#20
Few things I would like to draw your attention to:

1. Firefox is reporting that certain parts of the page are not being served over HTTPS.

2. In the "My audio articles" section why do I need to enter the first paragraph of the article when I'm already submitting the link to the article?

3. The side menu doesn't close on the mobile site when I tap the drawer again. This was the only thing I found wrong about the UI.

I hope these will help you with improvements. Congratulations on getting Listle live. I really like the simple design of the site. I'll test more functionality tomorrow (it's past midnight at my place).

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