I was expecting to see a video above the fold, made with wowto.ai, about what wowto.ai is.
I eventually found samples at the bottom of the page that immediately helped explain what this does. I agree that they should be above the fold.
Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
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Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#22If this is as easy as it looks, I can almost imagine creating personalized videos to help individual customers in tech support. Like Windows Steps recorder but with a publishable-quality output.
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really like the idea, but watching some demos at the bottom of the page, I did not like the generated voices. They are unpleasant to hear, and I constantly compare them to crappy YouTube tutorial that have similar TTS voices.
I completely agree with this. My immediate advice because this tool is definitely more likely to be used by more people who aren't programmers, focus on quality. These types of users will have a higher bar for quality in this specific aspect. But also right now the quality of the TTS voices is too low in general imo. Less technical users get more frustrated when their tooling can't produce things that meet their expe…
> But also right now the quality of the TTS voices is too low in general imo.
Most youtube shorts (and I'd wager tiktoks, but I have no idea) have this incredibly irritating generic lady voice in the background. It's definitely artificial, every video has the exact same diction and tone. Clearly this is good enough for most people, so it can be done.
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#24I was expecting to see a video above the fold, made with wowto.ai, about what wowto.ai is.
I only find videos created with wowto. Would be nice to have a video about wowto itself. I've no idea how it works!
Do I upload a text script and then the app will speak it?
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#25I actually see a lot use cases for this tool. Congratulations.
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really like the idea, but watching some demos at the bottom of the page, I did not like the generated voices. They are unpleasant to hear, and I constantly compare them to crappy YouTube tutorial that have similar TTS voices.
I got it, I am sure it cannot be compared with human professional artist. However AI is improving and definitely it keeps getting better. And with WowTo you have many advantages: 1. If you do not like the tone of a speaker, there are several voices to choose from and also dialects 2. And you can instantly connect with a global audience with its multi-lingual capability. 3. Reduce your voice-over costs significantly f…
I think he was comparing it with just a random native English speaker, rather than a professional voiceover artist.
I guess it might be a decent option if you have a very difficult to understand accent though.
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#27I played the example video ("how to change language in Slack"). I liked the result as a video, but I kept thinking that I'd like it even more as a regular article.
If the input is photo and text then I think I'd prefer to consume it by just looking at photos and text. What's the value of generating a video out of them?
For context, I do watch how to videos too, but I do that for actions that are harder to describe with just text and pictures; like learning an instrument, whittling, skateboarding, etc. It's very likely that I'm not the target audience.
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#28We are eager to announce to the HN community the public release of "WowTo" - software for creating How-To videos. Pain point: Creating How-To videos which can be tutorials, guides, step-by-step walkthroughs or video slideshows are difficult to create with current video editors in the market. Because they target a wide base so either they lack certain much needed features for creating How-tos or becomes complex to edi…
The voices are an instant turn off.
How about you provide a service where gag voice artists just dub over the AI generated voices so that the timing of the video stays the same but the voice quality gets immensely better?
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#29I played the example video ("how to change language in Slack"). I liked the result as a video, but I kept thinking that I'd like it even more as a regular article. If the input is photo and text then I think I'd prefer to consume it by just looking at photos and text. What's the value of generating a video out of them? For context, I do watch how to videos too, but I do that for actions that are harder to describe wi…
Yes there are samples for that too.
Please check
https://www.wowto.ai/howto-videos-for-freelancer
https://www.wowto.ai/howto-videos-for-education
Re: Show HN: Easily create How-to videos with AI
#30I actually see a lot use cases for this tool. Congratulations.
Appreciate your feedback