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Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by petercooper »

longzheng wrote: post #6
petercooper wrote: post #5

I'm finding it hard to follow the TTS (but it's growing on me) but the core idea is superb and I'm catching interesting snippets. Changing the TTS voice between items is a genius idea I'd have never thought of myself but it really helps divide it up and keeps my attention. A suggestion, perhaps, is to lean on tldr.io's system of providing well written short summaries of Hacker News items rather than the actual conten…

Yeah I came across tldr.io the other day and really like the concept. Would love an introduction. PS: the codename of the backend that powers all this is actually "tldr" since I can't be stuffed reading :)

I've pointed them to this thread to see what they think. Look forward to seeing this progress. (And as an aside, I really wish someone would crack the TTS 'uncanny valley' problem 100%. It's a surprisingly difficult problem.)

Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by edhooper »

czzarr wrote: post #20
longzheng wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I came across tldr.io the other day and really like the concept. Would love an introduction. PS: the codename of the backend that powers all this is actually "tldr" since I can't be stuffed reading :)

hey longzheng, cofounder of tldr.io here, petercooper just pointed me to this thread. Please send me an email: stan at tldr io

SoundGecko plus tldr.io would be awesome

Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by longzheng »

petercooper wrote: post #21
longzheng wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I came across tldr.io the other day and really like the concept. Would love an introduction. PS: the codename of the backend that powers all this is actually "tldr" since I can't be stuffed reading :)

I've pointed them to this thread to see what they think. Look forward to seeing this progress. (And as an aside, I really wish someone would crack the TTS 'uncanny valley' problem 100%. It's a surprisingly difficult problem.)

Thanks Peter. Already drafting email.

You're absolutely right about the TTS uncanny valley problem. We're betting on the fact that this is an industry effort. Currently we don't have the resources to really invest in the core TTS technology but always on the look-out for breakthrough/experimental tech.

Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by Charlesmigli »

andreasklinger wrote: post #8

It's down. Does anyone have a cached version or short TL;DR what i am missing out ?

Hey Andreas, it's not down anymore but here is the tl;dr version:

- Automated text-to-speech radio of Hacker News front page's links.

- Listen instead of reading.

See it here http://tldr.io/tldrs/50fe8b4c8aa388171700184f/soundgecko-hac...

Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by longzheng »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #14

I'd be awesome if this was on github so people could improve the parsing. For one, it reads stuff that is obviously not meant to be read "live", but are just informational tables. I'd also be awesome if this was a Shoutcast stream that also had live people doing shows as well. Edit: Also, switch voices between entries, and continue reading entires one after the next.

Yeah parsing is a tough challenge for something as diverse as Hacker News where the content could be anything between a thesis, a blog post, to a picture gallery.

Will investigate Shoutcast but there might not be enough content to have a continuous stream of content.

You'll be glad to know it already switches voices between entries and automatically plays the following entry :)

Re: Show HN: Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to

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Post by jstclair »

petercooper wrote: post #21
longzheng wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I came across tldr.io the other day and really like the concept. Would love an introduction. PS: the codename of the backend that powers all this is actually "tldr" since I can't be stuffed reading :)

I've pointed them to this thread to see what they think. Look forward to seeing this progress. (And as an aside, I really wish someone would crack the TTS 'uncanny valley' problem 100%. It's a surprisingly difficult problem.)

There's quite a difference between the "normal" voices in OSX, and the high-quality ones. If you have a few spare gigabytes, try out the French, Spanish, and Swedish versions.

For my kids, it's at least a few minutes entertainment to make the computer speak high-quality foreign curse words.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20082143-263/how-to-ins...

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