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

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

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Post by dreen »

A really cool idea, I'm going to used this extensively I think. One thing though: you need to put in audio clues as to when one article ends and another begins. I'm not looking at the player and sometimes the same voice gets selected for two consecutive articles, and I have no idea a new article just began!

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

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Post by a_m0d »

longzheng wrote: post #31
jobigoud wrote: post #28

Would be great to be able to variate the audio speed.

We investigated this. Unfortunately HTML5 audio (especially mobile devices) doesn't offer a lot of capability in that regards.

longzheng, is there any way to be able to change articles? I'm on ff19, and clicking on a new article just continues the original article. Hovering over the left side of the article shows the "play" symbol, but clicking anywhere there just continues the original article. Not sure if this is a bug or not.

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

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Post by longzheng »

ntsh wrote: post #32

Very cool. Now our eyes can get some rest by letting this app read the top posts. Can we also get to hear the top 2 or 3 comments from the corresponding discussion page ?

I think early on I investigated getting comments for posts but couldn't do it reliably or "say it" in a consistent way that made sense. May add it as a future feature.

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

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Post by longzheng »

a_m0d wrote: post #37
longzheng wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We investigated this. Unfortunately HTML5 audio (especially mobile devices) doesn't offer a lot of capability in that regards.

longzheng, is there any way to be able to change articles? I'm on ff19, and clicking on a new article just continues the original article. Hovering over the left side of the article shows the "play" symbol, but clicking anywhere there just continues the original article. Not sure if this is a bug or not.

That's weird. It should definitely switch to the new article if you click the picture/play icon or the title. As a workaround, could you try "up/down" arrows? It's possible the HTML5 audio player in FF19 is buggy.
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