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Re: Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

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Post by eurleif »

a3voices wrote: post #2

1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/ 2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I can't think of a third right now.

> A replacement for http://stickam.com/

TinyChat is the closest one-to-one replacement, but it's not quite the same, and its business model is a little annoying (crippling the product for a paid upgrade). But ChatRoulette and Omegle, while not the same, stole a lot of Stickam's audience, and a similar site is never going to get to be as big as Stickam once was.

Re: Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

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Post by a3voices »

eurleif wrote: post #3
a3voices wrote: post #2

1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/ 2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I can't think of a third right now.

> A replacement for http://stickam.com/ TinyChat is the closest one-to-one replacement, but it's not quite the same, and its business model is a little annoying (crippling the product for a paid upgrade). But ChatRoulette and Omegle, while not the same, stole a lot of Stickam's audience, and a similar site is never going to get to be as big as Stickam once was.

Stickam was a place where you could just kind of hang out. TinyChat annoys me for some reason, maybe it's just me though, although I haven't tried it in a while. ChatRoulette and Omegle require you to actively participate.

Re: Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

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Post by eurleif »

a3voices wrote: post #4
eurleif wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A replacement for http://stickam.com/ TinyChat is the closest one-to-one replacement, but it's not quite the same, and its business model is a little annoying (crippling the product for a paid upgrade). But ChatRoulette and Omegle, while not the same, stole a lot of Stickam's audience, and a similar site is never going to get to be as big as Stickam once was.

Stickam was a place where you could just kind of hang out. TinyChat annoys me for some reason, maybe it's just me though, although I haven't tried it in a while. ChatRoulette and Omegle require you to actively participate.

>ChatRoulette and Omegle require you to actively participate.

Absolutely -- they're not direct replacements. The problem is that a lot of what made Stickam fun is the size of its audience, and the demand for a Stickam-like site is much lower now that ChatRoulette and Omegle exist. So there probably won't be a Stickam-like site that's as fun as Stickam was.

Re: Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

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Post by asenna »

a3voices wrote: post #2

1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/ 2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I can't think of a third right now.

> A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car

I use Umano (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sothree.um...) while travelling. It is actually news recorded by professionals.

Re: Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

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Post by thejteam »

asenna wrote: post #7
a3voices wrote: post #2

1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/ 2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I can't think of a third right now.

> A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I use Umano ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sothree.um... ) while travelling. It is actually news recorded by professionals.

Out of curiosity, how is this different from a radio station?
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