Funny. You should make the embedded swf visible in some fashion or it won't work with Flashblock enabled.
Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
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#42I just opened about 20 tabs, and ONE OF THEM STARTED MAKING OBNOXIOUS FUCKING NOISE.
Not acceptable.
Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#43I like it. Love the transition audio, reminds me of Bioshock. Listening as I type this comment and it's pretty cool. Not sure how often I would use it or if I would use it regularly at all. Does it push live updates?
Agree with the suggestions mentioned already (mute, remove extra commentary).
Well done overall! I will be featuring TweetRad.io on http://TweetSocial.com/directory.php shortly.
Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#44Tweetrad.io is a fun little side project that converts twitter feeds into audio using text to speech. We use a distributed network of converter bots to handle the work queue. Jobs are placed on the queue via api calls from the javascript client that interacts with twitter's search api directly in order to avoid rate limiting of a centralized search server. Our app server is a lightweight Sinatra service that handles…
An iPhone app would be great. Especially if it could read tweets from your followers between songs, though I'm not sure if Apple gives you enough control over the iPod to do that.
To add why, it's rare that I'd want to listen to something when it's quicker for me to scan. The only time I'd do that is if it's inconvenient for me to read, ie when I'm on the move or driving. Then, I'd like for it to be fed to me audibly.
Good job getting it up and running. What do you use for text to speech conversion?
Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#45Great idea! It looks great too! I second (third, fourth, whatever) the calls for a mute button. I'd also like to see the ability to change the voice being used. I noticed that between channels it's different, any way to choose between those voices?
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#46Love it--this is hilarious!
Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#47Tweetrad.io is a fun little side project that converts twitter feeds into audio using text to speech. We use a distributed network of converter bots to handle the work queue. Jobs are placed on the queue via api calls from the javascript client that interacts with twitter's search api directly in order to avoid rate limiting of a centralized search server. Our app server is a lightweight Sinatra service that handles…
An iPhone app would be great. Especially if it could read tweets from your followers between songs, though I'm not sure if Apple gives you enough control over the iPod to do that.
That would be a fun idea. I'd probably buy it right away and start using it more then Tweetie (leave it open in the background while doing other work and just passively hear tweets).
Incase anyone does want to do this, Apple doesn't directly tell you when a song is starting/stopping, but they do tell you how long the song is (with MPMediaItem and the key MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration) and how far into the song you are (with MPMusicPlayerController).
Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#48I'm impressed with the coordination and technology that went into this.
Kinda says something about America though when not only are we too lazy to write full blogs, read full blogs, but now we don't even want to read our tweets. This of course is not a serious comment on your project as more as it is commentary on America's priorities.
Awesome work and amazing landing page design!
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#49Re: Ask HN: Review my app: tweetrad.io
#50This is great! It should be on my iphone, so I can listen to it on my way to work!