MP3s of web articles

#1

Post by plasma » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 4:01 AM UTC

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#2

Post by plasma » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 4:09 AM UTC

Hey,

I am one of the people behind SoundGecko, and we've recently launched in Sydney last week at a conference, and have received some coverage today by The Verge at http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/17/3164861/soundgecko-convert...

We use a mixture of API services, Windows Azure for hosting, native iOS development for the mobile app, and e-mail gateways such as Postmarkapp.com for e-mail routing.

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#3

Post by bartonfink » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 4:21 AM UTC

Hey, guys -

This is ridiculously cool. It hits something I've toyed around with doing myself for a few years, and I will definitely give you a try tomorrow. The fact that you're from Sydney and I'm aiming to move down under makes things that much sweeter.

That said, I'm curious: I'd love to see a service that turns larger blobs of text into audio format (e.g. audiobooks). Do you have any plans for doing that?

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Post by plasma » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 4:53 AM UTC

bartonfink wrote: post #3

Hey, guys - This is ridiculously cool. It hits something I've toyed around with doing myself for a few years, and I will definitely give you a try tomorrow. The fact that you're from Sydney and I'm aiming to move down under makes things that much sweeter. That said, I'm curious: I'd love to see a service that turns larger blobs of text into audio format (e.g. audiobooks). Do you have any plans for doing that?

Thanks for the feedback!

We're from Melbourne actually (not that far!) but were in Sydney for Microsoft's Imagine Cup/BizSpark APAC Summit.

Australia is pretty cool.

We're just getting started; and hope to improve the service, among other new products, very soon.

Let me know if you spot any sweet spots you'd like to see improved (andrew at 121cast dot com) if you like.

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#5

Post by buff3r » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:14 AM UTC

...or you could take public transit with your smartphone tethered to your netbook.

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Post by The_Sponge » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

buff3r wrote: post #5

...or you could take public transit with your smartphone tethered to your netbook.

If you live in Silicon Valley like I do, public transit is sadly lacking.

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Post by joneil » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

Very cool idea! Been wondering if something like this exists.

You say "Professional features coming soon"... a feature that I would pay for is turning an RSS feed (or a group of RSS feeds!) into a podcast. Great way to receive your news every morning.

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Post by ecaroth » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:37 AM UTC

joneil wrote: post #7

Very cool idea! Been wondering if something like this exists. You say "Professional features coming soon"... a feature that I would pay for is turning an RSS feed (or a group of RSS feeds!) into a podcast. Great way to receive your news every morning.

I would absolutely pay for this also.

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Post by criveros » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:38 AM UTC

Amazing.

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Post by molecule » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 5:42 AM UTC

"multi-task... while you drive" sounds like a terrible pitch for any product.