Show HN: Listen to HN on the go in a radio format
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Show HN: Listen to HN on the go in a radio format
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#2stuff like this is pretty rad.
Always wanting to convert articles instantaneously into podcasts because they make a commute easier.
Curious about copyright but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#3Once we achieve This American Life style producing, we're golden.
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#4stuff like this is pretty rad. Always wanting to convert articles instantaneously into podcasts because they make a commute easier. Curious about copyright but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And how would it pronounce ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?
Re: Show HN: Listen to HN on the go in a radio format
#5stuff like this is pretty rad. Always wanting to convert articles instantaneously into podcasts because they make a commute easier. Curious about copyright but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And how would it pronounce ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?
macron backslash low line left parenthesis tsu right parenthesis low line slash macron
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#6This is terrific! I listened to it for about a half hour last night, and it was far more useful than I thought! One of the articles I had read earlier in the day, and your parser did a great job of using different voices for different people quoted in the article, which made the article flow in a way that's pretty close to real speech.
One of the articles, however, seemed to switch from voice to voice for no discerning reason. It might have been a medium article, where authors are more likely to stylize the text with bold, underline, italics, etc. That made it a bit confusing and difficult to follow.
For me, listening to any spoken word requires a little mental effort. For example, listening to an NPR podcast takes about 10%. Your app maybe took 20%. That's within a margin that, if you're able to smooth out your speech algorithms and tune the voice-choice algorithm, I could imagine this being as easy to listen to as a podcast.
So, on the whole, the voice-choice algorithm needs a little work, but other than that, I really like this!
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#7Wow, that's exactly what I was searching for two weeks ago. Android version would be nice too.
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#9Wow, thank you for creating this. I hope in the future the Android version will be available.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
And how would it pronounce ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?
macron backslash low line left parenthesis tsu right parenthesis low line slash macron
wow even though I know katakana, I never put it together that the shruggie used tsu. I'm gonna start using the shi version ¯\_(シ)_/¯