Yeah I used this a week ago and was surprised by how much I liked it. It was a very pleasant onboarding, and the one click chrome extension to send to podcast was pretty magical.
I'm not a frequent web article reader, so I'm not a perfect user, but I can see how this can fill in for those moments where I do come across a dense text and think "goddamn I don't want to sit here and read all this right in the middle of my workday".
Have you considered a youtube audio extraction extension? I personally prefer videos over articles when it comes to learning about things, and most of the time I'll tuck my phone in my pocket and just listen to the audio. Seems kinda similar.
Either way, good luck, I see something like this working. Passive audio is just more convenient than dedicated article/video consumption time.
I'm using Huffduffer for a while and it's really good, since I can create a podcast feed from any available audio on the web and it extracts audio from several (video) platforms and stores it for a month.
> Huffduffer takes the pain out of podcasting found sounds.
Yo, thanks for that idea. We will figure out a way to add something like that in a couple of days. We have an iOS app in TestFlight if you wanna give it a go. https://testflight.apple.com/join/qrGhAVUC
* I love the voice quality. Sounds natural. What generates this?
* It seems to have started playing mid-way through my test article, from "When should one review?", so it missed 60% of the text, including the header of that section.
This is perfect. I love that it fits seamless in my audio/podcast flow. I was listening to articles via Pocket before, but it's not as good as your product.
I suspect this will cost money sooner or later (text2speech and audio storage) - what are the plans here?
Honestly we don't have plans around making $ figured out. It started as a side project, and I feel the first step is to figure out if we built something valuable. If there's significant demand, we'll think of ways to monetize.
Could you elaborate on whats missing from Pocket? And 2) Is there anything on your mind we could add to make audiblogs 10x better for you?
I just love how natural the voice sounds (don't even need other voices) and that it shows up in my podcast player so I don't have to switch to another app.
The voices in pocket are not as good I think.
I guess what's missing in the podcast feed, is a direct link to the source article. But else, it's perfect.
Looks nice but your website lacks any information about you and I have problem with trusting "faceless" websites. You should provide some info about who's behind this project. I understand that you might want protect your privacy but at the same time potential users deserve some background info.
yyyep that's definitely something I'm gonna be using a lot of from now on. Searched for something like this a year or so back but didn't find anything that was good enough. Would really like a firefox version of the extension. Nice work OP
I've been using this almost every day for the last month. I try not to read any article the moment I see it now, and instead just send it to my podcast player.
I'm not a frequent web article reader, so I'm not a perfect user, but I can see how this can fill in for those moments where I do come across a dense text and think "goddamn I don't want to sit here and read all this right in the middle of my workday".
Have you considered a youtube audio extraction extension? I personally prefer videos over articles when it comes to learning about things, and most of the time I'll tuck my phone in my pocket and just listen to the audio. Seems kinda similar.
Either way, good luck, I see something like this working. Passive audio is just more convenient than dedicated article/video consumption time.
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