playthis.link

Productivity

text to speech

SHOW HN2020

10points
2comments
#2,456of 3,028 in 2020
Top 82%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

Design: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, neat implementation

    From 2 comments
    • This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
      FemmeAndroid on HN
    • Wow, this is amazing. I would love a widget or a function that would let me "share" from a sharesheet on mobile to this and have it play, if you want to add 100% more complexity…
      laurex on HN

Objections

  • Cost risk from per-character TTS billing if heavily used, e.g. turning free books into audio

    From 1 comment
    • This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
      FemmeAndroid on HN

Requests

  • Mobile share sheet integration

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, this is amazing. I would love a widget or a function that would let me "share" from a sharesheet on mobile to this and have it play, if you want to add 100% more complexity…
      laurex on HN

Questions

  • How is the Google TTS bill covered, and is there a monetization plan?

    From 1 comment
    • This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
      FemmeAndroid on HN

Alternatives named

  • ListenLater.fm

    From 1 comment
    • This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
      FemmeAndroid on HN

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