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177points
88comments
#331of 3,109 in 2023
Top 11%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Execution: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 5 for, 4 againstIdea: 7 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Audio quality is impressively realistic
From 4 comments
This is really impressive. Is anyone else really freaked out by that? I'm having an uncanny-valley type feeling, because the audio is 99.9% convincing, and the only thing that…
maxverse on HNI’m blown away by the audio quality, well done. It’s nice that it also recaps the comments. You said the cost is about $2 an episode, is that mostly for the summarization or…
aschobel on HNI'm shocked by how realistic it sounds. Can we embed it in our website/blog ?
kyriakosel on HNThis is really outstanding. Especially the voice - it sounds real human (or is it a real human?) Looking forward to see you in _Google Podcasts_ soon.
vishnuharidas on HN
Personalised AI podcasts from feeds or subreddits would be useful
From 3 comments
I sat in my listening room attempting to find the flaws in the audio and I was left wanting Having tried this kind of text to speech a few times in the past I’m impressed. I…
AndrewKemendo on HNI'd love to have something that could create daily summaries of private Twitter lists that I use to track developments in AI. The audio part would be great to consume during my…
localhost on HNI think I would love to have something like this generated from data in github pull requests, closed JIRA tickets, and confluence pages. I would very very willingly spend 15…
ceedan on HN
Objections
Prosody and pauses sound unnatural and stilted
From 3 comments
For me the intonation of words and the pauses between them seem quite off from natural speech as well.
skaushik92 on HNIt sounds like unnatural "podcast speech".
williamstein on HNIt does. It's irritatingly stilted in exactly the same way as The Daily.
noduerme on HN
Background music is distracting
From 1 comment
The background music was just so distracting I couldn't focus at all on what was being said and had to turn it off almost immediately. Granted I do have ADHD, so YMMV.
nullsense on HN
Mispronunciations such as sudo and dollar amounts
From 2 comments
The AI pronounced `sudo` as "su-dough" instead of "su-doo". Literally unwatchable :P This is fantastic work, keep up the great job.
chaxor on HNYou're right that it's a script, but it does have some intricacies that require a lot of testing to get it right. Examples: Using LLMS: - formulate the right prompts for the…
wondercraft on HN
Requests
Support more sources such as subreddits, URLs, and private feeds
From 2 comments
I sat in my listening room attempting to find the flaws in the audio and I was left wanting Having tried this kind of text to speech a few times in the past I’m impressed. I…
AndrewKemendo on HNI'd love to have something that could create daily summaries of private Twitter lists that I use to track developments in AI. The audio part would be great to consume during my…
localhost on HN
Two-voice conversational format
From 2 comments
such a great idea! I wonder how a podcast with two voices sounds, it would be interesting to hear the AI interaction
mariorojas on HNThis is so good! I'm amazed it's even possible for this to be done "so easily" (I'm sure it's a lot of work!) I honestly don't recall being this amazed at technology in quite a…
airstrike on HN
Choice of voices and length
From 1 comment
A big fan of this project! I would be really interested in seeing if you can select a different voice or select the length you would like
magdyks on HN
Questions
What text-to-speech engine is used
From 1 comment
Which text to speech platform do you use? Sound really good
JanSt on HN
How the summaries are generated
From 2 comments
I know your focus is on the podcast/audio side of things (and you nailed this, very very cool), but it would be interesting to me to see how you generated the summaries…
Zetice on HNThis is pretty cool! Thank you for sharing. What was the technical effort to create such a podcast?
kiru_io on HN
Alternatives named
Radio HN
From 1 comment
Wow I literally posted the same thing a month ago - check out https://radio-hn.pages.dev
olup on HN
HackerCast
From 1 comment
There's also this! https://camrobjones.com/hackercast/ It was posted a few days ago and got 0 comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35751065
iamjackg on HN
The Daily
From 1 comment
It does. It's irritatingly stilted in exactly the same way as The Daily.
noduerme on HN